Table 8A.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by
           Selected Characteristics:  July 2005 
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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 Selected Characteristics                                   Number          Percent
                                                            ('000)
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Underemployed Persons

Sex                                                          6,660            100.0

     Male                                                    4,667             70.1
     Female                                                  1,993             29.9

Age Group                                                    6,660            100.0

     15 - 24                                                 1,198             18.0
     25 - 34                                                 1,905             28.6
     35 - 44                                                 1,753             26.3
     45 - 54                                                 1,112             16.7
     55 - 64                                                   511              7.7
     65 and Over                                               181              2.7

Marital Status                                               6,660            100.0

     Single                                                  1,663             25.0
     Married                                                 4,643             69.7
     Widowed                                                   249              3.7
     Divorce/Separate                                          104              1.6
     Unknown                                                     1              0.0

Highest Grade Completed                                      6,660            100.0

     No Grade Completed                                        136              2.0
     Elementary Undegraduate                                 1,411             21.2
     Elementary Graduate                                     1,382             20.7
     Highschool Undergraduate                                1,015             15.2
     Highschool Graduate                                     1,437             21.6
     Collge Undergraduate                                      754             11.3
     College Graduate                                          526              7.9

Relationship to Household Head                               6,660            100.0

     Head                                                    3,360             50.4
     Wife/Spouse                                             1,247             18.7
     Son/daughter                                            1,526             22.9
     Brothers/sisters                                           83              1.2
     Son-in-law/daughter-in-law                                159              2.4
     Grandson/Granddaughter                                     63              0.9
      Father/Mother                                             15              0.2
     Other    Relative                                         164              2.5
      Non-relative                                               -              0.7
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Note:    Estimates are preliminary results and subject to change.

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

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