TABLE 6.

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY CLASS OF WORKER AND REGION: APRIL 1997

(Values are in thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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All Wage and Own Unpaid
R E G I O N Classes of Salary Account Family
Workers Workers Workers Workers
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PHILIPPINES 28,105 13,386 10,416 4,302

N C R - Metro Manila 3,597 2,728 780 88

C A R - Cordillera Admin. Regi 585 170 233 182
Region I - Ilocos 1,622 563 693 366
Region II - Cagayan Valley 1,255 497 471 287
Region III - Central Luzon 2,552 1,538 837 177
Region IV - Southern Tagalog 3,699 2,055 1,294 350
Region V - Bicol 2,022 700 867 456
Region VI - Western Visayas 2,405 1,240 856 309
Region VII - Central Visayas 2,087 968 793 325
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,543 506 678 359
Region IX - Western Mindanao 1,071 387 465 218
Region X - Northern Mindanao 1,197 446 457 293
Region XI - Southern Mindanao 1,990 852 789 349
Region XII - Central Mindanao 921 324 396 201
A R M M - Muslim Mindanao 664 104 412 148
CARAGA 894 307 391 195

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Source: National Statistics Office