TABLE 5. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: JULY 1996 TO JULY 1997

                                  (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
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                                  Jul 1996       Oct 1996        Jan 1997        Apr 1997        Jul 1997
        CLASS OF WORKER
                               Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent
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         PHILIPPINES

Total Employed (In thousands)  27,419   100.0  27,442   100.0  27,335   100.0  28,105   100.0  27,531   100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers   12,934    47.2  13,096    47.7  12,975    47.5  13,386    47.6  13,917    50.6

     Own-Account Workers       10,395    37.9  10,297    37.5  10,327    37.8  10,416    37.1  10,016    36.4

     Unpaid Family Workers      4,090    14.9   4,049    14.8   4,033    14.8   4,302    15.3   3,598    13.1

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sSource: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        National Statistics Office