TABLE 10.  HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY AGE GROUP & SEX, URBAN-RURAL:  JANUARY 2002
           (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                    TOTAL  |                BOTH SEXES       |  TOTAL |                    MALE          |  TOTAL  |                 FEMALE
AGE GROUP                  | IN THE LABOR FORCE  |  NOT IN   |        |  IN THE LABOR FORCE  |  NOT IN   |         | IN THE LABOR FORCE |   NOT IN
AND AREA                   |             UNEM-   | THE LABOR |        |               UNEM-  | THE LABOR |         |             UNEM-  |  THE LABOR
                           | EMPLOYED    PLOYED  |   FORCE   |        |  EMPLOYED     PLOYED |   FORCE   |         | EMPLOYED    PLOYED |    FORCE
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PHILIPPINES        49,839     29,705      3,393      16,742    24,868    18,175      2,051       4,643      24,971    11,530     1,342      12,099

15 - 19 YEARS       8,554      2,493        589       5,473     4,483     1,633        351       2,499       4,072       860       238       2,974
20 - 24 YEARS       6,547      3,459        992       2,096     3,456     2,196        547         713       3,091     1,263       444       1,383
25 - 34 YEARS       9,784      6,661        823       2,300     4,885     4,216        510         159       4,899     2,445       313       2,141
35 - 44 YEARS       9,284      7,036        408       1,841     4,574     4,248        262          65       4,711     2,788       146       1,776
45 - 54 YEARS       7,351      5,596        298       1,457     3,608     3,285        204         119       3,742     2,310        93       1,339
55 - 64 YEARS       4,465      2,972        183       1,310     2,151     1,723        123         304       2,315     1,250        60       1,006
65 YEARS AND OVER   3,853      1,488        101       2,264     1,712       874         54         784       2,142       614        48       1,481
AGE NOT REPORTED        1         -          -            1        -         -          -           -            1        -         -            1

 URBAN             25,170     14,104      2,109       8,967    12,196     8,141      1,338       2,717      12,974     5,964       771       6,239

15 - 19 YEARS       4,188        936        336       2,917     2,129       509        206       1,414       2,059       427       129       1,502
20 - 24 YEARS       3,643      1,794        646       1,203     1,813       998        373         442       1,830       796       273         761
25 - 34 YEARS       5,186      3,478        553       1,155     2,551     2,097        355         100       2,635     1,381       199       1,055
35 - 44 YEARS       4,593      3,388        249         955     2,181     1,974        165          42       2,412     1,414        84         913
45 - 54 YEARS       3,694      2,701        186         808     1,784     1,553        144          87       1,910     1,147        42         721
55 - 64 YEARS       2,137      1,294         99         745     1,018       735         72         212       1,119       559        27         533
65 YEARS AND OVER   1,727        514         40       1,174       719       275         23         420       1,009       239        16         754
AGE NOT REPORTED       *          -          -           *          -         -          -           -           *         -         -           *

 RURAL             24,669     15,600      1,284       7,785    12,672    10,034        712       1,925      11,998     5,566       572       5,860

15 - 19 YEARS       4,366      1,557        253       2,556     2,353     1,124        144       1,085       2,013       433       109       1,471
20 - 24 YEARS       2,904      1,665        345         894     1,643     1,197        174         271       1,261       467       171         622
25 - 34 YEARS       4,598      3,183        269       1,145     2,334     2,120        155          59       2,264     1,064       114       1,086
35 - 44 YEARS       4,692      3,648        159         885     2,393     2,274         97          22       2,299     1,374        62         863
45 - 54 YEARS       3,656      2,895        112         649     1,824     1,732         60          32       1,832     1,163        52         618
55 - 64 YEARS       2,328      1,679         84         565     1,132       988         52          92       1,196       691        33         473
65 YEARS AND OVER   2,126        974         61       1,090       993       599         30         364       1,133       375        31         727
AGE NOT REPORTED       *          -          -           *          -         -          -           -           *         -         -           *

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* - less than 500

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