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

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                              |  October 2003  |  January 2004  |   April 2004*  |    Jul 2004*   |  October 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)               31,553    100.0  31,547    100.0  31,533    100.0  31,632    100.0  31,733    100.0

  At  Work                     31,161     98.8  31,123     98.7  30,410     96.4  31,217     98.7  31,158     98.2
    Worked less than 40 hours  11,071     35.1  11,095     35.2  13,051     41.4  11,084     35.0  11,211     35.3
       Less than 20 hours       3,873     12.3   4,033     12.8   5,237     16.6   4,051     12.8   4,174     13.2
         20 - 29 hours          3,494     11.1   3,570     11.3   4,153     13.2   3,534     11.2   3,580     11.3
         30 - 39 hours          3,704     11.7   3,492     11.1   3,661     11.6   3,499     11.1   3,457     10.9
    Worked 40 hours and over   20,090     63.7  20,028     63.5  17,359     55.1  20,133     63.6  19,947     62.9
  With a job, not at work         392      1.2     423      1.3   1,121      3.6     415      1.3     574      1.8

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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 October 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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