TABLE 10  Unemployed Persons by Highest Grade Completed: January 2007 and January 2008
          (In thousands.  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

=================================================================================
                                         January 2008  |            January 2007
                              -------------------------|-------------------------
Number of Hours Worked              Number             |       Number
                               (Thousands)    Percent  |  (Thousands)    Percent
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Philippines                         2,675       100.0          2,850       100.0

No grade completed                     10         0.4             19         0.7

Elementary                            396        14.8            504        17.7
Undergraduate                         180         6.7            238         8.4
Graduate                              215         8.1            266         9.3

High school                         1,238        46.3          1,324        46.5
Undergraduate                         343        12.8            385        13.5
Graduate                              895        33.5            939        32.9

College                             1,031        38.6          1,003        35.2
Undergraduate                         551        20.6            539        18.9
Graduate                              481        18.0            463        16.2

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2007 and January 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated: July 01, 2008