Table 9a. Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week:
          January 2003 to January 2004
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                January 2003  |   April 2003   |    July 2003   |  October 2003  |  January 2004
Number of Hours Worked         Number         | Number         | Number         | Number         | Number        
                               ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent
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Philippines
 
Total employed 
  (In thousands)               30,119   100.0   30,418   100.0   30,451   100.0   31,553   100.0   31,522   100.0

 At  Work                      29,667    98.5   29,736    97.8   30,061    98.7   31,161    98.8   31,101    98.7
   Worked less than 40 hours   11,669    38.7   12,302    40.4   10,203    33.5   11,071    35.1   11,088    35.2
     Less than 20 hours         4,199    13.9    4,418    14.5    3,592    11.8    3,873    12.3    4,035    12.8
       20 - 29 hours            3,755    12.5    4,011    13.2    3,328    10.9    3,494    11.1    3,567    11.3
       30 - 39 hours            3,715    12.3    3,873    12.7    3,283    10.8    3,704    11.7    3,486    11.1
   Worked 40 hours and over    17,998    59.8   17,434    57.3   19,858    65.2   20,090    63.7   20,013    63.5
 
 With a job, not at work          452     1.5     682      2.2      391     1.3      392     1.2      423     1.3

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

Notes:
         Estimates for January 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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