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

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

   Total Employed (In thousands)       27,888     100      27,689     100      27,837     100      27,856     100      28,262   100.0  

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                  1,654       6       1,647       6       1,572       6       1,701       6       1,697     6.0  
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers             531       2         546       2         595       2         561       2         570     2.0  
     Clerical Workers                   1,205       4       1,212       4       1,268       5       1,242       4       1,271     4.5  
     Sales Workers                      3,979      14       3,997      14       4,182      15       4,053      15       4,152    14.7  
     Service Workers                    2,815      10       2,840      10       3,010      11       2,973      11       3,005    10.6  
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters           11,151      40      10,907      39      10,316      37      10,874      39      11,163    39.5  
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                     6,506      23       6,498      24       6,848      25       6,412      23       6,366   22.5  
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                             46       0          41       0          46       0          42       0          38    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