TABLE 5.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: JULY 1997 TO JULY 1998
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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            CLASS OF WORKER                 Jul 1997            Oct 1997            Jan 1998            Apr 1998            Jul 1998
                                         Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
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             PHILIPPINES

     Total Employed (In thousands)       27,531     100.0    27,888     100.0    27,689     100.0    27,837     100.0    27,856     100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers             13,917      50.6    13,565      48.6    13,452      48.6    13,761      49.4    13,641      49.0

     Own-Account Workers                 10,016      36.4    10,647      38.2    10,463      37.8    10,346      37.2    10,446      37.5

     Unpaid Family Workers                3,598      13.1     3,675      13.2     3,774      13.6     3,730      13.4     3,770      13.5

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