TABLE 6. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: APRIL 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                               28,105         13,386         10,416          4,302

N C R        -    Metro Manila                   3,597          2,728            780             88
C A R        -    Cordillera Admin. Regi           585            170            233            182
Region I     -    Ilocos                         1,622            563            693            366
Region II    -    Cagayan Valley                 1,255            497            471            287
Region III   -    Central Luzon                  2,552          1,538            837            177
Region IV    -    Southern Tagalog               3,699          2,055          1,294            350
Region V     -    Bicol                          2,022            700            867            456
Region VI    -    Western Visayas                2,405          1,240            856            309
Region VII   -    Central Visayas                2,087            968            793            325
Region VIII  -    Eastern Visayas                1,543            506            678            359
Region IX    -    Western Mindanao               1,071            387            465            218
Region X     -    Northern Mindanao              1,197            446            457            293
Region XI    -    Southern Mindanao              1,990            852            789            349
Region XII   -    Central Mindanao                 921            324            396            201
A R M M      -    Muslim Mindanao                  664            104            412            148
CARAGA                                             894            307            391            195

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Source: National Statistics Office