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

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          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                      TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED                   WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS                   OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                            Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                   Oct                 Oct
                                            1996     Percent    1997     Percent    1996     Percent    1997     Percent    1996    Percent     1997     Percent      1996   Percent      1997   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                         5,326     100.0     5,805     100.0     2,440     100.0     2,724     100.0     2,049     100.0     2,283     100.0       838     100.0       798     100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry          2,768      52.0     2,924      50.4       833      34.1       862      31.6     1,248      60.9     1,398      61.2       687      82.0       664      83.2
   Mining and Quarrying                        27       0.5        40       0.7        20       0.8        33       1.2         7       0.3         6       0.3         *         -         1       0.1
   Manufacturing                              516       9.7       505       8.7       339      13.9       326      12.0       140       6.8       137       6.0        38       4.5        41       5.1
   Electricity, Gas and Water                  19       0.4        23       0.4        17       0.7        22       0.8         2       0.1         1       0.0         -         -         *         *
   Construction                               350       6.6       389       6.7       319      13.1       354      13.0        32       1.6        35       1.5         -         -         1       0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade                 610      11.5       668      11.5       155       6.4       200       7.3       360      17.6       396      17.3        95      11.3        72       9.0
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                            257       4.8       317       5.5       153       6.3       198       7.3        97       4.7       116       5.1         7       0.8         2       0.3
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services               79       1.5        98       1.7        67       2.7        81       3.0        12       0.6        16       0.7         *         -         1       0.1
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                        700      13.1       842      14.5       538      22.0       647      23.8       152       7.4       179       7.8        10       1.2        16       2.0
  Industry Not Adequately Defined               -         -         *         *         -         -         *         *         -         -         *         *         -         -         -         -
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines