TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  OCTOBER 2001  TO OCTOBER 2002
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                   MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                        October 2001       |   January 2002     |   April 2002      |   July 2002       |   October 2002
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                                                             Number     Percent   |  Number   Percent  |  Number   Percent | Number   Percent  |  Number   Percent
                                                             ('000)                  ('000)               ('000)             ('000)               ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                                         30,085      100.0       29,705    100.0      30,186    100.0    30,104    100.0      30,252    100.0

 Agriculture                                                 11,253       37.4       11,006     37.1      11,025     36.5    11,144     37.0      11,313     37.4
     Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                       10,102       33.6        9,870     33.2       9,788     32.4    10,019     33.3      10,179     33.6
     Fishing                                                  1,151        3.8        1,136      3.8       1,237      4.1     1,125      3.7       1,134      3.7
 Industry                                                     4,682       15.6        4,596     15.5       4,820     16.0     4,694     15.6       4,666     15.4
     Mining and Quarrying                                       103        0.3          115      0.4         136      0.5       101      0.3         101      0.3
     Manufacturing                                            2,892        9.6        2,830      9.5       2,904      9.6     2,888      9.6       2,855      9.4
     Electricity, Gas and Water                                 116        0.4          120      0.4         114      0.4       108      0.4         124      0.4
     Construction                                             1,571        5.2        1,531      5.2       1,666      5.5     1,597      5.3       1,586      5.2
 Services                                                    14,151       47.0       14,104     47.5      14,341     47.5    14,266     47.4      14,271     47.2
     Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles,
        Motorcycles & Personal & Household Goods              5,526       18.4        5,518     18.6       5,773     19.1     5,538     18.4       5,621     18.6
     Hotels and Restaurants                                     700        2.3          676      2.3         680      2.3       704      2.3         712      2.4
     Transport, Storage and  Communication                    2,171        7.2        2,167      7.3       2,104      7.0     2,205      7.3       2,172      7.2
     Financial Intermediation                                   314        1.0          299      1.0         301      1.0       329      1.1         319      1.1
     Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities               534        1.8          537      1.8         552      1.8       525      1.7         560      1.9
     Public Administration & Defense, Compulsory
            Social Security                                   1,385        4.6        1,424      4.8       1,445      4.8     1,439      4.8       1,460      4.8
     Education                                                  955        3.2          932      3.1         913      3.0       956      3.2         939      3.1
     Health and Social Work                                     339        1.1          349      1.2         355      1.2       342      1.1         347      1.1
    Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activities       890        3.0          886      3.0         877      2.9       914      3.0         847      2.8
    Private Households with Employed Persons                  1,334        4.4        1,314      4.4       1,339      4.4     1,311      4.4       1,289      4.3
    Extra-Territorial Organizations & Bodies                      3        0.0            2      0.0           2      0.0         3      0.0           5      0.0

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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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