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

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                                  July 2003        Oct 2003         Jan 2003           Apr 2004         Jul 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) 30,451     100.0  31,553    100.0    31,547    100.0   31,539     100.0  31,623    100.0


  Wage and salary Workers     16,214      53.2  16,066    50.9     16,700    52.9    16,078     51.0   16,705     52.8

  Own-account workers         11,015      36.2  11,797    37.4     11,723    37.2    11,697     37.1   11,385     36.0

  Unpaid family workers        3,222      10.6   3,690    11.7      3,124     9.9     3,764     11.9    3,534     11.2

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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 July 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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