TABLE 5.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                   Jan 1998         Apr 1998          Jul 1998         Oct 1998         Jan 1999
         CLASS OF WORKER        Number Percent   Number Percent    Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent
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          PHILIPPINES

 Total Employed (In thousands)  27,689   100.0   27,837   100.0    27,856   100.0   28,262   100.0   28,368   100.0

    Wage and Salary Workers     13,452    48.6   13,761    49.4    13,641    49.0   13,858    49.0   13,888    49.0
    Own-Account Workers         10,463    37.8   10,346    37.2    10,446    37.5   10,613    37.6   10,607    37.4
    Unpaid Family Workers        3,774    13.6    3,730    13.4     3,770    13.5    3,790    13.4    3,873    13.7

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