TABLE 6.  NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION:  APRIL 2002
          (Values are in thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                               All    |  Wage and  |  Own    | Unpaid
                 R E G I O N               Classes of |   Salary   | Account | Family
                                             Workers  |   Workers  | Workers | Workers
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      PHILIPPINES                             30,186      14,711      11,379    4,096

N C R        -    Metro Manila                 3,927       2,749       1,014      164
C A R        -    Cordillera Admin. Region       573         194         227      152
Region I     -    Ilocos                       1,565         676         637      252
Region II    -    Cagayan Valley               1,233         560         439      234
Region III   -    Central Luzon                2,832       1,616         988      228
Region IV    -    Southern Tagalog             4,507       2,439       1,628      440
Region V     -    Bicol                        1,888         736         817      335
Region VI    -    Western Visayas              2,493       1,251         955      287
Region VII   -    Central Visayas              2,134       1,026         841      266
Region VIII  -    Eastern Visayas              1,617         600         666      351
Region IX    -    Western Mindanao             1,199         415         555      230
Region X     -    Northern Mindanao            1,624         685         597      341
Region XI    -    Southern Mindanao            1,536         751         599      187
Region XII   -    Central Mindanao             1,316         538         533      246
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao             823         134         487      202
Caraga                                           918         341         396      181

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Note:  Starting this April 2002, the new regional grouping in Mindanao was adopted.
       Please refer to the technical notes for more details.

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