Table 9. Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: January 2004 to January 2005
(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| Jan 2003 | Apr 2004 | Jul 2004 | Oct 2004 | Jan 2005*
Highest Grade | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number
| ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent | ('000) Percent
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Philippines
Total 3,900 100.0 5,002 100.0 4,206 100.0 3,888 100.0 4,030 100.0
No Grade Completed 97 2.5 100 2.0 107 2.5 96 2.5 99 2.5
Elementary 850 21.8 999 20.0 867 20.6 798 20.5 855 21.2
Undergraduate 402 10.3 469 9.4 413 9.8 384 9.9 424 10.5
Graduate 448 11.5 530 10.6 454 10.8 414 10.6 430 10.7
High School 1,675 42.9 2,164 43.3 1,797 42.7 1,666 42.8 1,731 43.0
Undergraduate 600 15.4 820 16.4 591 14.1 527 13.6 554 13.7
Graduate 1,075 27.6 1,345 26.9 1,206 28.7 1,139 29.3 1,177 29.2
College 1,279 32.8 1,738 34.7 1,436 34.1 1,328 34.2 1,346 33.4
Undergraduate 663 17.0 953 19.1 685 16.3 653 16.8 676 16.8
Graduate 616 15.8 781 15.6 751 17.9 673 17.3 668 16.6
Not Reported - - - - - - - - - -
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Note: * - Estimates for January 2005 are preliminary results and are subject to change.
Source: Income and Employment Statistics Division
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Page last updated: March 15, 2005
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