Table 5.  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: April 2002 to April 2003
          
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                                  April 2002  |   July  2002   |  October 2002  |  January 2003  |   April 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)  30,186   100.0   30,104   100.0   30,251   100.0   30,119   100.0   30,418   100.0

   Wage and salary workers     14,711    48.7   14,871    49.4   14,620    48.3   14,499    48.1   14,635    48.1
 
   Own-account workers         11,379    37.7   11,306    37.6   11,646    38.5   11,602    38.5   11,654    38.3
   
   Unpaid family workers        4,096    13.6    3,927    13.0    3,984    13.2    4,018    13.3    4,128    13.6

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

Note:    Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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