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

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                                        Jul 2001      |    Oct 2001     |   Jan 2002      |   Apr 2002     |    Jul 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)   5,188    17.7     5,000    16.6     4,724    15.9     5,922    19.6     5,161    17.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours              3,321    11.3     3,282    10.9     3,212    10.8     3,784    12.5     3,274    10.9
      40 hours and over               1,866     6.4     1,718     5.7     1,512     5.1     2,138     7.1     1,886     6.3

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                 2,012    14.5     1,961    13.8     1,728    12.3     2,251    15.8     1,960    13.8

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours              1,108     8.0     1,131     8.0     1,053     7.5     1,253     8.8     1,078     7.6
      40 hours and over                 905     6.5       830     5.8       675     4.8       998     7.0       883     6.2

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                 3,176    20.6     3,039    19.1     2,996    19.2     3,670    23.1     3,200    20.1

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours              2,214    14.3     2,150    13.5     2,158    13.8     2,530    15.9     2,197    13.8
      40 hours and over                962      6.2       888     5.6       837     5.4     1,140     7.2     1,004     6.3

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