TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: APRIL 2001 TO APRIL 2002
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)


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                                                       Apr 2001  |     Jul 2001   |   Oct 2001     |   Jan 2002     |   Apr 2002
            MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP                Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number   Percent
                                                 ('000)          | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)
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                 PHILIPPINES

        Total Employed (In thousands)             29,160  100.0    29,281  100.0    30,085   100.0    29,705  100.0    30,186    100.0

 Officials of Government and Special Interest
       Organizations, Corporate Executives,
       Managers, Managing Proprietors and
       Supervisors                                 2,844    9.8     2,965   10.1     3,090    10.3     3,072   10.3     3,175     10.5
 Professionals                                     1,289    4.4     1,327    4.5     1,390     4.6     1,401    4.7     1,367      4.5
 Technicians and Associate Professionals             760    2.6       753    2.6       754     2.5       776    2.6       850      2.8
 Clerks                                            1,332    4.6     1,299    4.4     1,326     4.4     1,314    4.4     1,335      4.4
 Service Workers and Shop and Market
       Sales Workers                               2,580    8.8     2,494    8.5     2,720     9.0     2,709    9.1     2,677      8.9
 Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen           6,390   21.9     6,397   21.8     6,345    21.1     6,266   21.1     6,170     20.4
 Trades and Related Workers                        3,106   10.7     3,055   10.4     3,045    10.1     2,962   10.0     3,107     10.3
 Plant and Machine Operators and
      Assemblers                                   2,275    7.8     2,298    7.8     2,278     7.6     2,194    7.4     2,147      7.1
 Laborers and Unskilled Workers                    8,437   28.9     8,559   29.2     9,003    29.9     8,888   29.9     9,227     30.6
 Special Occupations                                 147    0.5       134    0.5       133     0.4       122    0.4       130      0.4

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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