Table 10a. Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method: 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
Job Search Method                  Number         | Number         | Number         | Number         | Number        
                                   ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent
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Philippines

Total                               1,136   100.0    1,142   100.0    1,515   100.0    1,109   100.0    1,154   100.0

Registered in employment agency       218    19.2      248    21.7      282    18.6      202    18.2      216    18.7
  Private                             150    13.2      191    16.7      207    13.7      157    14.2      164    14.2
  Public                               68     6.0       57     5.0       75     5.0       45     4.1       52     4.5

Approached employer directly          454    40.0      439    38.4      485    32.0      419    37.8      363    31.5

Approached relatives or friends       376    33.1      358    31.3      582    38.4      376    33.9      472    40.9

Placed or answered advertisements      77     6.8       93     8.1      142     9.4       96     8.7       90     7.8

Others                                 11     1.0        4     0.4       34     2.2       15     1.4       14     1.2

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

Notes:
         1/ - Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX.
         2/ - Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX, is now under ARMM by EO 36.
         Estimates for January 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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