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

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                                        Oct 2001      |    Jan 2002     |   Apr 2002      |   Jul 2002     |    Oct 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)  5,000    16.6      4,724   15.9      5,922   19.6      5,161   17.1      4,628   15.3

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             3,282    10.9      3,212   10.8      3,784   12.5      3,274   10.9      3,019   10.0
      40 hours and over              1,718     5.7      1,512    5.1      2,138    7.1      1,886    6.3      1,609    5.3

            URBAN

  Total Underemployed                1,961    13.8      1,728   12.3      2,251   15.8      1,960   13.8      1,659   11.6

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             1,131     8.0      1,053    7.5      1,253    8.8      1,078    7.6        939    6.6
      40 hours and over                830     5.8        675    4.8        998    7.0        883    6.2        720    5.0

            RURAL

  Total Underemployed                3,039    19.1      2,996   19.2      3,670   23.1      3,200   20.1      2,969   18.6

  Working:
      Less than 40 hours             2,150    13.5      2,158   13.8      2,530   15.9      2,197   13.8      2,080   13.0
      40 hours and over                888     5.6        837    5.4      1,140    7.2      1,004    6.3        889    5.6

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