TABLE 10  Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: April 2006 and April 2007 
         (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                               April 2007 |                 April 2006
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Highest Grade Completed               Number              |       Number
                                  (Thousands)     Percent |   (Thousands)      Percent
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Philippines                            2,692        100.0          2,935         100.0

No Grade Completed                        16          0.6             25           0.9

Elementary                               388         14.4            470          16.0
   Undergraduate                         168          6.3            219           7.5
   Graduate                              220          8.2            251           8.6

High School                            1,238         46.0          1,318          44.9
   Undergraduate                         343         12.7            407          13.9
   Graduate                              895         33.2            911          31.0

College                                1,051         39.0          1,121          38.2
   Undergraduate                         547         20.3            584          19.9
   Graduate                              504         18.7            537          18.3

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2006 and April 2007 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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