TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: JANUARY 1999 TO JANUARY 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                         Jan 1999            Apr 1999            Jul 1999            Oct 1999             Jan 2000
          MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP      Number              Number              Number              Number              Number
                                      ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent
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               PHILIPPINES

             Total Employed           28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0    28,895     100.0

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                 1,710       6.0     1,666       5.6     1,729       6.0     1,763       6.1     1,770       6.1
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers            582       2.1       602       2.0       597       2.1       662       2.3       607       2.1
     Clerical Workers                  1,267       4.5     1,303       4.4     1,300       4.5     1,295       4.5     1,345       4.7
     Sales Workers                     4,157      14.7     4,323      14.7     4,226      14.5     4,385      15.1     4,340      15.0
     Service Workers                   2,942      10.4     2,962      10.0     2,980      10.3     3,130      10.8     2,985      10.3
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters          11,213      39.5    11,973      40.6    11,654      40.1    11,244      38.8    11,314      39.2
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                    6,459     22.8      6,630      22.5     6,530      22.5     6,493      22.4     6,497      22.5
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                           40       0.1         33       0.1        40       0.1        30       0.1        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