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

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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
                                           1998  Percent   1999  Percent   1998  Percent   1999  Percent   1998  Percent   1999  Percent  1998  Percent  1999  Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                       27,856   100.0  29,055   100.0  13,641   100.0  14,022   100.0  10,446   100.0  10,944   100.0  3,770   100.0  4,090   100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry        11,006    39.5  11,756    40.5   2,395    17.6   2,602    18.6   5,640    54.0   5,955    54.4  2,973    78.9  3,199    78.2
   Mining and Quarrying                      128     0.5      98     0.3      90     0.7      66     0.5      35     0.3      25     0.2      4     0.1      7     0.2
   Manufacturing                           2,646     9.5   2,742     9.4   1,955    14.3   1,966    14.0     551     5.3     634     5.8    140     3.7    142     3.5
   Electricity, Gas and Water                151     0.5     138     0.5     145     1.1     135     1.0       6     0.1       3     0.0      -       -      -     0.0
   Construction                            1,595     5.7   1,555     5.4   1,460    10.7   1,406    10.0     134     1.3     148     1.4      1     0.0      1     0.0
   Wholesale and Retail Trade              4,241    15.2   4,449    15.3   1,150     8.4   1,250     8.9   2,555    24.5   2,603    23.8    536    14.2    595    14.5
   Transportation, Storage and             1,831     6.6   1,931     6.6   1,077     7.9   1,136     8.1     725     6.9     771     7.0     28     0.7     23     0.6
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real                671     2.4     739     2.5     574     4.2     645     4.6      92     0.9      87     0.8      5     0.1      7     0.2
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and                   5,584    20.0   5,642    19.4   4,793    35.1   4,811    34.3     708     6.8     717     6.6     83     2.2    114     2.8
     Personal Services
  Industry Not Adequately Defined              3     0.0       4     0.0       3     0.0       2     0.0       *     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