TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                        Jan 1998         Apr 1998        Jul 1998        Oct 1998       Jan 1999
       MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP        Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent
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            PHILIPPINES

   Total Employed (In thousands)      27,689  100.0  27,837    100.0 27,856    100.0  28,262   100.0  28,368   100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                 1,647    5.9   1,572      5.6  1,701      6.1   1,697     6.0   1,710     6.0
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers            546    2.0     595      2.1    561      2.0     570     2.0     582     2.1
     Clerical Workers                  1,212    4.4   1,268      4.6  1,242      4.5   1,271     4.5   1,267     4.5
     Sales Workers                     3,997   14.4   4,182     15.0  4,053     14.5   4,152    14.7   4,157    14.7
     Service Workers                   2,840   10.3   3,010     10.8  2,973     10.7   3,005    10.6   2,942    10.4
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters          10,907   39.4  10,316     37.1 10,874     39.0  11,163    39.5  11,213    39.5
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                    6,498   23.5   6,848     24.6  6,412     23.0   6,366   22.5    6,459   22.8
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                            41    0.1      46      0.2     42      0.2      38    0.1       40    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