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

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                                  Oct 2003         Jan 2004         Apr 2004*          Jul 2004*        Oct 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) 31,553     100.0  31,547     100.0  31,533     100.0  31,632     100.0  31,733     100.0


  Wage and salary Workers     16,066      50.9  16,700      52.9  16,069      51.0  16,711      52.8  16,408      51.7

  Own-account workers         11,797      37.4  11,723      37.2  11,703      37.1  11,388      36.0  11,639      36.7

  Unpaid family workers        3,690      11.7   3,124       9.9   3,760      11.9   3,533      11.2   3,686      11.6

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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 October 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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