Table 10.  Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by Job Search Method:  January 2005
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                   January 2004    |   April 2004   |   July 2004    |  October 2004   |   January 2005*
Job Search Method                   Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent |  Number Percent |  Number  Percent
                                    ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         |  ('000)         |  ('000)
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Philippines

Total                                1,154   100.0    1,255   100.0    1,332   100.0     1,287   100.0     1,232    100.0

Registered in Employment Agency        216    18.7      230    18.3      262    19.7       262    20.4       220     17.9
    Private                            164    14.2      171    13.6      196    14.7       189    14.7       178     14.4
    Public                              52     4.5       59     4.7       66     5.0        73     5.7        43      3.5

Approached Employer Directly           363    31.5      473    37.7      529    39.7       518    40.2       491     39.9

Approached Relatives or Friends        471    40.8      437    34.8      440    33.0       381    29.6       423     34.3

Placed or Answered Advertisements       90     7.8       96     7.6       92     6.9       112     8.7        82      6.7

Others                                  15     1.3       18     1.4       11     0.8        14     1.1        16      1.3

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

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

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