TABLE 12.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  JANUARY  2001 AND JANUARY 2002
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                       MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                                 TOTAL EMPLOYED         |                                              CLASS OF WORKER
                                                                                                   |  WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS         |         OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS       |    UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
                                                                   January Percent January Percent | January Percent  January Percent | January  Percent  January Percent |January         January Percent
                                                                     2001            2002          |  2001             2002           |  2001              2002           | 2001   Percent   2002
                                                                    ('000)          ('000)         | ('000)           ('000)          | ('000)            ('000)          |('000)          ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES                                                 28,096   100.0  29,705   100.0  14,406   100.0    14,410   100.0    10,459    100.0   11,265     100    3,230   100.0   4,030   100.0

Agriculture                                                         10,252    36.5  11,006    37.1   2,557    17.7     2,444    17.0     5,312     50.8    5,648    50.1    2,384    73.8   2,913    72.3
    Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                               9,176     32.7   9,870    33.2   2,249    15.6     2,167    15.0     4,663     44.6    4,963    44.1    2,264    70.1   2,739    68.0
    Fishing                                                         1,076      3.8   1,136     3.8     308     2.1       277     1.9       649      6.2      685     6.1      120     3.7     174     4.3
Industry                                                             4,682    16.7   4,596    15.5   3,720    25.8     3,620    25.1       808     7.7      798     7.1      154     4.8     176     4.4
    Mining and Quarrying                                              118      0.4     115     0.4      85     0.6        84     0.6        26      0.2       24     0.2        7     0.2      7      0.2
    Manufacturing                                                   2,885     10.3   2,830     9.5   2,077    14.4     2,022    14.0       667      6.4      645     5.7      141     4.4     162     4.0
    Electricity, Gas and Water                                        116      0.4     120     0.4     112     0.8       116     0.8         4      0.0        3     0.0       *      0.0      *      0.0
    Construction                                                    1,563      5.6   1,531     5.2   1,446    10.0     1,398     9.7       111      1.1      126     1.1        6     0.2       7     0.2
Services                                                            13,161    46.8  14,104    47.5   8,130    56.4     8,347    57.9     4,340     41.5    4,817    42.8      692    21.4     938    23.3
    Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles,
            Motorcycles and Personal and Household Goods            4,964     17.7   5,518    18.6   1,490    10.3     1,582    11.0     2,915     27.9    3,152    28.0      559    17.3     784    19.5
    Hotels and Restaurants                                            668      2.4     676     2.3     435     3.0       432     3.0       165      1.6      165     1.5       68     2.1      78     1.9
    Transport, Storage and  Communication                           2,081      7.4   2,167     7.3   1,197     8.3     1,159     8.0       845      8.1      970     8.6       39     1.2      38     0.9
    Financial Intermediation                                          285      1.0     299     1.0     274     1.9       274     1.9        11      0.1       19     0.2       *      0.0       6     0.1
    Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities                       490     1.7     537     1.8     399     2.8       409     2.8        84      0.8      116     1.0        7     0.2      12     0.3
    Public Administration & Defense, Compulsory
           Social Security                                           1,380     4.9   1,424     4.8   1,374     9.5     1,422     9.9         4      0.0        2     0.0        1     0.0      -      0.0
    Education                                                          892     3.2     932     3.1     882     6.1       927     6.4         9      0.1        5     0.0        2     0.1      -      0.0
    Health and Social Work                                             301     1.1     349     1.2     254     1.8       284     2.0        44      0.4       58     0.5        3     0.1       6     0.1
   Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activities              939      3.3     886     3.0     687     4.8       569     3.9       241      2.3      303     2.7       12     0.4      13     0.3
   Private Households with Employed Persons                         1,154      4.1   1,314     4.4   1,131     7.9     1,287     8.9        22      0.2       27     0.2        1     0.0       1     0.0
   Extra-Territorial Organizations & Bodies                             7      0.0      2      0.0      7      0.0        2      0.0         *      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
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