TABLE 4. EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: January 1997 to January 1998

         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                         Jan 1998         Apr 1998         Jul 1998         Oct 1998          Jan 1998
       MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP
                                      Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent    Number  Percent
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            PHILIPPINES

   Total Employed (In thousands)      27,335  100.0    28,105  100.0    27,531  100.0    27,888  100.0     27,693   100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                 1,672    6.1     1,647    5.9     1,622    5.9     1,654    5.9      1,644     5.9
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers            493    1.8       514    1.8       530    1.9       531    1.9        546     2.0
     Clerical Workers                  1,238    4.5     1,300    4.6     1,231    4.5     1,205    4.3      1,210     4.4
     Sales Workers                     3,871   14.2     3,966   14.1     3,867   14.0     3,979   14.3      3,994    14.4
     Service Workers                   2,631    9.6     2,656    9.5     2,878   10.5     2,815   10.1      2,841    10.3
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters          11,275   41.2    11,468   40.8    10,893   39.6    11,151   40.0     10,923    39.4
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                    6,122   22.4     6,524   23.2     6,477   23.5     6,506   23.3      6,493    23.4
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                            33    0.1        30    0.1        35    0.1        46    0.2         41     0.1

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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines