TABLE 6.  NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION:  OCTOBER 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                               30,252      14,620     11,647     3,984
                                               
N C R        -    National Capital Region        3,942       2,809      1,003       129
C A R        -    Cordillera Admin. Region         559         186        231       143
Region I     -    Ilocos                         1,573         656        671       246
Region II    -    Cagayan Valley                 1,210         526        466       218
Region III   -    Central Luzon                  2,942       1,649      1,040       252
Region IV    -    Southern Tagalog               4,506       2,512      1,576       419
Region V     -    Bicol                          1,831         745        762       324
Region VI    -    Western Visayas                2,601       1,292        966       343
Region VII   -    Central Visayas                2,123         972        918       234
Region VIII  -    Eastern Visayas                1,544         519        690       335
Region IX    -    Zamboanga Peninsula            1,210         423        588       199
Region X     -    Northern Mindanao              1,623         662        610       352
Region XI    -    Davao                          1,517         693        638       186
Region XII   -    SOCCSKSARGEN                   1,348         542        561       244
Caraga                                             882         296        417       169
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao               839         139        511       189

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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