Table 8.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Major Industry Group and Hours of Work,
          Philippines:  October 2004 and October 2005 
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                      |                    |                           |                         |
                                      |        Total       |   Part-time Employment    |  Full-Time Employment   | With a Job, Not at Work
                                      |                    |(Worked Less than 40 Hours)|(Worked 40 Hours or more)|
Major Industry Group                  |                    |                           |                         |
                                      |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      |      |      |      |        |         |        |       |        |        |       |        |
                                      | 2005 | 2004 | Diff.|   2005 |    2004 |   Diff |  2005 |  2004  |   Diff.|  2005 |   2004 |   Diff
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Philippines                            6,970  5,364  1,606    4,102     3,190      912   2,714   1,997       717     154       174     (20)

Agriculture                            3,328  2,610    718    2,365     1,905      460     908     604        304     55       101     (46)

Agriculture, hunting and forestry      2,921  2,296    625    2,079     1,680      399     796     532        264     46        84     (38)
Fishing                                  407    315     92      286       225       61     112      72         40      9        17      (8)

Industry                               1,037    829    208      447       365       82     549     431        118     41        33       8

Mining and quarrying                      35     24     11       20        11        9      15      12          3     *          1       *
Manufacturing                            557    431    126      244       210       34     295     210         85     18        10       8
Electricity, gas and water                13     14     (1)       4         1        3      10      12        (2)      0         0       0
Construction                             432    360     72      180       142       38     229     196         33     23        22       1

Services                               2,605  1,924    681    1,290       920      370   1,257     963        294     58        41      17

Wholesale and retail trade,
   repair of motor vehicles,
   motorcycles                         1,052    715     337     549       377      172     472     323        149     31        15      16
Hotels and restaurants                   114     91     23       42        37        5      68      53         15      4         1       3
Transport, storage and communications    447    352     95      199       147       52     238     196         42     10         9       1
Financial intermediation                  40     25     15       12         9        3      28      17         11     *          0       *
Real estate, renting and business
Activities                               114     97      17      36        28        8      76      65         11      3         4      (1)
Public administration and defense,
Compulsory social security               252    184      68      89        59       30     160     123         37      3         2       1
Education                                106     81     25       25        17        8      81      62         19     *          2       *
Health and social work                    53     42     11       29        20        9      24      21          3      0         1      (1)
Other community, social and personal
   service activities                    239    189      50     182       129       53      51      55        (4)      5         5       0
Private households with employed
   persons                               188    147      41     128        96       32      58      48         10      2         3      (1)

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Notes:   Extra-Territorial Org. and Bodies
         * Less than 500.
         Estimates are preliminary and subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  December 15, 2005
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