TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: OCTOBER 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999
          (Values are in thousands. 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 Underemployed (In thousands) 6,701      23.7     6,269      22.1     6,694      22.7     6,466      22.3     6,415      22.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours            3,567      12.6     3,433      12.1     3,652      12.4     3,481      12.0     3,298      11.4
      40 hours and over             3,134      11.1     2,835      10.0     3,042      10.3     2,985      10.3     3,117      10.7

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed               2,665      20.6     2,410      18.6     2,658      20.0     2,438      18.6     2,386      18.0

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours            1,203       9.3     1,117       8.6     1,298       9.8     1,129       8.6     1,033       7.8
      40 hours and over             1,463      11.3     1,293      10.0     1,361      10.2     1,309      10.0     1,354      10.2

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed               4,035      26.3     3,859      25.1     4,035      24.9     4,028      25.3     4,029      25.5

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours            2,364      15.4     2,317      15.0     2,354      14.5     2,352      14.8     2,265      14.4
      40 hours and over             1,671      10.9     1,542      10.0     1,681      10.4     1,676      10.5     1,764      11.2

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