TABLE 8. EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL: APRIL 1999 TO APRIL  20
(Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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              NUMBER OF                 Apr 1999       Jul 1999        Oct 1999        Jan 2000       Apr 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 (In thousands)      6,694    22.7 6,466      22.3 6,415      22.1  6,117    21.2  7,105    25.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 3,652    12.4 3,481      12.0 3,298      11.4  3,370    11.7  3,557    12.6
      40 hours and over                  3,042    10.3 2,985      10.3 3,117      10.7  2,747     9.5  3,547    12.5

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                    2,658    20.0 2,438     18.6  2,386      18.0  2,295    17.4  2,830    21.7

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 1,298     9.8 1,129      8.6  1,033      7.8   1,084     8.2  1,212     9.3
      40 hours and over                  1,361    10.2 1,309      10.0 1,354      10.2  1,210     9.2  1,618    12.4

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                    4,035    24.9 4,028     25.3  4,029     25.5   3,822    24.3  4,274    28.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 2,354    14.5 2,352     14.8  2,265     14.4   2,285    14.5  2,345    15.4
      40 hours and over                  1,681    10.4 1,676     10.5  1,764     11.2   1,536     9.8  1,929    12.7

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