FINAL RESULTS OF THE APRIL 1997 LABOR FORCE SURVEY IN THE PHILIPPINES (In Thousands) ==================================================================== Selected Variables Apr-95 Apr-96 Jan-97 Apr-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR FORCE POPULATION 29,259 30,713 29,631 31,368 EMPLOYED PERSONS 25,724 27,358 27,335 28,105 Hours Worked Working: Less than 40 hours 9,374 11,713 9,288 9,497 40 hours and over 15,809 15,100 17,709 17,975 Did not work 540 542 338 632 Class of Worker Wage and Salary 11,867 12,395 12,975 13,386 Own-account 9,920 10,367 10,327 10,416 Unpaid Family Worker 3,937 4,595 4,033 4,302 Occupation Professional 1,391 1,516 1,672 1,647 Administrative 393 425 493 514 Clerical 1,139 1,180 1,238 1,300 Sales 3,577 3,924 3,871 3,966 Service 2,361 2,403 2,631 2,656 Agricultural 10,911 11,881 11,275 11,468 Production 5,930 5,997 6,122 6,524 NEC 22 32 33 30 Industry Agriculture 11,043 11,975 11,407 11,601 Mining and Quarrying 109 122 128 134 Manufacturing 2,684 2,627 2,683 2,791 Electricity, Gas and Wate 122 102 125 139 Construction 1,387 1,448 1,530 1,677 Wholesale and Retail 3,815 4,098 4,050 4,154 Transportation 1,457 1,622 1,681 1,768 Financing 514 605 697 700 Community 4,585 4,755 5,027 5,134 NEC 8 3 6 7 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS 3,535 3,355 2,296 3,263 15 - 19 years old 1,249 1,229 438 1,118 20 - 24 years old 895 833 596 821 25 - 34 years old 651 607 602 639 35 - 44 years old 315 277 270 284 45 - 54 years old 214 183 184 189 55 - 64 years old 135 132 121 133 65 years old and over 77 94 85 79 Not Reported - - - - UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS 5,225 6,086 5,755 6,577 Worked less than 40 hours 2,964 3,596 3,006 3,321 Worked 40 hours and over 2,261 2,490 2,750 3,256 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE 14,025 13,740 15,696 14,253 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: National Statistics Office