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

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                                         Oct 2000     |      Jan 2001     |      Apr 2001     |      Jul 2001     |      Oct 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)      27,775     100.0    28,096     100.0    29,160     100.0    29,281     100.0    30,090     100.0
     Wage and Salary Workers         13,827      49.8    14,407      51.3    14,245      48.9    14,349      49.0    14,751      49.0
     Own-Account Workers             10,483      37.7    10,459      37.2    10,860      37.2    11,129      38.0    11,256      37.4
     Unpaid Family Workers            3,465      12.5     3,230      11.5     4,056      13.9     3,803      13.0     4,083      13.6

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Note: Estimates for all quarters used 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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