Table 7a. Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work and Who Were Looking for
          Additional Hours of Work During the Past Week, by Sex: July 2004
          (Values are in thousands)

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                          Both Sexes   |      Male        |     Female
Age Group            --------------------------------------------------------
                      Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent
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Philippines            1,981     100.0    1,496     100.0      485     100.0

15 - 24                  353      17.8      289      19.3       63      13.0
25 - 34                  575      29.0      448      29.9      128      26.4
35 - 44                  531      26.8      384      25.7      147      30.3
45 - 54                  340      17.2      241      16.1      100      20.6
55 - 64                  136       6.9       97       6.5       39       8.0
65 and over               46       2.3       37       2.5        9       1.9
Not Reported               *         -        *         -        -         -

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

Notes:
         * - less than 500
         Estimates for July 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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