TABLE 12.   EMPLOYED PERSON BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:APRIL 1997 AND APRIL 1998

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                                                                                                                                        CLASS OF WORKER
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                          TOTAL EMPLOYED                    WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS                    OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                               Apr                 Apr                 Apr                 Apr                 Apr                 Apr                 Apr                 Apr
                                              1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                         28,105     100.0    27,835     100.0    13,386     100.0    13,760     100.0    10,416     100.0    10,344     100.0     4,302     100.0     3,731     100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry          11,601      41.3    10,433      37.5     2,357      17.6     2,314      16.8     5,799      55.7     5,322      51.5     3,445      80.1     2,797      75.0
   Mining and Quarrying                        134       0.5       130       0.5        97       0.7        91       0.7        30       0.3        32       0.3         6       0.1         6       0.2
   Manufacturing                             2,791       9.9     2,827      10.2     2,008      15.0     1,953      14.2       626       6.0       671       6.5       157       3.6       204       5.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water                  139       0.5       145       0.5       130       1.0       137       1.0         8       0.1         8       0.1         1       0.0         *       0.0
   Construction                              1,677       6.0     1,704       6.1     1,495      11.2     1,545      11.2       179       1.7       157       1.5         3       0.1         3       0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade                4,154      14.8     4,439      15.9     1,191       8.9     1,237       9.0     2,386      22.9     2,617      25.3       578      13.4       585      15.7
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                           1,768       6.3     1,859       6.7     1,079       8.1     1,091       7.9       668       6.4       741       7.2        21       0.5        27       0.7
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services               700       2.5       659       2.4       612       4.6       579       4.2        83       0.8        74       0.7         4       0.1         7       0.2
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                       5,134      18.3     5,630      20.2     4,410      32.9     4,808      34.9       636       6.1       721       7.0        88       2.0       102       2.7
  Industry Not Adequately Defined                7       0.0         9       0.0         6       0.0         6       0.0         *       0.0         3       0.0         -         -         -         -

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* - less than 500

Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines