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

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                                       									TOTAL EMPLOYED               |			             							  CLASS OF WORKER
                                                                                                     |	       WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS         |        OWN-ACCOUNT WORKERS             |        UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                                            Oct     Percent      Oct     Percent |    Oct     Percent     Oct     Percent  |   Oct     Percent     Oct     Percent  |   Oct                 Oct     Percent
                                                               2001                 2002             |   2001                2002              |  2001                2002              |  2001    Percent     2002
                                                              ('000)               ('000)            |  ('000)              ('000)             | ('000)              ('000)             | ('000)              ('000)
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        PHILIPPINES                                           30,085     100.0    30,252     100.0    14,751     100.0     14,620     100.0     11,257      100.0    11,647     100.0     4,077     100.0     3,984     100.0

Agriculture                                                   11,253      37.4    11,313      37.4     2,639      17.9      2,542      17.4      5,629      50.0      5,807      49.9     2,984      73.2     2,963      74.4
    Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                         10,102      33.6    10,179      33.6     2,342      15.9      2,265      15.5      4,948      44.0      5,124      44.0     2,811      68.9     2,789      70.0
    Fishing                                                    1,151       3.8     1,134       3.7       297       2.0        277       1.9        681       6.0        683       5.9       173       4.2       174       4.4
Industry                                                       4,682      15.6     4,666      15.4     3,661      24.8      3,652      25.0        846       7.5        854       7.3       175       4.3       161       4.0
    Mining and Quarrying                                         103       0.3       101       0.3        80       0.5         72       0.5         19       0.2         27       0.2         4       0.1        3        0.1
    Manufacturing                                              2,892       9.6     2,855       9.4     2,047      13.9      2,016      13.8        681       6.0        685       5.9       164       4.0       154       3.9
    Electricity, Gas and Water                                   116       0.4       124       0.4       113       0.8        119       0.8          3       0.0          4       0.0        -        0.0         1       0.0
    Construction                                               1,571       5.2     1,586       5.2     1,421       9.6      1,445       9.9        143       1.3        138       1.2         7       0.2         3       0.1
Services                                                      14,151      47.0    14,271      47.2     8,451      57.3      8,428      57.6      4,780      42.5      4,985      42.8       916      22.5       861      21.6
    Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles,
            Motorcycles and Personal and Household Goods       5,526      18.4     5,621      18.6     1,609      10.9      1,588      10.9      3,172      28.2      3,312      28.4       745      18.3       721      18.1
    Hotels and Restaurants                                       700       2.3       712       2.4       432       2.9        476       3.3        182       1.6        162       1.4        86       2.1        75       1.9
    Transport, Storage and  Communication                      2,171       7.2     2,172       7.2     1,222       8.3      1,163       8.0        909       8.1        975       8.4        40       1.0        34       0.9
    Financial Intermediation                                     314       1.0       319       1.1       293       2.0        290       2.0         15       0.1         24       0.2         5       0.1         5       0.1
    Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities                 534       1.8       560       1.9       409       2.8        444       3.0        111       1.0        104       0.9        13       0.3        12       0.3
    Public Administration & Defense, Compulsory
           Social Security                                     1,385       4.6     1,460       4.8     1,381       9.4      1,458      10.0          4       0.0          2       0.0         -         -         -       0.0
    Education                                                    955       3.2       939       3.1       942       6.4        923       6.3         12       0.1         16       0.1         *       0.0         1       0.0
    Health and Social Work                                       339       1.1       347       1.1       285       1.9        285       1.9         49       0.4         58       0.5         5       0.1         4       0.1
   Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activities         890       3.0       847       2.8       564       3.8        514       3.5        306       2.7        325       2.8        20       0.5         9       0.2
   Private Households with Employed Persons                    1,334       4.4     1,289       4.3     1,311       8.9      1,282       8.8         20       0.2          7       0.1         2       0.0         *       0.0
   Extra-Territorial Organizations & Bodies                        3       0.0         5       0.0         3       0.0          5       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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