Table 5.  Employed Persons by Class of Worker: January 2003 to January 2004
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                 January 2003  |    April 2003   |    July 2003    |  October 2003   |   January 2004
Class of Worker                Number          | Number          | Number          | Number          | Number         
                               ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent
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Philippines

Total employed (In thousands)  30,119   100.0    30,418    100.0   30,451    100.0   31,553    100.0   31,522    100.0

  Wage and salary workers      14,499    48.1    14,635     48.1   16,214     53.2   16,066     50.9   16,698     53.0

  Own-account workers          11,602    38.5    11,654     38.3   11,015     36.2   11,797     37.4   11,684     37.1

  Unpaid family workers         4,018    13.3     4,128     13.6    3,222     10.6    3,690     11.7    3,140     10.0

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

Notes:
         Estimates for January 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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