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

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                                             October 2006 |               October 2005
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Highest Grade Completed               Number              |       Number
                                  (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                            2,625        100.0          2,621         100.0

No Grade Completed                        14          0.5             18           0.7

Elementary                               368         14.0            398          15.2	
   Undergraduate                         155          5.9            165           6.3
   Graduate                              213          8.1            233           8.9

High School                            1,198         45.6          1,190          45.4 
   Undergraduate                         317         12.1            349          13.3
   Graduate                              880         33.5            841          32.1

College                                1,045         39.8          1,014          38.7 
   Undergraduate                         549         20.9            501          19.1
   Graduate                              496         18.9            513          19.6

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

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

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