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

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                                                   Jul 2001     Oct 2001          Jan 2002       Apr 2002       Jul 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)           29,281   100.0     30,085   100.0      29,705   100.0     30,186   100.0     30,104  100.0

 Officials of Government and Special Interest
       Organizations, Corporate Executives,
       Managers, Managing Proprietors and
       Supervisors                                  2,965    10.1      3,090    10.3       3,072    10.3      3,175    10.5      3,248   10.8
 Professionals                                      1,327     4.5      1,390     4.6       1,401     4.7      1,367     4.5      1,381    4.6
 Technicians and Associate Professionals              753     2.6        754     2.5         776     2.6        850     2.8        846    2.8
 Clerks                                             1,299     4.4      1,326     4.4       1,314     4.4      1,335     4.4      1,373    4.6
 Service Workers and Shop and Market
       Sales Workers                                2,494     8.5      2,720     9.0       2,709     9.1       2,67     8.9      2,625    8.7
 Farmers, Forestry Workers and Fishermen            6,397    21.8      6,345    21.1       6,266    21.1      6,170    20.4      6,241   20.7
 Trades and Related Workers                         3,055    10.4      3,045    10.1       2,962    10.0      3,107    10.3      2,937    9.8
 Plant and Machine Operators and
      Assemblers                                    2,298     7.8      2,278     7.6       2,194     7.4      2,147     7.1      2,266    7.5
 Laborers and Unskilled Workers                     8,559    29.2      9,003    29.9       8,888    29.9      9,227    30.6      9,061   30.1
 Special Occupations                                  134     0.5        133     0.4         122     0.4        130     0.4        126    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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