TABLE 11.  Unemployed Persons not Looking for Work by Reason for not Looking for Work:
           October 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                                         2,597     100.0

Believe no work available                       909      35.0
Awaiting results of previous job application    421      16.2
Temporary illness/disability                    575      22.1
Bad weather                                      26       1.0
Waiting for rehire/job recall                   269      10.4
Others                                          397      15.3

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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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