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

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

  Total Employed (In thousands)     27,837     100.0  27,856     100.0   28,262    100.0   28,368    100.0   29,492    100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers        13,761      49.4  13,641      49.0   13,858     49.0   13,888     49.0   14,224     48.2
     Own-Account Workers            10,346      37.2  10,446      37.5   10,613     37.6   10,607     37.4   10,803     36.6
     Unpaid Family Workers           3,730      13.4   3,770      13.5    3,790     13.4    3,873     13.7    4,465     15.1

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