Table 8.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Number of Hours Worked:
          January 2003 to January 2004
          (Values are in thousands.  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 Underemployed        								  
  (In thousands)         4,849     16.1   4,733     15.6    6,314    20.7    4,989    15.8    5,525    17.5
 
Working:
  Less than 40 hours     3,251     10.8   3,190     10.5    3,397    11.2    3,076     9.7    3,283    10.4
  40 hours and over      1,598      5.3   1,543      5.1    2,917     9.6    1,913     6.1    2,241     7.1

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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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