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

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                                                                                                                           CLASS OF WORKER
         MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                   TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED                  WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS            OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                           Jul               Jul               Jul               Jul               Jul               Jul               Jul               Jul
                                          1997  Percent     1998  Percent     1997  Percent     1998  Percent     1997  Percent     1998  Percent     1997  Percent     1998  Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                      6,348    100.0    5,803    100.0    3,091    100.0    2,810    100.0    2,415    100.0    2,223    100.0      842    100.0      770    100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry       3,031     47.7    2,786     48.0      922     29.8      841     29.9    1,411     58.4    1,309     58.9      699     83.0      637     82.7
   Mining and Quarrying                     44      0.7       40      0.7       38      1.2       29      1.0        6      0.2       11      0.5        -        -        1      0.1
   Manufacturing                           585      9.2      503      8.7      388     12.6      364     13.0      162      6.7      112      5.0       35      4.2       27      3.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water               22      0.3       22      0.4       20      0.6       20      0.7        1      0.0        3      0.1        1      0.1        -        -
   Construction                            433      6.8      412      7.1      384     12.4      367     13.1       49      2.0       44      2.0        -        -        1      0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade              771     12.1      685     11.8      218      7.1      181      6.4      465     19.3      420     18.9       88     10.5       85     11.0
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                         359      5.7      339      5.8      232      7.5      209      7.4      123      5.1      122      5.5        4      0.5        8      1.0
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services           100      1.6      106      1.8       86      2.8       92      3.3       12      0.5       14      0.6        1      0.1        1      0.1
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                   1,002     15.8      908     15.6      801     25.9      707     25.2      186      7.7      190      8.5       16      1.9       11      1.4
  Industry Not Adequately Defined            1      0.0        1      0.0        1      0.0        1      0.0        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -

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