TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED, URBAN-RURAL:
          JANUARY 2001 TO JANUARY 2002
         (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                       Jan 2001     |       Apr 2001  |     Jul 2001    |    Oct 2001    |   Jan 2002
               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)  4,744    16.9     5,092    17.5     5,188    17.7     5,000    16.6    4,724    15.9
 Working:
     Less than 40 hours             2,779     9.9     3,427    11.8     3,321    11.3     3,282    10.9    3,212    10.8
     40 hours and over              1,965     7.0     1,665     5.7     1,866     6.4     1,718     5.7    1,512     5.1

           URBAN
 Total Underemployed                1,806    13.6     1,927    14.1     2,012    14.5     1,961    13.8    1,728    12.3
 Working:
     Less than 40 hours               871     6.5     1,157     8.4     1,108     8.0     1,131     8.0    1,053     7.5
     40 hours and over                935     7.0       770     5.6       905     6.5       830     5.8      675     4.8

           RURAL

 Total Underemployed                2,939    19.9     3,165    20.5     3,176    20.6     3,039    19.1    2,996    19.2
  Working:
     Less than 40 hours             1,908    12.9     2,270    14.7     2,214    14.3     2,150    13.5    2,158    13.8
     40 hours and over              1,030     7.0       895     5.8      962      6.2       888     5.6      837     5.4

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