TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL:
          APRIL 2000 TO APRIL 2001
         (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                        Apr 2000    |     Jul 2000   |     Oct 2000   |    Jan 2001     |     Apr 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)  6,721    24.7    5,752    21.2    5,528    19.9    4,743    16.9     5,092    17.5
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             3,315    12.2    2,704    10.0    2,970    10.7    2,779     9.9     3,427    11.8
      40 hours and over              3,406    12.5    3,047    11.2    2,558     9.2    1,964     7.0     1,665     5.7
            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                2,794    21.5    2,457    19.0    2,084    15.9    1,804    13.6     1,927    14.1
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             1,174     9.0      917     7.1      973     7.4      871     6.5     1,157     8.4
      40 hours and over              1,620    12.5    1,541    11.9    1,111     8.5      934     7.0       770     5.6
            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                3,927    27.6    3,294    23.2    3,444    23.5    2,939    19.9     3,165    20.5
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             2,141    15.1    1,788    12.6    1,997    13.6    1,908    12.9     2,270    14.7
      40 hours and over              1,786    12.6    1,506    10.6    1,447     6.0    1,030     7.0       895     5.8

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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