TABLE 4 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Region and Sex: January 2008
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Region and Sex | | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
| Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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Philippines 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
Male 61.3 63.6 69.4 63.4 66.8 62.1 61.0 43.5
Female 38.7 36.4 30.6 36.6 33.2 37.9 39.0 56.5
National Capital Region 4,096 5 122 315 354 1,397 802 1,101
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 56.3 41.6 66.5 54.6 61.8 60.4 60.2 45.8
Female 43.7 58.4 33.5 45.4 38.2 39.6 39.8 54.2
Cordillera Administrative Region 678 24 117 93 90 129 103 121
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 57.6 44.0 67.0 60.5 61.5 61.6 54.3 44.5
Female 42.4 56.0 33.0 39.5 38.5 38.4 45.7 55.5
I - Ilocos Region 1,793 11 127 330 204 633 240 249
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.6 65.9 68.0 65.0 69.8 69.3 65.6 45.2
Female 35.4 34.1 32.0 35.0 30.2 30.7 34.4 54.8
II - Cagayan Valley 1,343 10 193 304 206 306 155 169
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.1 72.8 69.2 64.1 68.2 66.9 64.4 47.1
Female 35.9 27.2 30.8 35.9 31.8 33.1 35.6 52.9
III - Central Luzon 3,447 13 315 636 424 1,144 419 495
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.6 59.7 66.3 64.7 71.0 65.5 63.5 43.0
Female 37.4 40.3 33.7 35.3 29.0 34.5 36.5 57.0
IVA - CALABARZON 4,171 16 357 685 421 1,363 645 683
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.6 64.2 66.9 64.6 68.3 60.1 59.7 38.3
Female 41.4 35.8 33.1 35.4 31.7 39.9 40.3 61.7
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(Table 4 - Continued)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
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| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Region and Sex | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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IVB - MIMAROPA 1,121 39 228 257 163 221 125 87
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 61.5 59.3 67.2 62.8 64.9 60.7 64.4 36.0
Female 38.5 40.6 32.8 37.2 35.1 39.3 35.6 64.0
V - Bicol Region 1,921 20 305 537 287 412 174 185
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.2 64.9 68.2 62.7 66.5 67.2 61.4 43.7
Female 36.8 35.1 31.8 37.3 33.5 32.8 38.6 56.3
VI - Western Visayas 2,788 45 563 450 395 699 282 354
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.0 62.7 66.6 61.7 70.3 60.5 53.7 39.6
Female 40.0 37.3 33.4 38.3 29.7 39.5 46.3 60.4
VII - Central Visayas 2,581 48 638 430 370 481 310 306
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.1 54.9 64.7 57.7 63.2 54.2 57.8 45.4
Female 41.9 45.1 35.3 42.3 36.8 45.8 42.2 54.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,568 33 470 313 227 206 146 174
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.2 74.5 72.9 61.7 62.4 62.5 61.2 41.3
Female 36.8 25.5 27.1 38.3 37.6 37.5 38.8 58.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,241 47 345 219 187 186 115 143
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 65.1 57.2 73.3 64.1 68.5 61.8 66.3 47.8
Female 34.9 42.8 26.7 35.9 31.5 38.2 33.7 52.2
X - Northern Mindanao 1,719 21 328 265 312 362 203 228
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.6 66.4 69.2 62.9 58.7 57.3 61.3 44.8
Female 40.4 33.6 30.8 37.1 41.3 42.7 38.7 55.2
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(Table 4 - Concluded)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
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| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Region and Sex | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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XI - Davao Region 1,691 48 355 296 254 337 205 197
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.4 53.7 73.7 66.8 67.5 60.9 60.1 44.0
Female 36.6 46.3 26.3 33.2 32.5 39.1 39.9 56.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,504 59 322 208 258 309 187 160
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 65.2 56.6 74.0 70.3 69.9 62.4 60.9 47.0
Female 34.8 43.4 26.0 29.7 30.1 37.6 39.1 53.0
Caraga 952 9 223 160 170 165 111 114
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.6 63.4 71.8 66.6 65.1 60.2 65.6 43.8
Female 36.4 36.6 28.2 33.4 34.9 39.8 34.4 56.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 1,078 186 263 201 166 141 53 68
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 72.4 73.8 75.9 73.9 77.9 66.7 76.5 45.7
Female 27.6 26.2 24.1 26.1 22.1 33.3 23.5 54.3
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Source: National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 25, 2010
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