Table 9. Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: July 2003 to July 2004
(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| July 2003 | October 2003 | January 2004 | April 2004 | July 2004
Highest Grade | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number
| ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent
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Philippines
Total 4,399 100.0 3,567 100.0 3,900 100.0 5,001 100.0 4,207 100.0
No Grade Completed 105 2.4 86 2.4 97 2.5 100 2.0 106 2.5
Elementary 951 21.6 718 20.1 850 21.8 1,003 20.1 869 20.7
Undergraduate 456 10.4 337 9.4 402 10.3 470 9.4 415 9.9
Graduate 495 11.3 381 10.7 448 11.5 533 10.7 454 10.8
High School 1,826 41.5 1,501 42.1 1,675 42.9 2,161 43.2 1,793 42.6
Undergraduate 634 14.4 514 14.4 600 15.4 817 16.3 594 14.1
Graduate 1,192 27.1 987 27.7 1,075 27.6 1,344 26.9 1,199 28.5
College 1,517 34.5 1,261 35.4 1,279 32.8 1,736 34.7 1,439 34.2
Undergraduate 782 17.8 624 17.5 663 17.0 950 19.0 687 16.3
Graduate 735 16.7 637 17.9 616 15.8 786 15.7 752 17.9
Not Reported - - - - - - - - - -
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Source: Income and Employment Statistics Division, Labor Force Survey
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: *-less than 500
Estimates for July 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.
Page last updated: September 15, 2004
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