Table 8a. Employed Persons Wanting More Hours  of Work by Selected Characteristics: January 2006
          (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                                       6,895

Sex                                                         6,895           100.0

     Male                                                   4,822            69.9
     Female                                                 2,072            30.1

Age Group                                                   6,895           100.0

     15 - 24                                                1,229            17.8
     25 - 34                                                1,943            28.2
     35 - 44                                                1,782            25.8
     45 - 54                                                1,168            16.9
     55 - 64                                                  580             8.4
     65 and Over                                              193             2.8

Marital Status                                              6,895           100.0

     Single                                                 1,744            25.3
     Married                                                4,796            69.6
     Widowed                                                  238             3.5
     Divorce/Separate                                         116             1.7
     Unknown                                                    1             0.0

Highest Grade Completed                                     6,895           100.0

     No Grade Completed                                       141             2.0
     Elementary Undegraduate                                1,508            21.9
     Elementary Graduate                                    1,353            19.6
     Highschool Undergraduate                               1,045            15.2
     Highschool Graduate                                    1,556            22.6
     Collge Undergraduate                                     719            10.4
     College Graduate                                         574             8.3

Relationship to Household Head                              6,895           100.0

     Head                                                   3,420            49.6
     Wife/Spouse                                            1,290            18.7
     Son/daughter                                           1,647            23.9
     Brothers/sisters                                          84             1.2
     Son-in-law/daughter-in-law                               174             2.5
     Grandson/Granddaughter                                    56             0.8
     Father/Mother                                             12             0.2
     Other Relative                                           171             2.5
     Non-relative                                              40             0.6

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Note:    Estimates for January 2006 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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