TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: April 1997 to April 1998
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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            MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP            Apr 1997          Jul 1997          Oct 1997          Jan 1998           Apr 1998
                                          Number  Percent   Number  Percent   Number  Percent   Number  Percent    Number   Percent
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               PHILIPPINES

     Total Employed (In thousands)        28,105    100.0   27,531    100.0   27,888    100.0   27,691    100.0    27,835     100.0

    Professional, Technical and
      Related Workers                      1,647      5.9    1,622      5.9    1,654      5.9    1,645      5.9     1,571       5.6
    Administrative, Executive
      and Managerial Workers                 514      1.8      530      1.9      531      1.9      546      2.0       595       2.1
    Clerical Workers                       1,300      4.6    1,231      4.5    1,205      4.3    1,213      4.4     1,267       4.6
    Sales Workers                          3,966     14.1    3,867     14.0    3,979     14.3    3,999     14.4     4,182      15.0
    Service Workers                        2,656      9.5    2,878     10.5    2,815     10.1    2,839     10.3     3,009      10.8
    Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
      and Forestry Workers,
      Fishermen and Hunters               11,468     40.8   10,893     39.6   11,151     40.0   10,907     39.4    10,315      37.1
    Production and Related Workers,
      Transport Equipment Operators
      and Laborers                         6,524     23.2    6,477     23.5    6,506     23.3    6,501     23.5     6,850      24.6
    Occupation Not Adequately
      Defined                                 30      0.1       35      0.1       46      0.2       41      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