TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL:
          JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2001
          (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                        Jan 2000     |    Apr 2000     |    Jul 2000     |   Oct 2000       |   Jan 2001
               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)    5,818    21.0     6,721    24.7     5,752    21.2    5,528      19.9    4,743      16.9
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours               3,169    11.4     3,315    12.2     2,704    10.0    2,970      10.7    2,344       8.3
      40 hours and over                2,649     9.6     3,406    12.5     3,047    11.2    2,558       9.2    2,399       8.5

            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                  2,282    17.5     2,794    21.5     2,457    19.0    2,084      15.9    1,804      13.6
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours               1,059     8.1     1,174     9.0       917     7.1      973       7.4      793       6.0
      40 hours and over                1,222     9.3     1,620    12.5     1,541    11.9    1,111       8.5    1,011       7.6

            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                  3,536    24.1     3,927    27.6     3,294    23.2    3,444      23.5    2,939      19.9
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours               2,110    14.4     2,141    15.1     1,788    12.6    1,997      13.6    1,551      10.5
      40 hours and over                1,426     9.7     1,786    12.6     1,506    10.6    1,447       6.0    1,387       9.4

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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