TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL: OCTOBER 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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              NUMBER OF              Oct 1998            Jan 1999            Apr 1999            Jul 1999            Oct 1999
             HOURS WORKED        Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES

 Total Employed (In thousands)   28,262     100.0    28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0

  At Work                        27,861      98.6    27,931      98.5    28,812      97.7    28,745      98.9    28,648      98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours   10,085      35.7     9,899      34.9    10,772      36.5    10,394      35.8     9,764      33.7
         Less than 20 hours       3,208      11.4     3,158      11.1     3,140      10.6     3,046      10.5     2,987      10.3
                 20 - 29 hours    3,337      11.8     3,143      11.1     3,594      12.2     3,347      11.5     3,220      11.1
                 30 - 39 hours    3,540      12.5     3,598      12.7     4,038      13.7     4,001      13.8     3,557      12.3
     Worked 40 hours and over    17,776      62.9    18,032      63.6    18,040      61.2    18,351      63.2    18,884      65.1
  With a job, not at work           400       1.4       435       1.5       680       2.3       310       1.1       355       1.2

     URBAN

     Total Employed              12,947     100.0    12,963     100.0    13,288     100.0    13,140     100.0    13,235     100.0

  At Work                        12,755      98.5    12,769      98.5    12,960      97.5    12,998      98.9    13,069      98.7
     Worked less than 40 hours    3,118      24.1     2,951      22.8     3,403      25.6     3,142      23.9     2,948      22.3
         Less than 20 hours         989       7.6       925       7.1       984       7.4       893       6.8       941       7.1
                 20 - 29 hours    1,053       8.1       961       7.4     1,108       8.3       996       7.6       957       7.2
                 30 - 39 hours    1,076       8.3     1,065       8.2     1,311       9.9     1,253       9.5     1,050       7.9
     Worked 40 hours and over     9,637      74.4     9,818      75.7     9,557      71.9     9,855      75.0    10,121      76.5
  With a job, not at work           191       1.5       194       1.5       328       2.5       142       1.1       166       1.3

       RURAL

     Total Employed              15,315     100.0    15,405     100.0    16,204     100.0    15,915     100.0    15,768     100.0

  At Work                        15,106      98.6    15,163      98.4    15,853      97.8    15,747      98.9    15,580      98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours    6,967      45.5     6,949      45.1     7,370      45.5     7,251      45.6     6,816      43.2
         Less than 20 hours       2,219      14.5     2,234      14.5     2,156      13.3     2,153      13.5     2,046      13.0
                 20 - 29 hours    2,284      14.9     2,182      14.2     2,486      15.3     2,350      14.8     2,263      14.4
                 30 - 39 hours    2,464      16.1     2,533      16.4     2,728      16.8     2,748      17.3     2,507      15.9
     Worked 40 hours and over     8,139      53.1     8,214      53.3     8,483      52.4     8,496      53.4     8,764      55.6
  With a job, not at work           209       1.4       241       1.6       352       2.2       168       1.1       188       1.2

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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