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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