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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1978

MAIN INCREASES AND DECREASES AT THE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1977 AND DECEMBER 1977

INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL ARE AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGE OF

DEC. 1977

OVER SEPT. 1977

PERSONS ENGAGED IN

PERSONS ENGAGED IN

PERSONS

ENGAGED IN PERSONS

%

INDUSTRY SECTOR DEC. 1976

SEPT. 1977

DEC. 1977

ENGAGED CHANGE

GARMENTS

211,098

194,449

198,519

+4,070 +2.1

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

12,880

14,401

15,326

+925 +6.4

HANDBAGS

13,139

11,575

12,215

+640

+5.5

CONTAINERS AND

BOXES OF PAPER

AND PAPER BOARD

6,956

6,590

7,205

+615

+9.3

HAND TOOLS AND

GENERAL HARDWARE

6,599

6,855

7,440

+585

+8.5

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

70,998

72,210

70,188

-2,022

-2.8

WOOL KNITTING

16,789

17,782

15,796 -1,986

-11.2

PLASTIC TOYS

41,119

$3,992

42,369

-1,623

-3.7

KNITWEAR FROM

YARN

21,403

22,743

21,516

-1,227

-5.4

MISCELLANEOUS

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

28,990

30,118

29,215

-903

-3.0

GLOVES

12,256

12,048

11,395

-653

-5.4

JOB PRINTING

14,661

15,131

14,554

-577

-3.8

DETAILED FIGURES OF EMPLOYMENT BROKEN DOWN BY OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS OR INDUSTRY SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.