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

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

  Total Employed (In thousands)    27,856   100.0   28,262   100.0   28,368   100.0   29,492   100.0   29,055   100.0
     Wage and Salary Workers       13,641    49.0   13,858    49.0   13,888    49.0   14,224    48.2   14,022    48.3
     Own-Account Workers           10,446    37.5   10,613    37.6   10,607    37.4   10,803    36.6   10,944    37.7
     Unpaid Family Workers          3,770    13.5    3,790    13.4    3,873    13.7    4,465    15.1    4,090    14.1

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