TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL: JANUARY 1999 TO JANUARY 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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            NUMBER OF               Jan 1999            Apr 1999            Jul 1999            Oct 1999            Jan 2000
           HOURS WORKED         Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
                                ('000)              ('000)              ('000)              ('000)              ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES

 Total Employed                 28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0    28,895     100.0

  At Work                       27,931      98.5    28,812      97.7    28,745      98.9    28,648      98.8    28,493      98.6
     Worked less than 40 hours   9,899      34.9    10,772      36.5    10,394      35.8     9,764      33.7    10,128      35.1
         Less than 20 hours      3,158      11.1     3,140      10.6     3,046      10.5     2,987      10.3     3,125      10.8
                 20 - 29 hours   3,143      11.1     3,594      12.2     3,347      11.5     3,220      11.1     3,299      11.4
                 30 - 39 hours   3,598      12.7     4,038      13.7     4,001      13.8     3,557      12.3     3,704      12.8
     Worked 40 hours and over   18,032      63.6    18,040      61.2    18,351      63.2    18,884      65.1    18,365      63.6
  With a job, not at work          435       1.5       680       2.3       310       1.1       355       1.2       401       1.4

     URBAN

     Total Employed             12,963     100.0    13,288     100.0    13,140     100.0    13,235     100.0    13,155     100.0

  At Work                       12,769      98.5    12,960      97.5    12,998      98.9    13,069      98.7    12,988      44.9
     Worked less than 40 hours   2,951      22.8     3,403      25.6     3,142      23.9     2,948      22.3     3,043      10.5
         Less than 20 hours        925       7.1       984       7.4       893       6.8       941       7.1       955       3.3
                 20 - 29 hours     961       7.4     1,108       8.3       996       7.6       957       7.2       986       3.4
                 30 - 39 hours   1,065       8.2     1,311       9.9     1,253       9.5     1,050       7.9     1,102       3.8
     Worked 40 hours and over    9,818      75.7     9,557      71.9     9,855      75.0    10,121      76.5     9,945      34.4
  With a job, not at work          194       1.5       328       2.5       142       1.1       166       1.3       167       0.6

       RURAL

     Total Employed             15,405     100.0    16,204     100.0    15,915     100.0    15,768     100.0    15,740     100.0

  At Work                       15,163      98.4    15,853      97.8    15,747      98.9    15,580      98.8    15,505      53.7
     Worked less than 40 hours   6,949      45.1     7,370      45.5     7,251      45.6     6,816      43.2     7,085      24.5
         Less than 20 hours      2,234      14.5     2,156      13.3     2,153      13.5     2,046      13.0     2,170       7.5
                 20 - 29 hours   2,182      14.2     2,486      15.3     2,350      14.8     2,263      14.4     2,313       8.0
                 30 - 39 hours   2,533      16.4     2,728      16.8     2,748      17.3     2,507      15.9     2,602       9.0
     Worked 40 hours and over    8,214      53.3     8,483      52.4     8,496      53.4     8,764      55.6     8,420      29.1
  With a job, not at work          241       1.6       352       2.2       168       1.1       188       1.2       234       0.8

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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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