TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER: JANUARY 2000 TO JANUARY 2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                      Jan 2000     |     Apr 2000     |     Jul 2000     |     Oct 2000     |     Jan 2001
         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)    27,733    100.0    27,209    100.0    27,093    100.0    27,775    100.0    28,087    100.0
     Wage and Salary Workers       13,805     49.8    13,956     51.3    14,112     52.1    13,827     49.8    14,407     51.3
     Own-Account Workers           10,257     37.0    10,074     37.0     9,919     36.6    10,483     37.7    10,450     37.2
     Unpaid Family Workers          3,670     13.2     3,178     11.7     3,064     11.3     3,465     12.5     3,229     11.5

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Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 Census-based Population Projection

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