Table 6.  Employed Persons by Number of Hours Worked During the Past Week:
          April 2003 to April 2004
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                              |   April 2003   |    July 2003   |  October 2003  |  January 2004  |   April 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)                30,418   100.0   30,451   100.0   31,553   100.0   31,547   100.0   31,520   100.0

  At  Work                      29,736    97.8   30,061    98.7   31,161    98.8   31,123    98.7   30,401    96.4
    Worked less than 40 hours   12,302    40.4   10,203    33.5   11,071    35.1   11,095    35.2   13,034    41.4
       Less than 20 hours        4,418    14.5    3,592    11.8    3,873    12.3    4,033    12.8    5,231    16.6
         20 - 29 hours           4,011    13.2    3,328    10.9    3,494    11.1    3,570    11.3    4,145    13.2
         30 - 39 hours           3,873    12.7    3,283    10.8    3,704    11.7    3,492    11.1    3,658    11.6
    Worked 40 hours and over    17,434    57.3   19,858    65.2   20,090    63.7   20,028    63.5   17,367    55.1
  With a job, not at work          682     2.2      391     1.3      392     1.2      423     1.3    1,120     3.6

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

Note:
         Estimates for April 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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