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

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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
                                       1998    Percent   1999    Percent   1998    Percent   1999    Percent   1998    Percent   1999    Percent   1998    Percent   1999    Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                   27,837    100.0   29,492    100.0   13,761    100.0   14,224    100.0   10,346    100.0   10,803    100.0    3,730    100.0    4,465    100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry    10,434     37.5   12,090     41.0    2,314     16.8    2,823     19.8    5,323     51.4    5,826     53.9    2,797     75.0    3,442     77.1
   Mining and Quarrying                  130      0.5      108      0.4       92      0.7       79      0.6       32      0.3       25      0.2        6      0.2        3      0.1
   Manufacturing                       2,827     10.2    2,784      9.4    1,953     14.2    1,990     14.0      671      6.5      633      5.9      204      5.5      161      3.6
   Electricity, Gas and Water            145      0.5      155      0.5      137      1.0      146      1.0        8      0.1        8      0.1        *      0.0        1      0.0
   Construction                        1,701      6.1    1,586      5.4    1,542     11.2    1,432     10.1      156      1.5      147      1.4        3      0.1        7      0.2
   Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,440     15.9    4,548     15.4    1,238      9.0    1,248      8.8    2,618     25.3    2,608     24.1      585     15.7      693     15.5
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                     1,859      6.7    1,903      6.5    1,092      7.9    1,142      8.0      740      7.2      736      6.8       27      0.7       26      0.6
   Financing, Insurance, Real
    Estate and Business Services         659      2.4      702      2.4      579      4.2      604      4.2       74      0.7       90      0.8        7      0.2        9      0.2
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                 5,632     20.2    5,604     19.0    4,809     34.9    4,753     33.4      721      7.0      729      6.7      102      2.7      122      2.7
  Industry Not Adequately Defined          9      0.0       11      0.0        7      0.1        9      0.1        3      0.0        1      0.0        -      0.0        1      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