TABLE 5.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: JANUARY 1999 TO JANUARY 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                  Jan 1999            Apr 1999            Jul 1999            Oct 1999            Jan 2000
         CLASS OF WORKER      Number              Number              Number              Number              Number
                              ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent
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          PHILIPPINES

        Total Employed        28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0    28,895     100.0
     Wage and Salary Workers  13,888      49.0    14,224      48.2    14,022      48.3    14,394      49.6    14,171      49.0
     Own-Account Workers      10,607      37.4    10,803      36.6    10,944      37.7    10,813      37.3    10,800      37.4
     Unpaid Family Workers     3,873      13.7     4,465      15.1     4,090      14.1     3,796      13.1     3,924      13.6

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