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

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

   Total Employed (In thousands)      27,837   100.0    27,856   100.0   28,262    100.0   28,368    100.0   29,492    100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                 1,572     5.6     1,701     6.1    1,697      6.0    1,710      6.0    1,666      5.6
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers            595     2.1       561     2.0      570      2.0      582      2.1      602      2.0
     Clerical Workers                  1,268     4.6     1,242     4.5    1,271      4.5    1,267      4.5    1,303      4.4
     Sales Workers                     4,182    15.0     4,053    14.5    4,152     14.7    4,157     14.7    4,323     14.7
     Service Workers                   3,010    10.8     2,973    10.7    3,005     10.6    2,942     10.4    2,962     10.0
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters          10,316    37.1    10,874    39.0   11,163     39.5   11,213     39.5   11,973     40.6
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                    6,848    24.6     6,412    23.0    6,366    22.5     6,459    22.8     6,630     22.5
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                            46     0.2        42     0.2      38      0.1       40      0.1        33      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