Table 11.  Unemployed Persons Not Looking for Work by Reason 
           for Not Looking for Work: October 2003
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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Reasons for not looking/Sex       Total | Percent 

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Philippines

Total                             2,465     100.0

Believe no work available           822      33.3
Awaiting results of previous        442      17.9
     job application
Temporary illness/disability        534      21.7
Bad weather                          22       0.9
Waiting for rehire/job recall       309      12.5
Others                              336      13.6

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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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