TABLE 4. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: October 1996 to October 1997

                                             (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
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                                             Oct 1997             Jan 1997              Apr 1997           Jul 1997            Oct 1997
            MAJOR OCCUPATION 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

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                      1,640       6.0     1,672       6.1     1,647       5.9     1,622       5.9     1,654       5.9
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                 456       1.7       493       1.8       514       1.8       530       1.9       531       1.9
     Clerical Workers                       1,223       4.5     1,238       4.5     1,300       4.6     1,231       4.5     1,205       4.3
     Sales Workers                          3,923      14.3     3,871      14.2     3,966      14.1     3,867      14.0     3,979      14.3
     Service Workers                        2,590       9.4     2,631       9.6     2,656       9.5     2,878      10.5     2,815      10.1
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters               11,333      41.3    11,275      41.2    11,468      40.8    10,893      39.6    11,151      40.0
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                         6,259      22.8     6,122      22.4     6,524      23.2     6,477      23.5     6,506      23.3
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                 19       0.1        33       0.1        30       0.1        35       0.1        46       0.2
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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines