TABLE 8.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  JANUARY 2000 AND JANUARY 2001

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      MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                         TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED      |                                          CLASS OF WORKER
                                                                            |        WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS  |      OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS       |    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                            Jan    Percent   Jan    Percent | Jan    Percent   Jan    Percent | Jan   Percent   Jan    Percent | Jan    Percent  Jan  Percent
                                            2000             2001           | 2000             2001           | 2000            2001           | 2000           2001
                                           ('000)           ('000)          |('000)           ('000)          |('000)                          |('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                        5,818    100.0   4,743    100.0   2,883    100.0   2,397    100.0  2,168     100.0  1,756    100.0     767     100.0 590    100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry          2,712     46.6   2,247     47.4     845     29.3     755     31.5  1,262      58.2  1,024      58.3    604      78.7 468      79.3
 Mining and Quarrying                         28       0.5     28       0.6      21      0.7      18      0.8      5       0.2      9       0.5      2       0.3   1       0.2
 Manufacturing                               543       9.3    456       9.6     365     12.7     301     12.6    145       6.7    128       7.3     33       4.3  28       4.7
 Electricity Gas and Water                    20       0.3     11       0.2      20      0.7      11      0.5      *       0.0      1       0.1      -       0.0   -       0.0
 Construction                                392       6.7    324       6.8     352     12.2     297     12.4     39       1.8     27       1.5      1       0.1   *       0.0
 Wholesale and Retail Trade *                715      12.3    613      12.9     225      7.8     192      8.0    385      17.8    349      19.9    105      13.7  73      12.4
 Transport, Storage and  Communication       368       6.3    307       6.5     234      8.1     197      8.2    129       6.0    104       5.9      5       0.7   7       1.2
 Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,
   and Business Services                     134       2.3     84       1.8     106      3.7      63      2.6     25       1.2     18       1.0      3       0.4   3       0.5
 Community, Social and Personal Services      905     15.6    671      14.1     714     24.8     564     23.5     178      8.2     98       5.6     14       1.8   9       1.5
 Industry Not Adequately Classified            1       0.0      -       0.0      *       0.0      -       0.0      1       0.0      -       0.0      -       0.0   -       0.0

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 Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 Census-based Population Projection
 * Estimates for 2001 include Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles, Personal and Household Goods

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