TABLE 15  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed 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                    2,675          10        180        215        343        895        551        481 
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                        49.6        35.4       42.3       40.4       56.5       56.5       48.9       40.0
25 - 34                        29.7         9.7       19.4       19.0       25.1       26.0       35.3       42.8
35 - 44                        10.3        22.3       11.3       15.2       10.6        8.8       10.2       10.1
45 - 54                         6.6        11.6       13.6       13.8        4.9        6.1        3.8        5.8
55 - 64                         3.2        14.8        8.8        9.8        2.4        2.5        1.8        1.1
65 and over                     0.6         6.2        4.6        1.9        0.5        0.1        0.1        0.2

Male                          1,741           7        138        166        249        570        343        268
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0  
15 - 24                        46.5        28.9       41.5       39.4       56.4       52.3       45.4       33.8
25 - 34                        30.1        14.7       20.0       19.5       26.6       27.1       35.9       44.7
35 - 44                        11.2        21.1       11.9       16.9        9.6        9.2       11.1       13.0
45 - 54                         7.8        12.4       13.6       13.4        5.0        8.0        5.3        6.7
55 - 64                         3.6        13.5        8.4        8.9        1.9        3.4        2.3        1.5
65 and over                     0.7         9.4        4.5        2.1        0.5        0.1          -        0.3

Female                          935           3         43         49         94        325        207        212
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                        55.4        48.1       44.6       43.9       56.5       64.0       54.6       47.7
25 - 34                        29.0            -      17.5       17.3       21.1       24.0       34.3       40.4
35 - 44                         8.5        24.7        9.1        9.4       13.2        8.0        8.6        6.4
45 - 54                         4.3        10.0       13.5       15.3        4.8        2.7        1.4        4.8
55 - 64                         2.3        17.2       10.2       12.8        3.7        1.1        0.9        0.7
65 and over                     0.5            -       5.0        1.3        0.7        0.2        0.2         -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 25, 2010
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