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

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

 Total Employed (In thousands)     29,055    100.0     29,003     100.0    28,895     100.0       28,301     100.0    28,178     100.0
  At Work                          28,745     98.9     28,648      98.8    28,493      98.6       27,789      98.2    27,901      99.0
     Worked less than 40 hours     10,394     35.8      9,764      33.7    10,128      35.1        9,527      33.7     8,609      30.6
         Less than 20 hours         3,046     10.5      2,987      10.3     3,125      10.8        3,135      11.1     2,427       8.6
                 20 - 29 hours      3,347     11.5      3,220      11.1     3,299      11.4        3,102      11.0     2,938      10.4
                 30 - 39 hours      4,001     13.8      3,557      12.3     3,704      12.8        3,290      11.6     3,244      11.5
     Worked 40 hours and over      18,351     63.2     18,884      65.1    18,365      63.6       18,262      64.5    19,292      68.5
  With a job, not at work             310      1.1        355       1.2       401       1.4          510       1.8       278       1.0

     URBAN
     Total Employed                13,140    100.0     13,235     100.0    13,155     100.0       13,071     100.0    12,966     100.0
  At Work                          12,998     98.9     13,069      98.7    12,988      98.7       12,810      98.0    12,864      99.2
     Worked less than 40 hours      3,142     23.9      2,948      22.3     3,043      23.1        3,095      23.7     2,674      20.6
         Less than 20 hours           893      6.8        941       7.1       955       7.3        1,011       7.7       782       6.0
                 20 - 29 hours        996      7.6        957       7.2       986       7.5        1,020       7.8       892       6.9
                 30 - 39 hours      1,253      9.5      1,050       7.9     1,102       8.4        1,064       8.1     1,000       7.7
     Worked 40 hours and over       9,855     75.0     10,121      76.5     9,945      75.6        9,715      74.3    10,190      78.6
  With a job, not at work             142      1.1        166       1.3       167       1.3          260       2.0       102       0.8

       RURAL
     Total Employed                15,915    100.0     15,768     100.0    15,740     100.0       15,230     100.0    15,212     100.0
  At Work                          15,747     98.9     15,580      98.8    15,505      98.5       14,979      98.4    15,037      98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours      7,251     45.6      6,816      43.2     7,085      45.0        6,432      42.2     5,935      39.0
         Less than 20 hours         2,153     13.5      2,046      13.0     2,170      13.8        2,124      13.9     1,645      10.8
                 20 - 29 hours      2,350     14.8      2,263      14.4     2,313      14.7        2,082      13.7     2,046      13.4
                 30 - 39 hours      2,748     17.3      2,507      15.9     2,602      16.5        2,226      14.6     2,244      14.8
     Worked 40 hours and over       8,496     53.4      8,764      55.6     8,420      53.5        8,547      56.1     9,102      59.8
  With a job, not at work             168      1.1        188       1.2       234       1.5          250       1.6       176       1.2

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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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