TABLE 4. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: JULY 1996 TO JULY 1997

                              (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
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                                   July 1996       Oct 1996        Jan 1997        Apr 1997        Jul 1997
    MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP
                                 Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent
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         PHILIPPINES

Total Employed (In thousands)    27,419   100.0  27,442   100.0  27,335   100.0  28,105   100.0  27,531   100.0

  Professional, Technical and
    Related Workers               1,625     5.9   1,640     6.0   1,672     6.1   1,647     5.9   1,622     5.9
  Administrative, Executive
    and Managerial Workers          445     1.6     456     1.7     493     1.8     514     1.8     530     1.9
  Clerical Workers                1,189     4.3   1,223     4.5   1,238     4.5   1,300     4.6   1,231     4.5
  Sales Workers                   3,752    13.7   3,923    14.3   3,871    14.2   3,966    14.1   3,867    14.0
  Service Workers                 2,528     9.2   2,590     9.4   2,631     9.6   2,656     9.5   2,878    10.5
  Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
    and Forestry Workers,
    Fishermen and Hunters        11,554    42.1  11,333    41.3  11,275    41.2  11,468    40.8  10,893    39.6
  Production and Related Workers,
    Transport Equipment Operators
    and Laborers                  6,302    23.0   6,259    22.8   6,122    22.4   6,524    23.2   6,477    23.5
  Occupation Not Adequately
    Defined                          24     0.1      19     0.1      33     0.1      30     0.1      35     0.1

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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        National Statistics Office