TABLE 9.   EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JULY 1998 AND JULY 1999

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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
                                          1998 Percent  1999 Percent  1998 Percent  1999 Percent  1998 Percent  1999 Percent 1998 Percent 1999 Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                       5,803  100.0  6,466  100.0  2,810  100.0  3,070  100.0  2,223  100.0  2,523  100.0   770  100.0   872  100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry        2,786   48.0  3,117   48.2    841   29.9    971   31.6  1,309   58.9  1,448   57.4   637   82.7   697   79.9
   Mining and Quarrying                      40    0.7     27    0.4     29    1.0     17    0.6     11    0.5      9    0.4    1     0.1     1    0.1
   Manufacturing                            503    8.7    569    8.8    364   13.0    375   12.2    112    5.0    157    6.2    27    3.5    37    4.2
   Electricity, Gas and Water                22    0.4     24    0.4     20    0.7     23    0.7      3    0.1      1    0.0    -       -    -     0.0
   Construction                             412    7.1    431    6.7    367   13.1    383   12.5     44    2.0     47    1.9     1    0.1    *     0.0
   Wholesale and Retail Trade               685   11.8    799   12.4    181    6.4    214    7.0    420   18.9    475   18.8    85   11.0   110   12.6
   Transportation, Storage and              339    5.8    377    5.8    209    7.4    224    7.3    122    5.5    147    5.8     8    1.0     7    0.8
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real               106    1.8    111    1.7     92    3.3    89     2.9     14    0.6     20    0.8     1    0.1     2    0.2
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and                    908   15.6  1,012   15.7    707   25.2   773    25.2    190    8.5    219    8.7    11    1.4    19    2.2
     Personal Services
  Industry Not Adequately Defined             1    0.0     -     0.0      1    0.0     -     0.0     -     0.0     -     0.0    -     0.0    -     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
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