Labor Force Survey Table


TABLE 10  Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: January 2006 and January 2007
         (In thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                          January 2007 |              January 2006
Number of Hours Worked      ---------------------------|---------------------------
                                     Number            |         Number
                             (in thousands)    Percent | (in thousands)    Percent
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Philippines                          2,850       100.0           2,837       100.0

No grade completed                      19         0.7              14         0.5

Elementary                             504        17.7             431        15.2
  Undergraduate                        238         8.4             179         6.3
  Graduate                             266         9.3             252         8.9

High school                          1,324        46.5           1,293        45.6
  Undergraduate                        385        13.5             379        13.4
  Graduate                             939        32.9             914        32.2

College                              1,002        35.2           1,100        38.8
  Undergraduate                        539        18.9             592        20.9
  Graduate                             463        16.2             508        17.9
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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, Labor Force Survey

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