Table 10a.  Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method:  October 2003
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                     Oct 2002    |    Jan 2003    |     Apr 2003   |    Jul 2003    |   Oct 2003 
Job Search Method                 Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent
                                  ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)
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Philippines

Total                              1,162   100.0    1,136   100.0    1,142   100.0    1,515   100.0    1,089   100.0

Registered in employment agency      221    19.0      218    19.2      248    21.7      282    18.6      199    18.3
    Private                          160    13.8      150    13.2      191    16.7      207    13.7      153    14.0
    Public                            61     5.2       68     6.0       57     5.0       75     5.0       46     4.2

Approached employer directly         460    39.6      454    40.0      439    38.4      485    32.0      417    38.3

Approached relatives or friends      380    32.7      376    33.1      358    31.3      582    38.4      368    33.8

Placed or answered advertisements     92     7.9       77     6.8       93     8.1      142     9.4       90     8.3

Others                                 8     0.7       11     1.0        4     0.4       34     2.2       16     1.5

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

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