TABLE 6   Employed Persons by Class of Worker: October 2003 and October 2004	
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                               October 2004 |          October 2003
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Class of Worker                           Number            |     Number
                                      (Thousands)   Percent | (Thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                               31,377      100.0       31,182      100.0

Wage and Salary Workers                   16,275       51.9       15,918       51.0

   Private household                       1,339        4.3        1,352        4.3
   Private establishment                  12,489       39.8       12,193       39.1
   Government/government corporation       2,339        7.5        2,269        7.3
   With pay (family owned business)          108        0.3          104        0.3

Own Account                               11,454       36.5       11,600       37.2

   Self employed                           9,935       31.7       10,020       32.1
   Employer                                1,519        4.8        1,580        5.1

Unpaid Family Workers                      3,648       11.6        3,664       11.8

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Note: Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source: National Statistics Office, October 2003 and October 2004 Labor Force Survey

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