TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-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 Underemployed        6,269    22.1   6,694   22.7    6,466   22.3    6,415   22.1   6,117   21.2
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours     3,433    12.1   3,652   12.4    3,481   12.0    3,298   11.4   3,370   11.7
      40 hours and over      2,835    10.0   3,042   10.3    2,985   10.3    3,117   10.7   2,747    9.5

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed        2,410    18.6   2,658   20.0    2,438   18.6    2,386   18.0   2,295   17.4
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours     1,117     8.6   1,298    9.8    1,129    8.6    1,033    7.8   1,084    8.2
      40 hours and over      1,293    10.0   1,361   10.2    1,309   10.0    1,354   10.2   1,210    9.2

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed        3,859    25.1   4,035   24.9    4,028   25.3    4,029   25.5   3,822   24.3
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours     2,317    15.0   2,354   14.5    2,352   14.8    2,265   14.4   2,285   14.5
      40 hours and over      1,542    10.0   1,681   10.4    1,676   10.5    1,764   11.2   1,536    9.8

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