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

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

  Total Employed (In thousands)   27,762     100.0   28,895   100.0   28,293   100.0   28,178   100.0   27,775   100.0

     Wage and Salary Workers      14,008      50.5   14,171    49.0   14,317    50.6   14,472    51.4   13,827    49.8

     Own-Account Workers          10,220      36.8   10,800    37.4   10,588    37.4   10,444    37.1   10,483    37.7

     Unpaid Family Workers         3,534      12.7    3,924    13.6    3,389    12.0    3,261    11.6    3,465    12.5

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Note:  October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection while figures for
       January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projection.

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