TABLE 12.   EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1998 AND JANUARY 1999

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        MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                  TOTAL EMPLOYED            WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS          OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS             UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                          Jan             Jan             Jan             Jan             Jan             Jan             Jan             Jan
                                      1998  Percent   1999  Percent   1998  Percent   1999  Percent   1998  Percent   1999  Percent   1998  Percent   1999  Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                  27,689   100.0  28,368   100.0  13,452   100.0  13,888   100.0  10,463   100.0  10,607   100.0   3,774   100.0   3,873   100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry   11,020    39.8  11,306    39.9   2,364    17.6   2,584    18.6   5,701    54.5   5,726    54.0   2,956    78.3   2,995    77.3
   Mining and Quarrying                 116     0.4     104     0.4      87     0.6      74     0.5      26     0.2      23     0.2       2     0.1       7     0.2
   Manufacturing                      2,705     9.8   2,681     9.5   1,936    14.4   1,923    13.8     611     5.8     622     5.9     159     4.2     136     3.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water           134     0.5     138     0.5     127     0.9     131     0.9       6     0.1       6     0.1       1     0.0       *     0.0
   Construction                       1,614     5.8   1,524     5.4   1,461    10.9   1,371     9.9     148     1.4     150     1.4       5     0.1       3     0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade         4,237    15.3   4,383    15.5   1,201     8.9   1,237     8.9   2,509    24.0   2,545    24.0     527    14.0     602    15.5
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                    1,821     6.6   1,927     6.8   1,072     8.0   1,160     8.4     719     6.9     742     7.0      30     0.8      25     0.6
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services        665     2.4     723     2.5     598     4.4     627     4.5      63     0.6      90     0.8       4     0.1       6     0.2
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                5,374    19.4   5,579    19.7   4,602    34.2   4,779    34.4     679     6.5     703     6.6      92     2.4      98     2.5
  Industry Not Adequately Defined         4     0.0       5     0.0       3     0.0       2     0.0       1     0.0       2     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