Table 3.  Number of Children 5-17 Years Old Who Worked for the
          Past 12 Months** by Sex and Highest Grade Completed

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Highest Grade Completed       Both         %         Male       %      Female       %
                              Sexes
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Total                       3,577,363             2,329,556           1,247,807

No Grade Completed             97,717      2.7       73,002    3.1       24,715    2.0
Grade 1 to 5                1,411,357     39.5      972,253   41.7      439,104   35.2
Elementary Graduate           639,089     17.9      437,321   18.8      201,767   16.2
1st to 3rd Year             1,135,260     31.7      707,674   30.4      427,586   34.3
High School Graduate          251,291      7.0      117,183    5.0      134,107   10.7
College Undergraduate          41,751      1.2       21,643    0.9       20,108    1.6
Not Reported                      899      0.0          480    0.0          419    0.0

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*    Past Week Refer to the past seven days prior to enumeration.
     Enumeration took place in July 1995.
**   Past 12 months refers to the Period August 1994 - July 1995.
***  Detatils may not add up due to multiple response.

Source:  1995 National Survey on Working Children
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines