Labor Force Survey Table


TABLE 6  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: January 2006 and January 2007
        (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                 January 2007 |             January 2006
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Class of Worker                             Number            |        Number
                                     (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                                 33,545      100.0          32,031      100.0

Wage and salary workers                     17,911       53.4          16,086       50.2
  Private household                          1,915        5.7           1,566        4.9
  Private establishment                     13,225       39.4          11,983       37.4
  Government/government corporation          2,605        7.8           2,438        7.6
  With pay (family-owned business)             167        0.5             100        0.3

Own account                                 11,764       35.1          11,900       37.2
  Self-employed                             10,194       30.4          10,465       32.7
  Employer                                   1,570        4.7           1,434        4.5

Unpaid family workers                        3,870       11.5           4,046       12.6

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey

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