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

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            NUMBER OF                      Oct 2000            Jan 2001            Apr 2001            Jul 2001            Oct 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)         27,775     100.0    28,096     100.0    29,160     100.0    29,281     100.0    30,090     100.0

  At  Work                             27,478      98.9    27,726      98.7    28,372      97.3    28,838      98.5    29,613      98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours          9,411      33.9     9,456      33.7    11,283      38.7    10,893      37.2    11,340      37.7
         Less than 20 hours             2,941      10.6     3,039      10.8     3,656      12.5     3,582      12.2     4,107      13.6
                 20 - 29 hours          3,050      11.0     3,031      10.8     3,804      13.0     3,593      12.3     3,685      12.2
                 30 - 39 hours          3,420      12.3     3,386      12.1     3,823      13.1     3,718      12.7     3,548      11.8
     Worked 40 hours and over          18,067      65.0    18,270      65.0    17,089      58.6    17,945      61.3    18,273      60.7
  With a job, not at work                 297       1.1       370       1.3       789       2.7       442       1.5       477       1.6

     URBAN

     Total Employed                    13,099     100.0    13,308     100.0    13,694     100.0    13,831     100.0    14,218     100.0

  At Work                              12,976      99.1    13,160      98.9    13,293      97.1    13,632      98.6    13,992      98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours          2,947      22.5     2,858      21.5     3,828      28.0     3,373      24.4     3,660      25.7
         Less than 20 hours               924       7.1       924       6.9     1,223       8.9     1,101       8.0     1,272       8.9
                 20 - 29 hours          1,007       7.7       909       6.8     1,274       9.3     1,113       8.0     1,200       8.4
                 30 - 39 hours          1,016       7.8     1,025       7.7     1,331       9.7     1,159       8.4     1,188       8.4
     Worked 40 hours and over          10,029      76.6    10,302      77.4     9,465      69.1    10,259      74.2    10,332      72.7
  With a job, not at work                 123       0.9       148       1.1       400       2.9       200       1.4       226       1.6

       RURAL

     Total Employed                    14,676     100.0    14,788     100.0    15,466     100.0    15,449     100.0    15,872     100.0

  At Work                              14,502      98.8    14,566      98.5    15,076      97.5    15,207      98.4    15,621      98.4
     Worked less than 40 hours          6,463      44.0     6,598      44.6     7,453      48.2     7,522      48.7     7,680      48.4
         Less than 20 hours             2,017      13.7     2,115      14.3     2,432      15.7     2,482      16.1     2,835      17.9
                 20 - 29 hours          2,043      13.9     2,122      14.3     2,530      16.4     2,480      16.1     2,485      15.7
                 30 - 39 hours          2,403      16.4     2,361      16.0     2,491      16.1     2,560      16.6     2,360      14.9
     Worked 40 hours and over           8,039      54.8     7,968      53.9     7,623      49.3     7,685      49.7     7,941      50.0
  With a job, not at work                 174       1.2       222       1.5       389       2.5      242        1.6       251       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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