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

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                                                                                                                             CLASS OF WORKER
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP               TOTAL EMPLOYED                      WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS                   OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS                    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                         Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct                 Oct
                                    1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent     1998    Percent     1999    Percent
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        PHILIPPINES                28,262     100.0    29,003     100.0    13,858     100.0    14,394     100.0    10,613     100.0    10,813     100.0     3,790     100.0     3,796     100.0

  Agriculture,Fishery and Forestry 11,272      39.9    11,342      39.1     2,554      18.4     2,718      18.9     5,733      54.0     5,700      52.7     2,986      78.8     2,924      77.0
   Mining and Quarrying               104       0.4        89       0.3        66       0.5        58       0.4        33       0.3        21       0.2         5       0.1         9       0.2
   Manufacturing                    2,687       9.5     2,778       9.6     1,978      14.3     2,019      14.0       578       5.4       619       5.7       131       3.5       141       3.7
   Electricity, Gas and Water         140       0.5       145       0.5       131       0.9       133       0.9         8       0.1         9       0.1         2         -         2       0.1
   Construction                     1,511       5.3     1,506       5.2     1,356       9.8     1,377       9.6       149       1.4       126       1.2         5       0.1         3       0.1
   Wholesale and Retail Trade       4,328      15.3     4,619      15.9     1,214       8.8     1,321       9.2     2,585      24.4     2,719      25.1       529      14.0       578      15.2
   Transportation, Storage and      1,885       6.7     2,009       6.9     1,130       8.2     1,169       8.1       726       6.8       807       7.5        30       0.8        33       0.9
     Communication
   Financing, Insurance, Real         695       2.5       716       2.5       595       4.3       624       4.3        89       0.8        87       0.8        11       0.3         6       0.2
    Estate and Business Services
   Community, Social and            5,631      19.9     5,789      20.0     4,829      34.8     4,969      34.5       710       6.7       720       6.7        91       2.4        99       2.6
     Personal Services
  Industry Not Adequately Defined       8       0.0        10       0.0         6       0.0         7       0.0         1       0.0         3       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