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

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

    Total Employed (In thousands)  28,262     100.0    28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers       13,858      49.0    13,888      49.0    14,224      48.2    14,022      48.3    14,394      49.6
     Own-Account Workers           10,613      37.6    10,607      37.4    10,803      36.6    10,944      37.7    10,813      37.3
     Unpaid Family Workers          3,790      13.4     3,873      13.7     4,465      15.1     4,090      14.1     3,796      13.1

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