TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL:  OCTOBER 1999 TO OCTOBER 2000
          (Values are in thousands.  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 Underemployed (In thousands)       6,088      21.9    6,117    21.2    7,120    25.2    6,017    21.4    5,528    19.9

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  3,070      11.1    3,370    11.7    3,558    12.6    2,876    10.2    2,970    10.7
      40 hours and over                   3,018      10.9    2,747     9.5    3,563    12.6    3,141    11.1    2,558     9.2

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                     2,388      18.2    2,295    17.4    2,836    21.7    2,462    19.0    2,084    15.9

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  1,001       7.6    1,084     8.2    1,213     9.3      938     7.2      973     7.4
      40 hours and over                   1,387      10.6    1,210     9.2    1,623    12.4    1,524    11.8    1,111     8.5

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                     3,701      25.3    3,822    24.3    4,285    28.2    3,555    23.4    3,444    23.5

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  2,069      14.1    2,285    14.5    2,345    15.4    1,938    12.7    1,997    13.6
      40 hours and over                   1,631      11.1    1,536     9.8    1,940    12.7    1,616    10.6    1,447     9.9

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Note:  The 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