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

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                                                                                                          CLASS OF WORKER
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP             TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED                   WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS                   OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                   UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                         Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct
                                    1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                 6,701    100.0      6,415    100.0      3,247    100.0      3,139    100.0      2,566    100.0      2,412    100.0        888    100.0        863    100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry  3,169     47.3      3,017     47.0        958     29.5        922     29.4      1,484     57.8      1,393     57.8        727     81.9        702     81.3
   Mining and Quarrying                40      0.6         25      0.4         20      0.6         19      0.6         19      0.7          4      0.2          1      0.1          1      0.1
   Manufacturing                      607      9.1        579      9.0        421     13.0        407     13.0        156      6.1        141      5.8         30      3.4         30      3.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water          28      0.4         21      0.3         25      0.8         18      0.6          2      0.1          2      0.1          1      0.1          1      0.1
   Construction                       423      6.3        408      6.4        371     11.4        364     11.6         50      1.9         42      1.7          3      0.3          2      0.2
   Wholesale and Retail Trade         804     12.0        807     12.6        234      7.2        249      7.9        468     18.2        457     18.9        102     11.5        101     11.7
   Transportation, Storage and        423      6.3        401      6.3        271      8.3        239      7.6        146      5.7        156      6.5          6      0.7          5      0.6
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real         125      1.9        126      2.0        105      3.2         99      3.2         17      0.7         26      1.1          2      0.2          2      0.2
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and            1,080     16.1      1,028     16.0        839     25.8        818     26.1        224      8.7        191      7.9         17      1.9         19      2.2
     Personal Services
  Industry Not Adequately Defined       2      0.0          4      0.1          2      0.1          4      0.1          -      0.0          -      0.0          -      0.0          -      0.0

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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