Table 16A. Number of Persons by Category of Looking For Work Whether
           Available For Work or Not Available: April 2005
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                       Total    Available  Not Available
Selected Variables             (in thousands)
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Total                                  3,977        2,909          1,068

Looking for work                       1,506        1,377            129

Not looking for work
  with valid reason                    2,471        1,532            939

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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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