TABLE 9.   EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1996 AND JANUARY 1997

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                                    |                                      |                                                   CLASS OF WORKER
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       MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP         |         TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED          |         WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS       |          OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS          |        UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                    |  Jan.                Jan.            |   Jan.                Jan.            |   Jan.                Jan.            |   Jan.                Jan.
                                    |  1996   Percent      1997   Percent  |   1996   Percent      1997   Percent  |   1996   Percent      1997   Percent  |   1996   Percent      1997   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                   5,561     100.0     5,755     100.0     2,312     100.0     2,507     100.0     2,341     100.0     2,355     100.0       908     100.0       894     100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry    2,969      53.4     2,958      51.4       755      32.7       802      32.0     1,462      62.5     1,422      60.4       752      82.8       734      82.1
   Mining and Quarrying                  16       0.3        34       0.6        11       0.5        25       1.0         3       0.1         7       0.3         1       0.1         2       0.2
   Manufacturing                        490       8.8       498       8.7       296      12.8       304      12.1       157       6.7       152       6.5        37       4.1        41       4.6
   Electricity, Gas and Water            22       0.4        18       0.3        21       0.9        16       0.6         -         -         2       0.1         -         -         1       0.1
   Construction                         315       5.7       362       6.3       279      12.1       315      12.6        36       1.5        46       2.0         -         -         1       0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade           670      12.0       717      12.5       164       7.1       186       7.4       411      17.6       434      18.4        95      10.5        97      10.9
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                      284       5.1       284       4.9       175       7.6       165       6.6       103       4.4       111       4.7         6       0.7         7       0.8
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services         68       1.2       112       1.9        61       2.6        94       3.7         6       0.3        16       0.7         -         -         2       0.2
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                  726      13.1       772      13.4       549      23.7       597      23.8       160       6.8       166       7.0        17       1.9         9       1.0
  Industry Not Adequately Defined         -         -         2       0.0         -         -         2       0.1         -         -         -       0.0         -         -         -         -

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines