Table 5.  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: January 2002 to January 2003
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                  January 2002 |   April 2002   |    July 2002   |  October 2002  |  January 2003
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)   29,705   100.0   30,186   100.0   30,104   100.0   30,251   100.0   30,119   100.0

   Wage and salary workers      14,410    48.5   14,711    48.7   14,871    49.4   14,620    48.3   14,506    48.2
   Own-account workers          11,265    37.9   11,379    37.7   11,306    37.6   11,646    38.5   11,597    38.5
   Unpaid family workers         4,030    13.6    4,096    13.6    3,927    13.0    3,984    13.2    4,016    13.3

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

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