Table 9.  Unemployed Persons Looking for Work by
          Number of Weeks Looking for Work: July 2005 
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
          (In thousands)

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Number of Weeks Looking for Work         Number | Percent

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Philippines                               1,294     100.0

Less than 4                                 565      43.6
4 - 9                                       482      37.2
10 - 19                                     149      11.5
20 - 29                                      54       4.2
30 and over                                  44       3.4

Mean weeks looking for work                 7.2
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Note:    Estimates are preliminary and subject to change.

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

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