Table 8.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Major Industry Group and Hours of Work,
          Philippines:  January 2005 and January 2006 
          (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                  |                    |                           |                         |
                                      |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      |      |      |      |        |         |        |       |        |        |       |        |
                                      | 2006 | 2005 | Diff.|   2006 |    2005 |   Diff |  2006 |  2005  |   Diff.|  2006 |   2005 |   Diff
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Philippines                            6,895  5,098  1,797    4,186     3,135    1,051   2,546   1,811       735     163      151       12

Agriculture                            3,256  2,533    723    2,458     1,912      546     730     547       183      67       74       -7

Agriculture, hunting and forestry      2,858  2,234    624    2,144     1,694      450     657     480       177      56       60       -4
Fishing                                  398    299     99      314       218       96      73      68         5      11       14       -3

Industry                               1,035    778    257      476       350      126     512     388       124      46       39        7

Mining and quarrying                      44     23     21       27        15       12      16       8         8       -        -        -
Manufacturing                            531    408    123      245       195       50     265     199        66      21       15        6
Electricity, gas and water                16     11      5        4         1        3      11       9         2       1        *        *
Construction                             444    336    108      200       139       61     219     172        47      24       24        0

Services                               2,604  1,787    817    1,252       873      379   1,304     877       427      49       37       12

Wholesale and retail trade,
   repair of motor vehicles,
   motorcycles                           994    693    301      494       353      141     483     324       159      16       16        0
Hotels and restaurants                   117     69     48       46        21       25      69      47        22       1        1        0
Transport, storage and communications    482    346    136      214       151       63     256     189        67      12        6        6
Financial intermediation                  36     21     15        6         8       -2      29      13        16       1        -        *
Real estate, renting and business
Activities                               127     71     56       41        24       17      83      44        39       3        3        0
Public administration and defense,
Compulsory social security               234    156     78       82        56       26     149      97        52       3        3        0
Education                                104     92     12       24        24        0      79      68        11       1        1        0
Health and social work                    65     40     25       25        21        4      38      17        21       3        2        1
Other community, social and personal
   service activities                    254    164     90      187       125       62      60      35        25       7        4        3
Private households with employed
   persons                               191    135     56      132        92       40      58      43        15       2        2        0
Extra-Territorial org. and bodies          -      -      -        -         -        -       -       -         -       -        -        -
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Notes:   
         * Less than 500.
         Estimates for January 2006 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:  March 15, 2006
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