TABLE 10.  HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY AGE GROUP & SEX, URBAN-RURAL:  OCTOBER 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                       50,841    30,252     3,423     17,166    25,387    18,439     2,076     4,871      25,454    11,812     1,347    12,295

15 - 19 YEARS                        8,863     2,464       612     5,787      4,687     1,642       373     2,672       4,176       822       239     3,115
20 - 24 YEARS                        6,527     3,473     1,004     2,050      3,479     2,203       572       704       3,048     1,270       432     1,346
25 - 34 YEARS                        9,772     6,731       807     2,234      4,879     4,237       476       166       4,894     2,494       331     2,069
35 - 44 YEARS                        9,428     7,121       410     1,898      4,639     4,295       260        84       4,789     2,825       150     1,814
45 - 54 YEARS                        7,523     5,755       288     1,480      3,660     3,326       207       127       3,863     2,429        81     1,352
55 - 64 YEARS                        4,607     3,098       176     1,334      2,202     1,787       120       295       2,406     1,310        56     1,039
65 YEARS AND OVER                    4,120     1,610       126     2,383      1,841       948        69       823       2,279       662        57     1,560
AGE NOT REPORTED                         1        -         -          1         *         -         -         *           *         -         -         *

     URBAN                          25,655    14,285     2,163      9,208    12,367     8,179     1,397     2,791      13,288     6,106       766     6,416

15 - 19 YEARS                        4,255       872       349      3,033     2,141       466       224     1,451       2,113       406       125     1,582
20 - 24 YEARS                        3,601     1,777       655      1,170     1,797       980       387       430       1,805       797       268       740
25 - 34 YEARS                        5,284     3,577       546      1,162     2,585     2,144       343        98       2,699     1,433       203     1,064
35 - 44 YEARS                        4,734     3,480       274        980     2,258     2,013       193        53       2,476     1,467        82       927
45 - 54 YEARS                        3,715     2,699       190        825     1,779     1,540       147        93       1,935     1,159        43       732
55 - 64 YEARS                        2,187     1,304       104        779     1,022       726        79       216       1,165       577        25       563
65 YEARS AND OVER                    1,880       576        45      1,259       785       309        25       451       1,095       267        20       808
AGE NOT REPORTED                        *         -         -          *         *         -         -         *           -         -         -         -

     RURAL                          25,186    15,967     1,261      7,958    13,020    10,261       679     2,079      12,166     5,706       581     5,879

15 - 19 YEARS                        4,608     1,591       263      2,754     2,546     1,176       149     1,221       2,062       416       114     1,533
20 - 24 YEARS                        2,925     1,696       350        880     1,682     1,223       185       274       1,243       473       165       606
25 - 34 YEARS                        4,488     3,154       261      1,072     2,293     2,093       133        67       2,195     1,061       128     1,005
35 - 44 YEARS                        4,695     3,641       136        918     2,381     2,282        67        32       2,314     1,358        68       887
45 - 54 YEARS                        3,809     3,056        98        655     1,881     1,786        60        34       1,928     1,270        38       620
55 - 64 YEARS                        2,421     1,794        72        555     1,180     1,061        40        78       1,241       733        31       476
65 YEARS AND OVER                    2,240     1,035        81      1,124     1,057       639        45       373       1,183       395        36       752
AGE NOT REPORTED                         1        -         -           1        *         -         -         *           *         -         -         *

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Note:  Starting April 2002, the new regional grouping in Mindanao was adopted.  Please refer to the technical notes for more details.

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