TABLE 6.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL:
          JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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            NUMBER OF               Jan 2000    |    Apr 2000    |    Jul 2000    |    Oct 2000    |    Jan 2001
           HOURS WORKED          Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent
                                 ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES
 Total Employed (In thousands)    27,733   100.0   27,209   100.0   27,093   100.0   27,775   100.0   28,087   100.0
  At  Work                        27,345    98.6   26,730    98.2   26,833    99.0   27,738    99.9   27,737    98.8
     Worked less than 40 hours     9,519    34.3    8,965    32.9    8,131    30.0    9,480    34.1    8,485    30.2
         Less than 20 hours        2,930    10.6    2,933    10.8    2,282     8.4    3,064    11.0    2,635     9.4
                 20 - 29 hours     3,107    11.2    2,935    10.8    2,773    10.2    3,030    10.9    2,681     9.5
                 30 - 39 hours     3,482    12.6    3,097    11.4    3,076    11.4    3,386    12.2    3,169    11.3
     Worked 40 hours and over     17,826    64.3   17,765    65.3   18,702    69.0   18,258    65.7   19,252    68.5
  With a job, not at work            387     1.4      478     1.8      261     1.0      297     1.1      350     1.2

     URBAN
     Total Employed               13,073   100.0   13,003   100.0   12,912   100.0   13,099   100.0   13,300   100.0
  At Work                         12,904    98.7   12,750    98.1   12,811    99.2   12,976    99.1   13,155    98.9
     Worked less than 40 hours     2,950    22.6    3,014    23.2    2,621    20.3    2,947    22.5    2,699    20.3
         Less than 20 hours          919     7.0      976     7.5      765     5.9      924     7.1      858     6.5
                 20 - 29 hours       962     7.4    1,006     7.7      875     6.8    1,007     7.7      855     6.4
                 30 - 39 hours     1,069     8.2    1,032     7.9      981     7.6    1,016     7.8      986     7.4
     Worked 40 hours and over      9,954    76.1    9,736    74.9   10,190    78.9   10,029    76.6   10,456    78.6
  With a job, not at work            169     1.3      254     2.0      102     0.8      123     0.9      144     1.1

     RURAL
     Total Employed               14,659   100.0   14,205   100.0   14,181   100.0   14,676   100.0   14,788   100.0
  At Work                         14,441    98.5   13,980    98.4   14,021    98.9   14,502    98.8   14,582    98.6
     Worked less than 40 hours     6,569    44.8    5,951    41.9    5,510    38.9    6,463    44.0    5,787    39.1
         Less than 20 hours        2,011    13.7    1,957    13.8    1,517    10.7    2,017    13.7    1,777    12.0
                 20 - 29 hours     2,145    14.6    1,929    13.6    1,898    13.4    2,043    13.9    1,827    12.4
                 30 - 39 hours     2,413    16.5    2,065    14.5    2,095    14.8    2,403    16.4    2,183    14.8
     Worked 40 hours and over      7,872    53.7    8,029    56.5    8,511    60.0    8,039    54.8    8,795    59.5
  With a job, not at work            218     1.5      225     1.6      159     1.1      174     1.2      206     1.4

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Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 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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