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

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                                   |           BOTH SEXES           |       |              MALE              |       |             FEMALE
     AGE GROUP               TOTAL | IN THE LABOR FORCE |  NOT IN   | TOTAL | IN THE LABOR FORCE |  NOT IN   | TOTAL | 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             50,167   30,186     4,866      15,115     25,056   18,415    2,751       3,890     25,110    11,771   2,115      11,224

15 - 19 YEARS                8,508    2,850     1,335       4,323      4,462    1,817      730       1,915      4,046     1,033     605       2,408
20 - 24 YEARS                6,538    3,505     1,311       1,722      3,482    2,229      720         534      3,056     1,276     591       1,189
25 - 34 YEARS                9,825    6,701       993       2,132      4,941    4,236      563         142      4,884     2,465     429       1,990
35 - 44 YEARS                9,304    6,964       502       1,837      4,566    4,217      282          68      4,738     2,747     221       1,770
45 - 54 YEARS                  470    5,602       393       1,474      3,647    3,257      258         132      3,823     2,345     136       1,342
55 - 64 YEARS                4,553    3,035       198       1,319      2,185    1,751      127         307      2,368     1,284      72       1,012
65 YEARS AND OVER            3,965    1,529       134       2,302      1,772      908       73         792      2,193       621      61       1,511
AGE NOT REPORTED                 3       -         -            3          1       -        -            1          3        -       -            3

       URBAN                25,397   14,287     2,856       8,253     12,311    8,187    1,699       2,425     13,085     6,100   1,157       5,828

15 - 19 YEARS                4,211    1,041       713       2,457      2,129      552      398       1,179      2,082       488     315       1,278
20 - 24 YEARS                3,606    1,777       833         996      1,812    1,002      462         348      1,794       775     371         648
25 - 34 YEARS                5,265    3,555       637       1,073      2,620    2,146      386          89      2,645     1,410     251         984
35 - 44 YEARS                4,588    3,377       285         926      2,170    1,948      177          45      2,418     1,429     108         881
45 - 54 YEARS                3,723    2,699       228         796      1,788    1,519      170          99      1,935     1,180      58         697
55 - 64 YEARS                2,192    1,314       108         770      1,043      739       78         226      1,149       576      30         544
65 YEARS AND OVER            1,811      524        53       1,235        749      282       27         439      1,062       242      25         796
AGE NOT REPORTED                 1       -         -            1         -        -        -           -           1        -       -            1

       RURAL                24,770   15,899     2,010       6,861     12,745   10,227    1,053       1,465     12,025     5,671     958       5,396

15 - 19 YEARS                4,297    1,810       621       1,866      2,333    1,264      332         737      1,965       545     290       1,130
20 - 24 YEARS                2,933    1,728       479         726      1,670    1,227      258         185      1,262       501     221         541
25 - 34 YEARS                4,560    3,145       356       1,059      2,321    2,090      177          54      2,239     1,055     178       1,005
35 - 44 YEARS                4,716    3,587       218         911      2,397    2,269      105          23      2,319     1,318     113         889
45 - 54 YEARS                3,747    2,903       165         679      1,859    1,738       87          33      1,888     1,165      78         645
55 - 64 YEARS                2,361    1,721        90         550      1,142    1,013       49          81      1,219       708      42         469
65 YEARS AND OVER            2,154    1,006        81       1,067      1,023      626       45         352      1,130       380      36         715
AGE NOT REPORTED                 3       -         -            3          1       -        -            1          2        -       -            2

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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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