TABLE 6. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: JANUARY 1997

         (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                  All         Wage and          Own          Unpaid
                    R E G I O N               Classes of       Salary         Account        Family
                                                Workers        Workers        Workers        Workers
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      PHILIPPINES                                27,335         12,975         10,327          4,033

N C R        -    Metro Manila                    3,454          2,626            749             78
C A R        -    Cordillera Admin. Region          537            161            213            163
Region I     -    Ilocos                          1,576            529            717            331
Region II    -    Cagayan Valley                  1,204            462            480            262
Region III   -    Central Luzon                   2,568          1,483            902            184
Region IV    -    Southern Tagalog                3,675          2,050          1,273            352
Region V     -    Bicol                           1,933            678            862            392
Region VI    -    Western Visayas                 2,401          1,206            869            325
Region VII   -    Central Visayas                 1,957            889            749            318
Region VIII  -    Eastern Visayas                 1,466            493            671            302
Region IX    -    Western Mindanao                1,045            369            467            209
Region X     -    Northern Mindanao               1,184            460            459            265
Region XI    -    Southern Mindanao               1,897            864            721            312
Region XII   -    Central Mindanao                  916            327            396            193
A R M M      -    Muslim Mindanao                   658             86            408            163
CARAGA                                              864            290            390            184

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics 
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines