TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL:
          APRIL 2000 TO APRIL 2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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              NUMBER OF               Apr 2000    |     Jul 2000   |    Oct 2000     |   Jan 2001    |    Apr 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)     27,209   100.0   27,093   100.0   27,775   100.0   28,087   100.0   29,160   100.0
  At  Work                         26,730    98.2   26,833    99.0   27,478    98.9   27,737    98.8   28,372    97.3
     Worked less than 40 hours      8,965    32.9    8,131    30.0    9,411    33.9    8,485    30.2   11,283    38.7
         Less than 20 hours         2,933    10.8    2,282     8.4    2,941    10.6    2,635     9.4    3,656    12.5
                 20 - 29 hours      2,935    10.8    2,773    10.2    3,050    11.0    2,681     9.5    3,804    13.0
                 30 - 39 hours      3,097    11.4    3,076    11.4    3,420    12.3    3,169    11.3    3,823    13.1
     Worked 40 hours and over      17,765    65.3   18,702    69.0   18,067    65.0   19,252    68.5   17,089    58.6
  With a job, not at work             478     1.8      261     1.0      297     1.1      350     1.2      789     2.7
     URBAN
     Total Employed                13,003   100.0   12,912   100.0   13,099   100.0   13,300   100.0   13,694   100.0
  At Work                          12,750    98.1   12,811    99.2   12,976    99.1   13,155    98.9   13,293    97.1
     Worked less than 40 hours      3,014    23.2    2,621    20.3    2,947    22.5    2,699    20.3    3,828    28.0
         Less than 20 hours           976     7.5      765     5.9      924     7.1      858     6.5    1,223     8.9
                 20 - 29 hours      1,006     7.7      875     6.8    1,007     7.7      855     6.4    1,274     9.3
                 30 - 39 hours      1,032     7.9      981     7.6    1,016     7.8      986     7.4    1,331     9.7
     Worked 40 hours and over       9,736    74.9   10,190    78.9   10,029    76.6   10,456    78.6    9,465    69.1
  With a job, not at work             254     2.0      102     0.8      123     0.9      144     1.1      400     2.9
       RURAL
     Total Employed                14,205   100.0   14,181   100.0   14,676   100.0   14,788   100.0   15,466   100.0
  At Work                          13,980    98.4   14,021    98.9   14,502    98.8   14,582    98.6   15,076    97.5
     Worked less than 40 hours      5,951    41.9    5,510    38.9    6,463    44.0    5,787    39.1    7,453    48.2
         Less than 20 hours         1,957    13.8    1,517    10.7    2,017    13.7    1,777    12.0    2,432    15.7
                 20 - 29 hours      1,929    13.6    1,898    13.4    2,043    13.9    1,827    12.4    2,530    16.4
                 30 - 39 hours      2,065    14.5    2,095    14.8    2,403    16.4    2,183    14.8    2,491    16.1
     Worked 40 hours and over       8,029    56.5    8,511    60.0    8,039    54.8    8,795    59.5    7,623    49.3
  With a job, not at work             225     1.6      159     1.1      174     1.2      206     1.4      389     2.5

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Note: All  estimates 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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