TABLE 3 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group:
January 2008
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
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| | | Elementary | High School | College
Sex and Age Group | | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
| Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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Philippines
Both Sexes 33,693 635 5,271 5,699 4,488 8,489 4,277 4,833
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 19.3 9.5 15.8 15.0 29.7 23.7 18.9 12.7
25 - 34 26.5 16.9 17.6 18.3 24.6 29.4 33.8 37.0
35 - 44 23.6 20.1 21.0 23.8 21.6 24.9 25.7 24.1
45 - 54 17.4 20.4 19.5 22.5 15.0 14.8 15.7 16.8
55 - 64 9.1 15.6 15.4 14.1 6.5 5.5 4.9 8.1
65 and over 4.1 17.3 10.7 6.2 2.5 1.7 1.0 1.3
Not reported 0.0 0.1 0.0 - - - - 0.0
Male 20,654 404 3,658 3,615 2,998 5,272 2,607 2,101
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 19.7 11.2 18.9 17.7 31.0 21.2 16.7 10.0
25 - 34 27.5 19.2 19.8 20.2 26.6 30.9 35.6 37.8
35 - 44 23.5 21.1 20.6 23.9 20.4 25.5 25.8 25.0
45 - 54 16.7 20.3 18.0 20.3 13.4 15.2 15.6 17.5
55 - 64 8.6 13.6 13.5 12.6 6.3 5.5 5.1 8.0
65 and over 3.9 14.4 9.2 5.2 2.3 1.7 1.2 1.7
Not reported 0.0 0.2 - - - - - 0.0
Female 13,038 231 1,613 2,085 1,490 3,217 1,670 2,732
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 18.8 6.7 8.6 10.5 27.3 27.8 22.2 14.7
25 - 34 24.8 13.0 12.8 14.8 20.6 27.0 30.9 36.4
35 - 44 23.7 18.4 22.1 23.7 24.0 23.8 25.6 23.5
45 - 54 18.4 20.5 23.0 26.3 18.2 14.1 15.9 16.2
55 - 64 9.9 19.1 19.5 16.7 7.1 5.6 4.7 8.2
65 and over 4.4 22.3 13.9 8.0 2.8 1.6 0.7 0.9
Not reported 0.0 - 0.0 - - - - -
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Source: National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 25, 2010
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