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

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                                              Oct 2000            Jan 2001            Apr 2001            Jul 2001            Oct 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)       5,528         19.9  4,744         16.9  5,092         17.5     5,188      17.7     4,995      16.6
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  2,970         10.7  2,779          9.9  3,427         11.8     3,321      11.3     3,277      10.9
      40 hours and over                   2,558          9.2  1,965          7.0  1,665          5.7     1,866       6.4     1,718       5.7

            URBAN
  Total Underemployed                     2,084         15.9  1,806         13.6  1,927         14.1     2,012      14.5     1,961      13.8
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                    973          7.4    871          6.5  1,157          8.4     1,108       8.0     1,131       8.0
      40 hours and over                   1,111          8.5    935          7.0    770          5.6       905       6.5       830       5.8

            RURAL
  Total Underemployed                     3,444         23.5  2,939         19.9  3,165         20.5     3,176      20.6     3,034      19.1
  Working:
      Less than 40 hours                  1,997         13.6  1,908         12.9  2,270         14.7     2,214      14.3     2,145      13.5
      40 hours and over                   1,447          9.9  1,030          7.0    895          5.8      962        6.2       888       5.6

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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