Table 6.  Number of Employed Persons by Class of Worker and Region:  April 2003
          (In Thousands)

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                                            All |       Wage |     Own |  Unpaid
Region                                  Classes | and Salary | Account |  Family
                                     of Workers |    Workers | Workers | Workers
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Philippines                              30,418       14,635    11,654     4,128

National Capital Region                   3,951        2,780     1,065       106
Cordillera Administrative Region            592          198       227       167
Region I    - Ilocos                      1,558          619       683       256
Region II   - Cagayan Valley              1,259          524       471       263
Region III  - Central Luzon               3,093        1,749     1,071       273
Region IV-A - Calabarzon                  3,489        2,106     1,146       236
Region IV-B - Mimaropa                      939          397       403       139
Region V    - Bicol                       1,821          701       792       328
Region VI   - Western Visayas             2,521        1,252       963       306
Region VII  - Central Visayas             2,041          953       886       203
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas             1,590          530       690       370
Region IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula         1,201          432       568       200
Region X    - Northern Mindanao           1,670          662       614       395
Region XI   - Davao                       1,547          727       607       214
Region XII  - Soccsksargen                1,347          561       515       271
Region XIII - Caraga                        941          310       430       202
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao        858          134       525       198
                
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Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Labor Force Survey
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         Starting April 2002, the new regional grouping in Mindanao was adopted.  
         Please refer to the technical notes for more details.

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