FINAL RESULTS OF THE OCTOBER 1997 LABOR FORCE SURVEY IN THE PHILIPPINES (In percent) ==================================================================================== Selected Variables Oct-95 Oct-96 Jul-97 Oct-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE 65.6 65.8 65.7 65.5 EMPLOYMENT RATE 91.6 92.6 91.3 92.1 Hours Worked 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Working: Less than 40 hours 34.1 34.0 30.4 34.1 40 hours and over 65.2 65.3 68.6 64.9 Did not work 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 Class of Worker 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Wage and Salary 45.6 47.7 50.6 48.6 Own-account 39.2 37.5 36.4 38.2 Unpaid Family Worker 15.2 14.8 13.1 13.2 Occupation 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Professional 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.9 Administrative 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.9 Clerical 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 Sales 14.0 14.3 14.0 14.3 Service 9.0 9.4 10.5 10.1 Agricultural 43.7 41.3 39.6 40.0 Production 21.7 22.8 23.5 23.3 NEC 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Industry 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Agriculture 44.1 41.7 39.9 40.4 Mining and Quarrying 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 Manufacturing 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.9 Electricity, Gas and Water 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Construction 4.8 5.7 6.2 5.9 Wholesale and Retail 14.6 14.8 15.0 15.1 Transportation 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.3 Financing 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.4 Community 17.7 18.3 19.4 19.0 NEC 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 8.4 7.4 8.7 7.9 UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE 19.8 19.4 23.1 20.8 VISIBLE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE 9.8 10.1 10.4 10.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Labor Force Survey Income and Employment Statistics Division Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippines