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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