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

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            NUMBER OF                       Jul 2000     |     Oct 2000     |      Jan 2001      |    Apr 2001       |     Jul 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)         27,093     100.0    27,775     100.0    28,087     100.0    29,160     100.0    29,281     100.0
  At  Work                             26,833      99.0    27,478      98.9    27,737      98.8    28,372      97.3    28,838      98.5
     Worked less than 40 hours          8,131      30.0     9,411      33.9     8,485      30.2    11,283      38.7    10,893      37.2
         Less than 20 hours             2,282       8.4     2,941      10.6     2,635       9.4     3,656      12.5     3,582      12.2
                 20 - 29 hours          2,773      10.2     3,050      11.0     2,681       9.5     3,804      13.0     3,593      12.3
                 30 - 39 hours          3,076      11.4     3,420      12.3     3,169      11.3     3,823      13.1     3,718      12.7
     Worked 40 hours and over          18,702      69.0    18,067      65.0    19,252      68.5    17,089      58.6    17,945      61.3
  With a job, not at work                 261       1.0       297       1.1       350       1.2       789       2.7       442       1.5
     URBAN
     Total Employed                    12,912     100.0    13,099     100.0    13,300     100.0    13,694     100.0    13,831     100.0

  At Work                              12,811      99.2    12,976      99.1    13,155      98.9    13,293      97.1    13,632      98.6
     Worked less than 40 hours          2,621      20.3     2,947      22.5     2,699      20.3     3,828      28.0     3,373      24.4
         Less than 20 hours               765       5.9       924       7.1       858       6.5     1,223       8.9     1,101       8.0
                 20 - 29 hours            875       6.8     1,007       7.7       855       6.4     1,274       9.3     1,113       8.0
                 30 - 39 hours            981       7.6     1,016       7.8       986       7.4     1,331       9.7     1,159       8.4
     Worked 40 hours and over          10,190      78.9    10,029      76.6    10,456      78.6     9,465      69.1    10,259      74.2
  With a job, not at work                 102       0.8       123       0.9       144       1.1       400       2.9       200       1.4
       RURAL
     Total Employed                    14,181     100.0    14,676     100.0    14,788     100.0    15,466     100.0    15,449     100.0

  At Work                              14,021      98.9    14,502      98.8    14,582      98.6    15,076      97.5    15,207      98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours          5,510      38.9     6,463      44.0     5,787      39.1     7,453      48.2     7,522      48.7
         Less than 20 hours             1,517      10.7     2,017      13.7     1,777      12.0     2,432      15.7     2,482      16.1
                 20 - 29 hours          1,898      13.4     2,043      13.9     1,827      12.4     2,530      16.4     2,480      16.1
                 30 - 39 hours          2,095      14.8     2,403      16.4     2,183      14.8     2,491      16.1     2,560      16.6
     Worked 40 hours and over           8,511      60.0     8,039      54.8     8,795      59.5     7,623      49.3     7,685      49.7
  With a job, not at work                 159       1.1       174       1.2       206       1.4       389       2.5      242        1.6

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Note: Estimates for all quarters used 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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