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

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

   Total Employed (In thousands)     27,856    100.0   28,262    100.0   28,368    100.0   29,492    100.0   29,055    100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                1,701      6.1    1,697      6.0    1,710      6.0    1,666      5.6    1,729      6.0
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers           561      2.0      570      2.0      582      2.1      602      2.0      597      2.1
     Clerical Workers                 1,242      4.5    1,271      4.5    1,267      4.5    1,303      4.4    1,300      4.5
     Sales Workers                    4,053     14.5    4,152     14.7    4,157     14.7    4,323     14.7    4,226     14.5
     Service Workers                  2,973     10.7    3,005     10.6    2,942     10.4    2,962     10.0    2,980     10.3
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters         10,874     39.0   11,163     39.5   11,213     39.5   11,973     40.6   11,654     40.1
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                   6,412     23.0    6,366     22.5    6,459     22.8    6,630     22.5    6,530     22.5
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                           42      0.2       38      0.1       40      0.1       33      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