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

Total                                 1,142   100.0    1,515   100.0    1,109   100.0    1,154   100.0    1,262   100.0

Registered in Employment Agencey        248    21.7      282    18.6      202    18.2      216    18.7      231    18.3
  Private                               191    16.7      207    13.7      157    14.2      164    14.2      172    13.6
  Public                                 57     5.0       75     5.0       45     4.1       52     4.5       59     4.7

Approached Employer Directly            439    38.4      485    32.0      419    37.8      363    31.5      476    37.7

Approached Relatives or Friends         358    31.3      582    38.4      376    33.9      471    40.8      441    34.9

Placed or Answered Advertisements        93     8.1      142     9.4       96     8.7       90     7.8       97     7.7

Others                                    4     0.4       34     2.2       15     1.4       15     1.3       17     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

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


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