TABLE 10   Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: July 2005 and July 2006
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                July 2006 |                  July 2005
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Highest Grade Completed               Number              |       Number
                                  (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                            2,918        100.0          2,715         100.0

No Grade Completed                        21          0.7             15           0.6

Elementary                               443         15.2            394          14.5	
   Undergraduate                         193          6.6            175           6.4
   Graduate                              250          8.6            219           8.1

High School                            1,365         46.8          1,219          44.9 
   Undergraduate                         396         13.6            328          12.1
   Graduate                              968         33.2            891          32.8

College                                1,089         37.3          1,086          40.0 
   Undergraduate                         560         19.2            537          19.8
   Graduate                              529         18.1            549          20.2

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Note:  Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.

Source:  National Statistics Office, July 2005 and July 2006 Labor Force Survey

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