TABLE 12.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JULY 1997 AND JULY 1998

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                                                                                                                                    CLASS OF WORKER
         MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                       TOTAL EMPLOYED                      WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS                   OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                     UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                            Jul                 Jul                 Jul                 Jul                 Jul                 Jul                 Jul                 Jul
                                           1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent      1997   Percent      1998   Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                      27,531     100.0    27,856     100.0    13,917     100.0    13,641     100.0    10,016     100.0    10,446     100.0     3,598     100.0     3,770     100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry       10,987      39.9    11,006      39.5     2,561      18.4     2,395      17.6     5,553      55.4     5,640      54.0     2,872      79.8     2,973      78.9
   Mining and Quarrying                     133       0.5       128       0.5       113       0.8        90       0.7        17       0.2        35       0.3         3       0.1         4       0.1
   Manufacturing                          2,697       9.8     2,646       9.5     2,010      14.4     1,955      14.3       569       5.7       551       5.3       118       3.3       140       3.7
   Electricity, Gas and Water               125       0.5       151       0.5       116       0.8       145       1.1         7       0.1         6       0.1         2       0.1         -         -
   Construction                           1,701       6.2     1,595       5.7     1,564      11.2     1,460      10.7       135       1.3       134       1.3         3       0.1         1       0.0
   Wholesale and Retail Trade             4,129      15.0     4,241      15.2     1,214       8.7     1,150       8.4     2,424      24.2     2,555      24.5       491      13.6       536      14.2
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                        1,750       6.4     1,831       6.6     1,103       7.9     1,077       7.9       626       6.3       725       6.9        22       0.6        28       0.7
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services            676       2.5       671       2.4       603       4.3       574       4.2        66       0.7        92       0.9         7       0.2         5       0.1
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                    5,328      19.4     5,584      20.0     4,629      33.3     4,793      35.1       618       6.2       708       6.8        81       2.3        83       2.2
  Industry Not Adequately Defined             6       0.0         3       0.0         5       0.0         3       0.0         1       0.0         *       0.0         *       0.0         *       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