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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