TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL:  JULY 1999 TO JULY  2000
          (Values are in thousands.  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 Underemployed (In thousands)     6,466   22.3    6,415     22.1   6,117    21.2  7,105    25.1  6,017    21.4

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                3,481    12.0   3,298      11.4  3,370    11.7  3,557    12.6  2,876    10.2
      40 hours and over                 2,985    10.3   3,117      10.7  2,747     9.5  3,547    12.5  3,141    11.1

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                   2,438   18.6    2,386      18.0  2,295    17.4  2,830    21.7  2,462    19.0

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                1,129    8.6    1,033      7.8   1,084     8.2  1,212     9.3    938     7.2
      40 hours and over                 1,309    10.0   1,354      10.2  1,210     9.2  1,618    12.4  1,524    11.8

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                   4,028   25.3    4,029     25.5   3,822    24.3  4,274    28.1  3,555    23.4

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                2,352   14.8    2,265     14.4   2,285    14.5  2,345    15.4  1,938    12.7
      40 hours and over                 1,676   10.5    1,764     11.2   1,536     9.8  1,929    12.7  1,616    10.6

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