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.
Page last updated: December 15, 2004
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