I don't know if the 3 sentences are correct
What is mean is:
1) In 2008, the numbers of UK graduates who were unemployed and who worked part-time were close/similar.

Can I say:
2) The number of UK graduates who were unemployed was close to that of those who worked part-time were close in 2008.
3) Almost equal numbers of UK graduates were unemployed and worked part-time in 2008.

Question

I don't know if the 3 sentences are correct
What is mean is:
1) In 2008, the numbers of UK graduates who were unemployed and who worked part-time were close/similar.

Can I say:
2) The number of UK graduates who were unemployed was close to that of those who worked part-time were close in 2008.
3) Almost equal numbers of UK graduates were unemployed and worked part-time in 2008.

Answer

What does it mean?
1) In 2008, the numbers of UK graduates who were unemployed and who worked part-time were close/similar.

Can I say:
2) The number of UK graduates who were unemployed in 2008  was close to that of those who worked part-time.
3) Almost equal numbers of UK graduates were unemployed in 2008 as were working part-time.

they could all be written differently.

the Number of graduates employed in 2008 was close to the number of unemployed graduates.
the number of graduates employed in 2008 was almost equal to the number who were unemployed.

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