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

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                                      October 2007 |             October 2006
Highest Grade Completed   -------------------------|--------------------------
                                 Number            |        Number
                          (in thousands)   Percent | (in thousands)   Percent
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Philippines                       2,246      100.0           2,625      100.0

No grade completed                   15        0.7              14        0.5

Elementary                          307       13.7             368       14.0
   Undergraduate                    136        6.1             155        5.9
   Graduate                         170        7.6             213        8.1

High school                       1,038       46.2           1,198       45.6
   Undergraduate                    292       13.0             317       12.1
   Graduate                         746       33.2             880       33.5

College                             886       39.4           1,045       39.8
   Undergraduate                    486       21.6             549       20.9
   Graduate                         400       17.8             496       18.9

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Note:
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.

Sources:  National Statistics Office, October 2006 and October 2007 Labor Force Survey

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