Table 7a. Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work and Who Were Looking for
          Additional Hours of Work During the Past Week, by Sex: October 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            1,822     100.0    1,404     100.0      418     100.0

15 - 24                  356      19.5      293      20.9       63      15.1
25 - 34                  543      29.8      437      31.1      106      25.4
35 - 44                  486      26.7      354      25.2      131      31.3
45 - 54                  281      15.4      210      15.0       71      17.0
55 - 64                  124       6.8       89       6.3       35       8.4
65 and over               33       1.8       21       1.5       11       2.6
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 October 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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