TABLE 9.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  OCTOBER 1999 AND OCTOBER 2000

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          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP              TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED      |       CLASS OF WORKER            |                               |
                                                                     |   WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS        |     OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS       |     UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                       Oct             Oct           |   Oct              Oct           |   Oct            Oct          |  Oct             Oct
                                      1999   Percent  2000  Percent  |  1999    Percent  2000  Percent  |  1999  Percent  2000  Percent | 1999   Percent  2000  Percent
                                     ('000)          ('000)          | ('000)          ('000)           | ('000)         ('000)         | ('000)         ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES                   6,088   100.0  5,528   100.0     3,032   100.0  2,575   100.0        2,259   100.0  2,224   100.0    797   100.0    728   100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry    2,765    45.4  2,639    47.7       848    28.0    821    31.9        1,275    56.4  1,246    56.0    642    80.6    573    78.7
  Mining and Quarrying                   26     0.4     32     0.6        20     0.7     24     0.9            4     0.2      7     0.3      1     0.1      1     0.1
  Manufacturing                         586     9.6    496     9.0       418    13.8    317    12.3          138     6.1    143     6.4     29     3.6     36     4.9
  Electricity, Gas and Water             20     0.3     20     0.4        17     0.6     18     0.7            1     0.0      2     0.1      1     0.1     -      0.0
  Construction                          399     6.6    338     6.1       356    11.7    283    11.0           41     1.8     52     2.3      2     0.3      4     0.5
  Wholesale and Retail Trade            783    12.9    701    12.7       245     8.1    177     6.9          441    19.5    437    19.6     97    12.2     88    12.1
  Transportation, Storage and           388     6.4    355     6.4       232     7.7    214     8.3          151     6.7    135     6.1      5     0.6      6     0.8
     Communication
  Financing, Insurance, Real            129     2.1     80     1.4       102     3.4    67      2.6           25     1.1     13     0.6      2     0.3      1     0.1
     Estate and Business Services
  Community, Social and                 988    16.2    866    15.7       788    26.0   654     25.4          182     8.1    191     8.6     18     2.3     21     2.9
     Personal Services
  Industry Not Adequately Defined         4     0.1     -      0.0         4     0.1     -      0.0           -      0.0     -      0.0     -      0.0     -      0.0

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Note:  October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection.

* - less than 500
Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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