Table 8.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Major Industry Group and Hours of Work,
          Philippines:  April 2005 and April 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                              8,401   8,421    -20     4,895    4,365      530     3,285    3,853    -568      221      203      18

Agriculture                              3,485   3,408     77     2,539    2,290      249       857    1,015    -158       89      103     -14

Agriculture, hunting and forestry        3,044   2,959     85     2,217    1,995      221       751      872    -121       75       92     -16
Fishing                                    441     448     -7       323      294       29       105      143     -38       13       11       2

Industry                                 1,477   1,492    -15       695      551      144       752      919    -167       30       23       7

Mining and quarrying                        53      46      7        35       23       12        18       23      -5      -          *      *
Manufacturing                              811     820     -9       398      307       90       399      505    -106       14        7       7
Electricity, gas and water                  30      24      6        10        4        6        19       20      -1        2        *      *
Construction                               583     602    -19       252      217       35       316      371     -55       14       15      -1

Services                                 3,440   3,521    -81     1,661    1,524      136     1,677    1,920    -243      102       77      25

Wholesale and retail trade,
   repair of motor vehicles,
   motorcycles                           1,363   1,426    -63       684      629       54       652      774    -123       28       22       6
Hotels and restaurants                     173     176     -3        71       70        1       100      103      -3        2        4      -2
Transport, storage and communications      600     605     -5       265      254       11       319      340     -21       15       11       4
Financial intermediation                    52      66    -14        17       12        5        35       53     -19      -          *      *
Real estate, renting and business
Activities                                 161     162     -1        53       46        7       105      112      -7        2        4      -2
Public administration and defense,
Compulsory social security                 320     329     -9       136      113       23       178      210     -32        6        7      -1
Education                                  155     140     15        48       29       19        75       94     -19       32       18      14
Health and social work                      77      74      3        29       21        7        45       51      -6        4        1       3
Other community, social and personal
   service activities                      310     290     20       218      201       16        84       83       1        8        5       3
Private households with employed
   persons                                 230     253    -23       141      149       -7        83      100     -16        5        5       0
Extra-Territorial org. and bodies            1      -       1       -        -         -          1        -      -       -          -      -

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Notes:   
         * Less than 500.
         Estimates for April 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:  June 15, 2006
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