TABLE 10.  HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY AGE GROUP & SEX, URBAN-RURAL: OCTOBER 1999
           (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                 |                    BOTH SEXES                   |                         MALE                      |                        FEMALE
      AGE GROUP  |         |    IN THE LABOR FORCE    |    NOT IN  |           |    IN THE LABOR FORCE    |    NOT IN  |           |    IN THE LABOR FORCE    |    NOT IN
       AND AREA  |         |                  UNEM-   |  THE LABOR |           |                  UNEM-   |  THE LABOR |           |                  UNEM-   |  THE LABOR
                 |  TOTAL  |   EMPLOYED      PLOYED   |     FORCE  |    TOTAL  |   EMPLOYED      PLOYED   |     FORCE  |    TOTAL  |   EMPLOYED      PLOYED   |     FORCE
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     PHILIPPINES   48,637       29,003        2,997       16,637       24,211       17,925        1,876        4,411       24,426       11,079        1,121       12,226

15 - 19 YEARS       8,476        2,460          578        5,438        4,415        1,636          354        2,425        4,061          824          224        3,013
20 - 24 YEARS       6,043        3,242          851        1,949        3,214        2,104          499          611        2,829        1,138          352        1,338
25 - 34 YEARS      10,029        6,862          709        2,459        5,025        4,397          460          167        5,005        2,465          249        2,292
35 - 44 YEARS       9,140        6,881          354        1,905        4,524        4,217          226           80        4,616        2,664          128        1,825
45 - 54 YEARS       6,726        5,115          242        1,369        3,217        2,944          169          105        3,509        2,171           74        1,264
55 - 64 YEARS       4,433        2,998          162        1,273        2,128        1,760          114          254        2,305        1,238           48        1,019
65 YEARS AND OVER   3,787        1,446          101        2,239        1,688          866           54          768        2,099          580           47        1,471
AGE NOT REPORTED        4           -            -             4            1           -            -             1            4           -            -             4

        URBAN      23,632       13,236        1,821        8,575       11,360        7,653        1,196        2,511       12,271        5,582          625        6,064

15 - 19 YEARS       4,033          887          334        2,812        1,965          457          209        1,299        2,067          429          125        1,513
20 - 24 YEARS       3,189        1,603          541        1,045        1,616          909          333          374        1,572          693          208          671
25 - 34 YEARS       5,146        3,497          481        1,168        2,520        2,099          323           97        2,626        1,397          158        1,071
35 - 44 YEARS       4,394        3,219          222          953        2,092        1,887          150           55        2,302        1,332           72          898
45 - 54 YEARS       3,184        2,326          135          722        1,508        1,327          108           73        1,675          999           27          649
55 - 64 YEARS       1,997        1,216           70          711          938          706           53          178        1,059          510           16          533
65 YEARS AND OVER   1,688          486           38        1,164          719          264           20          434          969          222           18          730
AGE NOT REPORTED        1           -            -             1            1           -            -             1            1           -            -             1

        RURAL      25,006       15,768        1,177        8,061       12,851       10,271          680        1,900       12,155        5,497          496        6,161

15 - 19 YEARS       4,444        1,573          245        2,626        2,450        1,179          146        1,126        1,994          394           99        1,500
20 - 24 YEARS       2,854        1,639          310          905        1,598        1,194          166          237        1,256          445          144          668
25 - 34 YEARS       4,883        3,365          228        1,290        2,504        2,297          137           69        2,379        1,068           90        1,221
35 - 44 YEARS       4,745        3,662          131          952        2,431        2,330           76           26        2,314        1,332           56          926
45 - 54 YEARS       3,542        2,788          107          647        1,709        1,616           61           32        1,833        1,172           46          615
55 - 64 YEARS       2,436        1,781           92          562        1,190        1,053           61           76        1,246          728           31          486
65 YEARS AND OVER   2,099          960           63        1,075          969          602           34          334        1,129          358           30          742
AGE NOT REPORTED        3           -            -             3           -            -            -            -             3           -            -             3

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 *  less than 500

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