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

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                                          Jul 2000    |      Oct 2000    |      Jan 2001   |     Apr 2001     |     Jul 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)    5,752     21.2    5,528     19.9    4,743    16.9     5,092     17.5     5,188     17.7
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours               2,704     10.0    2,970     10.7    2,779     9.9     3,427     11.8     3,321     11.3
      40 hours and over                3,047     11.2    2,558      9.2    1,964     7.0     1,665      5.7     1,866      6.4
            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                  2,457     19.0    2,084     15.9    1,804    13.6     1,927     14.1     2,012     14.5
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                 917      7.1      973      7.4      871     6.5     1,157      8.4     1,108      8.0
      40 hours and over                1,541     11.9    1,111      8.5      934     7.0       770      5.6       905      6.5
            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                  3,294     23.2    3,444     23.5    2,939    19.9     3,165     20.5     3,176     20.6
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours               1,788     12.6    1,997     13.6    1,908    12.9     2,270     14.7     2,214     14.3
      40 hours and over                1,506     10.6    1,447      6.0    1,030     7.0       895      5.8      962       6.2

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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