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

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

     Total Employed (In thousands)         27,531     100.0    27,888     100.0     27,689    100.0    27,837     100.0    27,856     100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                      1,622       5.9     1,654       5.9      1,647      5.9     1,572       5.6     1,701       6.1
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                 530       1.9       531       1.9        546      2.0       595       2.1       561       2.0
     Clerical Workers                       1,231       4.5     1,205       4.3      1,212      4.4     1,268       4.6     1,242       4.5
     Sales Workers                          3,867      14.0     3,979      14.3      3,997     14.4     4,182      15.0     4,053      14.5
     Service Workers                        2,878      10.5     2,815      10.1      2,840     10.3     3,010      10.8     2,973      10.7
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters               10,893      39.6    11,151      40.0     10,907     39.4    10,316      37.1    10,874      39.0
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                         6,477      23.5     6,506      23.3      6,498     23.5     6,848      24.6     6,412      23.0
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                 35       0.1        46       0.2         41      0.1        46       0.2        42       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