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

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          NUMBER OF                   Apr 2001   |    Jul 2001    |    Oct 2001    |    Jan 2002    |   Apr 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)    29,160  100.0    29,281  100.0    30,085   100.0   29,705   100.0    30,186   100.0

  At  Work                        28,325   97.1    28,838   98.5    29,609    98.4   25,696    86.5    29,260    96.9
     Worked less than 40 hours    11,970   41.0    10,893   37.2    11,344    37.7    7,825    26.3    11,478    38.0
         Less than 20 hours        4,076   14.0     3,582   12.2     4,107    13.7    4,111    13.8     4,332    14.4
                 20 - 29 hours     4,062   13.9     3,593   12.3     3,686    12.3    3,614    12.2     3,677    12.2
                 30 - 39 hours     3,832   13.1     3,718   12.7     3,551    11.8      100     0.3     3,469    11.5
     Worked 40 hours and over     16,355   56.1    17,945   61.3    18,265    60.7   17,871    60.2    17,782    58.9
  With a job, not at work            836    2.9       442    1.5       477     1.6      505     1.7       926     3.1

     URBAN

     Total Employed               13,694  100.0    13,831  100.0    14,215   100.0   14,104   100.0    14,287   100.0

  At Work                         13,279   97.0    13,632   98.6    13,989    98.4   13,870    98.3    13,866    97.1
     Worked less than 40 hours     3,943   28.8     3,373   24.4     3,659    25.7    3,605    25.6     3,788    26.5
         Less than 20 hours        1,294    9.4     1,101    8.0     1,272     8.9    1,242     8.8     1,386     9.7
                 20 - 29 hours     1,321    9.6     1,113    8.0     1,199     8.4    1,143     8.1     1,186     8.3
                 30 - 39 hours     1,328    9.7     1,159    8.4     1,188     8.4    1,220     8.7     1,216     8.5
     Worked 40 hours and over      9,336   68.2    10,259   74.2    10,330    72.7   10,265    72.8    10,078    70.5
  With a job, not at work            415    3.0       200    1.4       225     1.6      234     1.7       422     3.0

       RURAL

     Total Employed               15,466  100.0    15,449  100.0    15,871   100.0   15,600   100.0    15,899   100.0

  At Work                         15,046   97.3    15,207   98.4    15,620    98.4   15,330    98.3    15,395    96.8
     Worked less than 40 hours     8,028   51.9     7,522   48.7     7,685    48.4    7,724    49.5     7,691    48.4
         Less than 20 hours        2,782   18.0     2,482   16.1     2,836    17.9    2,870    18.4     2,946    18.5
                 20 - 29 hours     2,742   17.7     2,480   16.1     2,487    15.7    2,471    15.8     2,492    15.7
                 30 - 39 hours     2,504   16.2     2,560   16.6     2,362    14.9    2,383    15.3     2,253    14.2
     Worked 40 hours and over      7,018   45.4     7,685   49.7     7,935    50.0    7,606    48.8     7,704    48.5
  With a job, not at work            420    2.7       242    1.6       251     1.6      271     1.7       505     3.2

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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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