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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Number of Hours Worked    |  Number |  Percent |  Number |  Percent
                          |  ('000) |          |  ('000) |
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Philippines                   2,908      100.0     2,715      100.0

No Grade Completed               21        0.7        15        0.6
Elementary                      442       15.2       396       14.6
   Undergraduate                193        6.6       177        6.5
   Graduate                     249        8.6       219        8.1

High School                   1,353       46.5     1,213       44.7
   Undergraduate                392       13.5       328       12.1
   Graduate                     961       33.0       885       32.6

College                       1,092       37.6     1,091       40.2
   Undergraduate                562       19.3       538       19.8
   Graduate                     530       18.2       553       20.4

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Note:    Estimates for July 2006 are preliminary and subject to change.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division,
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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