TABLE 9.  EMPLOYED PERSONS WANTING MORE HOURS OF WORK BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:
          APRIL  2000 AND APRIL  2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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              MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                TOTAL UNDEREMPLOYED     |                                           CLASS OF WORKER
                                                                          |     WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS     |         OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS     |      UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                              Apr   Percent   Apr  Percent|    Apr    Percent  Apr  Percent |  Apr    Percent   Apr   Percent |   Apr   Percent  Apr  Percent
                                              2000            2001        |    2000           2001          |  2000            2001           |   2000          2001
                                             ('000)          ('000)       |   ('000)         ('000)         | ('000)          ('000)          |  ('000)         ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                         6,721    100.0  5,092   100.0     3,310   100.0  2,516   100.0    2,607    100.0  1,859    100.0      804    100.0   717    100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry           2,880     42.9  2,460    48.3       914    27.6    834    33.1    1,352     51.9  1,073     57.7      614     76.4   553     77.1
 Industry                                    1,077     16.0    858    16.8       796    24.0    653    26.0       236     9.1    169      9.1       44     5.5     36     5.0
     Mining and Quarrying                       31      0.5     20     0.4        25     0.8     14     0.6        5      0.2      5      0.3        *      0.0     1      0.1
     Manufacturing                             584      8.7    431     8.5       364    11.0    277    11.0      178      6.8    122      6.6       42      5.2    32      4.5
     Electricity Gas and Water                  33      0.5     20     0.4        33     1.0     18     0.7        *      0.0      2      0.1        -      0.0     -      0.0
     Construction                              429      6.4    387     7.6       374    11.3    344    13.7       53      2.0     40      2.2        2      0.2     3      0.4
 Services                                    2,764     41.1  1,775    34.9     1,599    48.3  1,029    40.9     1,018    39.0    617     33.2      146     18.2   128    17.9
     Wholesale and Retail Trade *              954     14.2    654    12.8       258     7.8    199     7.9      579     22.2    359     19.3      117     14.6    96     13.4
     Transport, Storage and  Communication     456      6.8    331     6.5       270     8.2    203     8.1      179      6.9    116      6.2        6      0.7    12      1.7
     Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,
       and Business Services                   140      2.1    87      1.7       118     3.6     57     2.3       20      0.8     24      1.3        2      0.2     5      0.7
     Community, Social and Personal Services 1,214     18.1   703     13.8       953    28.8    570    22.7       240     9.2    118      6.3       21      2.6    15      2.1
 Industry Not Adequately Classified              *      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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