Table 7.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Number of Hours Worked:
          April 2003 to April 2004
          (Values are in thousands.  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 Underemployed
  (In thousands)             4,733    15.6    6,314    20.7    4,989    15.8    5,522    17.5    5,831    18.5

Working:
  Less than 40 hours         3,190    10.5    3,397    11.2    3,076     9.7    3,282    10.4    3,875    12.3
  40 hours and over          1,543     5.1    2,917     9.6    1,913     6.1    2,240     7.1    1,956     6.2


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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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