TABLE 5. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: October 1996 to October 1997

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

     Total Employed (In thousands)         27,442     100.0    27,335     100.0    28,105     100.0    27,531     100.0    27,888     100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers               13,096      47.7    12,975      47.5    13,386      47.6    13,917      50.6    13,565      48.6

     Own-Account Workers                   10,297      37.5    10,327      37.8    10,416      37.1    10,016      36.4    10,647      38.2

     Unpaid Family Workers                  4,049      14.8     4,033      14.8     4,302      15.3     3,598      13.1     3,675      13.2
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines