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

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                              |   July 2003    |  October 2003  |  January 2004  |   April 2004   |   July 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)               30,451    100.0  31,553    100.0  31,547    100.0  31,539    100.0  31,623    100.0

  At  Work                     30,061     98.7  31,161     98.8  31,123     98.7  30,415     96.4  31,209     98.7
    Worked less than 40 hours  10,203     33.5  11,071     35.1  11,095     35.2  13,056     41.4  11,082     35.0
       Less than 20 hours       3,592     11.8   3,873     12.3   4,033     12.8   5,236     16.6   4,050     12.8
         20 - 29 hours          3,328     10.9   3,494     11.1   3,570     11.3   4,153     13.2   3,536     11.2
         30 - 39 hours          3,283     10.8   3,704     11.7   3,492     11.1   3,667     11.6   3,496     11.1
    Worked 40 hours and over   19,858     65.2  20,090     63.7  20,028     63.5  17,359     55.0  20,127     63.6
  With a job, not at work         391      1.3     392      1.2     423      1.3   1,125      3.6     415      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 July 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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