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

Total                                1,515    100.0   1,109    100.0   1,154    100.0   1,256    100.0   1,332    100.0

Registered in Employment Agencey       282     18.6     202     18.2     216     18.7     230     18.3     260     19.5
  Private                              207     13.7     157     14.2     164     14.2     171     13.6     196     14.7
  Public                                75      5.0      45      4.1      52      4.5      59      4.7      64      4.8

Approached Employer Directly           485     32.0     419     37.8     363     31.5     474     37.7     531     39.9

Approached Relatives or Friends        582     38.4     376     33.9     471     40.8     438     34.9     440     33.0

Placed or Answered Advertisements      142      9.4      96      8.7      90      7.8      96      7.6      92      6.9

Others                                  34      2.2      15      1.4      15      1.3      18      1.4      10      0.8

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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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