TABLE 11.  Unemployed Persons not Looking for Work by Reason for not Looking for Work:
           April 2004
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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Reasons for not looking/Sex                   Total | Percent
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Philippines

Total                                         3,726     100.0

Believe no work available                     1,280      34.4
Awaiting results of previous job application    482      12.9
Temporary illness/disability                    678      18.2
Bad weather                                      22       0.6
Waiting for rehire/job recall                   424      11.4
Others                                          840      22.5

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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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