TABLE 6.  NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: APRIL 1998
          (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                                   27,835         13,760         10,344          3,731

N C R        -    Metro Manila                       3,603          2,701            780            122
C A R        -    Cordillera Admin. Region             573            177            225            171
Region I     -    Ilocos                             1,573            605            685            282
Region II    -    Cagayan Valley                     1,185            495            478            212
Region III   -    Central Luzon                      2,634          1,616            844            174
Region IV    -    Southern Tagalog                   3,769          2,124          1,320            325
Region V     -    Bicol                              1,977            769            826            381
Region VI    -    Western Visayas                    2,375          1,205            915            254
Region VII   -    Central Visayas                    2,047            963            781            303
Region VIII  -    Eastern Visayas                    1,494            527            687            280
Region IX    -    Western Mindanao                   1,084            401            488            195
Region X     -    Northern Mindanao                  1,194            490            442            261
Region XI    -    Southern Mindanao                  1,884            877            727            280
Region XII   -    Central Mindanao                     912            398            354            161
A R M M      -    Muslim Mindanao                      662            107            407            148
CARAGA                                                 869            305            384            180

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