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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Number of Hours Worked    |  Number |  Percent |  Number |  Percent
                          |  ('000) |          |  ('000) |
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Philippines                   2,621      100.0     2,619      100.0
                                                                   
No Grade Completed               13        0.5        18        0.7
Elementary                      368       14.0       399       15.2                                                      
   Undergraduate                156        6.0       167        6.4
   Graduate                     212        8.1       232        8.9
                                                                   
   High School                1,192       45.5     1,183       45.2
   Undergraduate                317       12.1       348       13.3
   Graduate                     875       33.4       835       31.9
                                                                   
   College                    1,049       40.0     1,019       38.9
   Undergraduate                551       21.0       503       19.2
   Graduate                     498       19.0       516       19.7
                             
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Note:    Estimates for October 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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