Table 7A. Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work and Who were Looking for
          Additional Hours of Work During the Past Week, by Sex: January 2005
          (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                          Both Sexes   |      Male        |     Female
Age Group            ------------------|-------------------------------------
                      Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent
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Philippines            1,676     100.0    1,245     100.0      430     100.0

15 - 24                  307      18.3      244      19.6       63      14.7
25 - 34                  485      28.9      367      29.5      118      27.4
35 - 44                  434      25.9      311      25.0      123      28.6
45 - 54                  292      17.4      207      16.6       85      19.8
55 - 64                  120       7.2       88       7.1       32       7.4
65 and over               38       2.3       28       2.2       10       2.3
Not Reported               -         -        -         -        -         -

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Note:    Estimates for January 2005 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Labor Force Survey
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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