TABLE 3. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: October 1996 to October 1997

                                                      (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
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                                              October 1996       January 1997         April 1997          July 1997          October 1997
            MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP           Number    Percent   Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number   Percent
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              PHILIPPINES

     Total Employed (In thousands)         27,442     100.0    27,335     100.0    28,105     100.0    27,531     100.0     27,888    100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry    11,451      41.7    11,407      41.7    11,601      41.3    10,987      39.9     11,260     40.4
     Mining and Quarrying                     115       0.4       128       0.5       134       0.5       133       0.5        124      0.4
     Manufacturing                          2,756      10.0     2,683       9.8     2,791       9.9     2,697       9.8      2,755      9.9
     Electricity, Gas and Water               123       0.4       125       0.5       139       0.5       125       0.5        139      0.5
     Construction                           1,573       5.7     1,530       5.6     1,677       6.0     1,701       6.2      1,641      5.9
     Wholesale and Retail Trade             4,062      14.8     4,050      14.8     4,154      14.8     4,129      15.0      4,219     15.1
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                        1,657       6.0     1,681       6.1     1,768       6.3     1,750       6.4      1,769      6.3
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                               681       2.5       697       2.5       700       2.5       676       2.5        680      2.4
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                    5,019      18.3     5,027      18.4     5,134      18.3     5,328      19.4      5,296     19.0
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                  5       0.0         6       0.0         7       0.0         6       0.0          5      0.0
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines