TABLE 11.  Unemployed Persons not Looking for Work by Reason for not Looking for Work:
           July 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                                         2,875     100.0

Believe no work available                       983      34.2
Awaiting results of previous job application    431      15.0
Temporary illness/disability                    638      22.2
Bad weather                                      32       1.1
Waiting for rehire/job recall                   305      10.6
Others                                          486      16.9

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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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