TABLE 13 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons Wanting More Hours of
Work by Total Hours Worked, by Sex and Major Occupation Group: April 2008
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
======================================================================================
| | Worked | Worked
Sex and Major Occupation Group | Total | Less than | 40 Hours
| | 40 Hours*| and Over
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Philippines
Both Sexes 6,625 4,025 2,599
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors 9.3 7.1 12.8
Professionals 2.3 1.7 3.2
Technicians and associate professionals 2.5 2.2 3.1
Clerks 2.8 1.1 5.4
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 7.4 6.2 9.3
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 21.5 26.7 13.4
Trades and related workers 9.2 7.7 11.6
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.0 4.0 9.1
Laborers and unskilled workers 38.6 43.0 31.7
Special occupations 0.3 0.2 0.4
Male 4,640 2,744 1,896
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors 7.2 5.9 9.1
Professionals 1.3 0.9 2.0
Technicians and associate professionals 1.8 1.4 2.4
Clerks 1.7 0.9 2.9
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 5.5 4.1 7.4
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 27.2 33.8 17.7
Trades and related workers 10.6 8.3 13.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 8.0 5.6 11.4
Laborers and unskilled workers 36.4 38.8 32.8
Special occupations 0.3 0.3 0.4
Female 1,985 1,281 704
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Officials of government and special interest
organizations, corporate executives, managers,
managing proprietors, and supervisors 14.3 9.5 22.9
Professionals 4.5 3.3 6.6
Technicians and associate professionals 4.2 3.8 4.8
Clerks 5.3 1.7 12.0
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 12.1 10.8 14.3
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 8.1 11.6 1.8
Trades and related workers 6.1 6.4 5.5
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 1.4 0.6 2.9
Laborers and unskilled workers 43.8 52.1 28.6
Special occupations 0.2 0.1 0.4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: * Includes persons with a job but not at work.
Source: National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 24, 2010
Labor force statistics index