FINAL RESULTS OF THE APRIL 1998 LABOR FORCE SURVEY IN THE PHILIPPINES (In Thousands) ======================================================================= Selected Variables Apr-96 Apr-97 Jan-98 Apr-98 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR FORCE POPULATION 30,713 31,368 30,236 32,113 EMPLOYED PERSONS 27,358 28,105 27,691 27,835 Hours Worked Working: Less than 40 hours 11,713 9,497 9,689 9,655 40 hours and over 15,100 17,975 17,580 17,344 Did not work 542 632 422 836 Class of Worker Wage and Salary 12,395 13,386 13,452 13,760 Own-account 10,367 10,416 10,465 10,344 Unpaid Family Worker 4,595 4,302 3,774 3,731 Occupation Professional 1,516 1,647 1,645 1,571 Administrative 425 514 546 595 Clerical 1,180 1,300 1,213 1,267 Sales 3,924 3,966 3,999 4,182 Service 2,403 2,656 2,839 3,009 Agricultural 11,881 11,468 10,907 10,315 Production 5,997 6,524 6,501 6,850 NEC 32 30 41 46 Industry Agriculture 11,975 11,601 11,020 10,433 Mining and Quarrying 122 134 116 130 Manufacturing 2,627 2,791 2,705 2,827 Electricity, Gas and Wate 102 139 134 145 Construction 1,448 1,677 1,613 1,704 Wholesale and Retail 4,098 4,154 4,241 4,439 Transportation 1,622 1,768 1,821 1,859 Financing 605 700 665 659 Community 4,755 5,134 5,372 5,630 NEC 3 7 4 9 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS 3,355 3,263 2,545 4,278 15 - 19 years old 1,229 1,118 476 1,500 20 - 24 years old 833 821 669 1,006 25 - 34 years old 607 639 634 754 35 - 44 years old 277 284 311 404 45 - 54 years old 183 189 211 299 55 - 64 years old 132 133 148 196 65 years old and over 94 79 97 119 Not Reported - - - - UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS 6,086 6,577 5,984 5,837 Worked less than 40 hours 3,596 3,321 3,289 3,330 Worked 40 hours and over 2,490 3,256 2,695 2,507 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE 13,740 14,253 16,275 14,699 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Labor Force Survey Income and Employment Statistics Division Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippines