TABLE 7.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED DURING THE PAST WEEK, URBAN AND RURAL:
          JANUARY 2001 TO JANUARY 2002
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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            NUMBER OF               Jan 2001     |     Apr 2001    |     Jul 2001    |     Oct 2001    |   Jan 2002
          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)   28,096   100.0    29,160   100.0    29,281   100.0   30,085   100.0    29,705   100.0

  At  Work                       27,750    98.8    28,372    97.3    28,838    98.5   29,664    98.6    29,199    98.3
     Worked less than 40 hours    8,486    30.2    11,283    38.7    10,893    37.2   10,572    35.1    11,328    38.1
         Less than 20 hours       2,633     9.4     3,656    12.5     3,582    12.2    3,691    12.3     4,111    13.8
                 20 - 29 hours    2,683     9.5     3,804    13.0     3,593    12.3    3,371    11.2     3,614    12.2
                 30 - 39 hours    3,170    11.3     3,823    13.1     3,718    12.7    3,510    11.7     3,603    12.1
     Worked 40 hours and over    19,264    68.6    17,089    58.6    17,945    61.3   19,092    63.5    17,871    60.2
  With a job, not at work           346     1.2       789     2.7       442     1.5      422     1.4       505     1.7

     URBAN

     Total Employed              13,308   100.0    13,694   100.0    13,831   100.0   14,215   100.0    14,104   100.0

  At Work                        13,164    98.9    13,293    97.1    13,632    98.6   13,998    98.5    13,870    98.3
     Worked less than 40 hours    2,696    20.3     3,828    28.0     3,373    24.4    3,522    24.8     3,605    25.6
         Less than 20 hours         854     6.4     1,223     8.9     1,101     8.0    1,204     8.5     1,242     8.8
                 20 - 29 hours      856     6.4     1,274     9.3     1,113     8.0    1,142     8.0     1,143     8.1
                 30 - 39 hours      986     7.4     1,331     9.7     1,159     8.4    1,176     8.3     1,220     8.7
     Worked 40 hours and over    10,468    78.7     9,465    69.1    10,259    74.2   10,476    73.7    10,265    72.8
  With a job, not at work           143     1.1       400     2.9       200     1.4      217     1.5       234     1.7

       RURAL

     Total Employed              14,788   100.0    15,466   100.0    15,449   100.0   15,871   100.0    15,600   100.0

  At Work                        14,584    98.6    15,076    97.5    15,207    98.4   15,665    98.7    15,330    98.3
     Worked less than 40 hours    5,788    39.1     7,453    48.2     7,522    48.7    7,049    44.4     7,724    49.5
         Less than 20 hours       1,778    12.0     2,432    15.7     2,482    16.1    2,486    15.7     2,870    18.4
                 20 - 29 hours    1,827    12.4     2,530    16.4     2,480    16.1    2,229    14.0     2,471    15.8
                 30 - 39 hours    2,183    14.8     2,491    16.1     2,560    16.6    2,334    14.7     2,383    15.3
     Worked 40 hours and over     8,796    59.5     7,623    49.3     7,685    49.7    8,616    54.3     7,606    48.8
  With a job, not at work           203     1.4       389     2.5      242      1.6      205     1.3       271     1.7

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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