Table 9.  Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed:  October 2003 to October 2004
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                            |    Oct 2003     |     Jan 2004    |    Apr 2004*    |    Jul 2004*    |    Oct 2004
Highest Grade               | Number          | Number          | Number          | Number          | Number
                            | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent | ('000)  Percent
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Philippines

Total                         3,567     100.0    3,900    100.0   5,002     100.0    4,206    100.0    3,886    100.0

No Grade Completed               86       2.4       97      2.5     100       2.0      107      2.5       96      2.5

Elementary                      718      20.1      850     21.8     999      20.0      867     20.6      798     20.5
  Undergraduate                 337       9.4      402     10.3     469       9.4      413      9.8      384      9.9
  Graduate                      381      10.7      448     11.5     530      10.6      454     10.8      414     10.7

High School                   1,501      42.1    1,675     42.9   2,165      43.3    1,797     42.7    1,666     42.9
  Undergraduate                 514      14.4      600     15.4     820      16.4      591     14.1      527     13.6
  Graduate                      987      27.7    1,075     27.6   1,345      26.9    1,206     28.7    1,139     29.3

College                      1,261       35.4   1,279      32.8   1,734      34.7    1,436     34.1    1,325     34.1
  Undergraduate                 624      17.5      663     17.0     953      19.1      685     16.3      653     16.8
  Graduate                      637      17.9      616     15.8     781      15.6      751     17.9      671     17.3

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 October 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

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