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

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        MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                   TOTAL EMPLOYED                       WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS            OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                 UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                        Oct               Oct               Oct               Oct               Oct               Oct               Oct               Oct
                                       1997    Percent   1998    Percent   1997    Percent   1998    Percent   1997    Percent   1998    Percent   1997    Percent   1998    Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                   27,888    100.0   28,262    100.0   13,565    100.0   13,858    100.0   10,647    100.0   10,613    100.0    3,675    100.0    3,790    100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry    11,260     40.4   11,272     39.9    2,438     18.0    2,554     18.4    5,887     55.3    5,733     54.0    2,936     79.9    2,986     78.8
   Mining and Quarrying                  124      0.4      104      0.4      100      0.7       66      0.5       23      0.2       33      0.3        2      0.1        5      0.1
   Manufacturing                       2,755      9.9    2,687      9.5    1,977     14.6    1,978     14.3      624      5.9      578      5.4      154      4.2      131      3.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water            139      0.5      140      0.5      132      1.0      131      0.9        6      0.1        8      0.1        *      0.0        2        -
   Construction                        1,641      5.9    1,511      5.3    1,513     11.2    1,356      9.8      125      1.2      149      1.4        3      0.1        5      0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,219     15.1    4,328     15.3    1,221      9.0    1,214      8.8    2,528     23.7    2,585     24.4      469     12.8      529     14.0
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                     1,769      6.3    1,885      6.7    1,048      7.7    1,130      8.2      699      6.6      726      6.8       23      0.6       30      0.8
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services         680      2.4      695      2.5      587      4.3      595      4.3       88      0.8       89      0.8        6      0.2       11      0.3
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                 5,296     19.0    5,631     19.9    4,546     33.5    4,829     34.8      667      6.3      710      6.7       83      2.3       91      2.4
  Industry Not Adequately Defined          5      0.0        8      0.0        4      0.0        6      0.0        1      0.0        1      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