Table 9.  Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of Work by Broad Industry Group
          and Hours of Work, Philippines:  October 2005 and October 2006
          (In thousands.  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                   6,761   6,962    (201)   4,167    4,092       75     2,422    2,715    (293)     172      155      17 
                                                                                                                         
Agriculture                   3,261   3,319     (58)   2,454    2,354      100       723      910    (187)      85       56      29 
                                                                                                                                    
Industry                      1,028   1,036      (8)     455      447        8       537      548     (11)      37       41      (4)
                                                                                                                                    
Services                      2,472   2,607    (135)   1,258    1,292      (34)    1,163    1,257     (94)      50       58      (8)


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Notes:    Estimates for October 2006 are preliminary results 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, 2006
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