TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: JANUARY 1996 TO JANUARY 1997
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                                   Jan 1996              Apr 1996              Jul 1996              Oct 1996              Jan 1997
           MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP              Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent
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                PHILIPPINES

       Total Employed (In thousands)           26,527      100.0     27,358      100.0     27,419      100.0     27,442      100.0     27,335      100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                          1,488        5.6      1,516        5.5      1,625        5.9      1,640        6.0      1,672        6.1
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                     404        1.5        425        1.6        445        1.6        456        1.7        493        1.8
     Clerical Workers                           1,180        4.4      1,180        4.3      1,189        4.3      1,223        4.5      1,238        4.5
     Sales Workers                              3,800       14.3      3,924       14.3      3,752       13.7      3,923       14.3      3,871       14.2
     Service Workers                            2,325        8.8      2,403        8.8      2,528        9.2      2,590        9.4      2,631        9.6
     Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters                   11,387       42.9     11,881       43.4     11,554       42.1     11,333       41.3     11,275       41.2
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                             5,911       22.3      5,997       21.9      6,302       23.0      6,259       22.8      6,122       22.4
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                     33        0.1         32        0.1         24        0.1         19        0.1         33        0.1

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Source:  National Statistics Office, Income and Employment Statistics Division