TABLE 9.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  APRIL 1997 AND APRIL 1998

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                                                                                                                                   CLASS OF WORKER
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                    TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED                WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS              OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS               UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                            Apr               Apr               Apr               Apr               Apr               Apr               Apr               Apr
                                           1997   Percent    1998   Percent    1997   Percent    1998   Percent    1997   Percent    1998   Percent    1997   Percent    1998   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                         6,577    100.0    5,837    100.0    2,942    100.0    2,690    100.0    2,621    100.0    2,312    100.0    1,013    100.0      835    100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry          3,139     47.7    2,772     47.5      790     26.9      780     29.0    1,530     58.4    1,322     57.2      819     80.8      670     80.2
   Mining and Quarrying                        43      0.7       48      0.8       27      0.9       35      1.3       13      0.5       12      0.5        4      0.4        1      0.1
   Manufacturing                              621      9.4      550      9.4      402     13.7      351     13.0      170      6.5      156      6.7       50      4.9       43      5.1
   Electricity, Gas and Water                  24      0.4       29      0.5       22      0.7       26      1.0        2      0.1        3      0.1        -        -        -        -
   Construction                               434      6.6      392      6.7      371     12.6      348     12.9       63      2.4       44      1.9        1      0.1        *      0.0
   Wholesale and Retail Trade                 832     12.7      709     12.1      236      8.0      179      6.7      483     18.4      434     18.8      113     11.2       95     11.4
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                            376      5.7      312      5.3      234      8.0      187      7.0      136      5.2      118      5.1        6      0.6        8      1.0
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services              125      1.9       86      1.5      105      3.6       72      2.7       20      0.8       14      0.6        -        -               0.0
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                        982     14.9      935     16.0      755     25.7      710     26.4      206      7.9      207      9.0       21      2.1       18      2.2
  Industry Not Adequately Defined               *      0.0        3      0.1        *      0.0        1      0.0        -        -        2      0.1        -        -        -        -

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* - less than 500

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