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

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                                  April 2003        July 2003       October 2003       January 2004       April 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)  30,418    100.0   30,451    100.0   31,553    100.0   31,547    100.0   31,520    100.0

  Wage and salary workers      14,635     48.1   16,214     53.2   16,066     50.9   16,700     52.9   16,072     51.0

  Own-account workers          11,654     38.3   11,015     36.2   11,797     37.4   11,723     37.2   11,701     37.1

  Unpaid family workers         4,128     13.6    3,222     10.6    3,690     11.7    3,124      9.9    3,747     11.9

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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 April 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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