TABLE 6. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: OCTOBER 1997 (Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.) ====================================================================================================== All Wage and Own Unpaid R E G I O N Classes of Salary Account Family Workers Workers Workers Workers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILIPPINES 27,888 13,565 10,647 3,675 N C R - Metro Manila 3,533 2,690 769 73 C A R - Cordillera Admin. Region 532 169 229 134 Region I - Ilocos 1,568 559 694 315 Region II - Cagayan Valley 1,235 521 483 231 Region III - Central Luzon 2,617 1,579 856 182 Region IV - Southern Tagalog 3,774 2,150 1,334 290 Region V - Bicol 1,977 720 882 374 Region VI - Western Visayas 2,515 1,225 952 337 Region VII - Central Visayas 2,056 962 849 244 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,457 501 695 260 Region IX - Western Mindanao 1,084 376 497 211 Region X - Northern Mindanao 1,205 481 450 273 Region XI - Southern Mindanao 1,911 872 753 286 Region XII - Central Mindanao 911 365 391 154 A R M M - Muslim Mindanao 662 97 421 143 CARAGA 851 294 390 167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Labor Force Survey Income and Employment Statistics Division Household Statistics Department National Statistics Office Republic of the Philippines