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

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                                           Oct 1999         Jan 2000         Apr 2000         Jul 2000         Oct 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)          27,762     100.0 28,895     100.0   28,293   100.0   28,178   100.0   27,775   100.0

  At Work                               27,424      98.8 28,493      98.6   27,784    98.2   27,901    99.0   27,478    98.9
     Worked less than 40 hours           9,135      32.9 10,128      35.1    9,511    33.6    8,609    30.6    9,411    33.9
         Less than 20 hours              2,778      10.0  3,125      10.8    3,135    11.1    2,427     8.6    2,941    10.6
                 20 - 29 hours           3,015      10.9  3,299      11.4    3,101    11.0    2,938    10.4    3,050    11.0
                 30 - 39 hours           3,342      12.0  3,704      12.8    3,275    11.6    3,244    11.5    3,420    12.3
     Worked 40 hours and over           18,289      65.9 18,365      63.6   18,273    64.6   19,292    68.5   18,067    65.0
  With a job, not at work                  338       1.2    401       1.4      509     1.8      278     1.0      297     1.1

     URBAN

     Total Employed                     13,132     100.0 13,155     100.0   13,071   100.0   12,966   100.0   13,099   100.0

  At Work                               12,967      98.7 12,988      98.7   12,812    98.0   12,864    99.2   12,976    99.1
     Worked less than 40 hours           2,853      21.7  3,043      23.1    3,083    23.6    2,674    20.6    2,947    22.5
         Less than 20 hours                902       6.9    955       7.3    1,010     7.7      782     6.0      924     7.1
                 20 - 29 hours             935       7.1    986       7.5    1,021     7.8      892     6.9    1,007     7.7
                 30 - 39 hours           1,016       7.7  1,102       8.4    1,052     8.0    1,000     7.7    1,016     7.8
     Worked 40 hours and over           10,114      77.0  9,945      75.6    9,729    74.4   10,190    78.6   10,029    76.6
  With a job, not at work                  165       1.3    167       1.3       59     0.5      102     0.8      123     0.9

       RURAL

     Total Employed                     14,630     100.0 15,740     100.0   15,222   100.0   15,212   100.0   14,676   100.0

  At Work                               14,457      98.8 15,505      98.5   14,972    98.4   15,037    98.8   14,502    98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours           6,281      42.9  7,085      45.0    6,428    42.2    5,935    39.0    6,463    44.0
         Less than 20 hours              1,875      12.8  2,170      13.8    2,125    14.0    1,645    10.8    2,017    13.7
                 20 - 29 hours           2,080      14.2  2,313      14.7    2,080    13.7    2,046    13.4    2,043    13.9
                 30 - 39 hours           2,326      15.9  2,602      16.5    2,223    14.6    2,244    14.8    2,403    16.4
     Worked 40 hours and over            8,176      55.9  8,420      53.5    8,544    56.1    9,102    59.8    8,039    54.8
  With a job, not at work                  173       1.2    234       1.5      250     1.6      176     1.2      174     1.2

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Note:  October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection while figures for
       January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projection.

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