TABLE 3  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group:
         April 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                33,535         616      5,344      5,562      4,558      8,360      4,317      4,778
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                     19.5        10.0       16.3       14.7       30.4       23.5       20.0       12.0
25 - 34                     26.5        14.4       17.8       18.7       24.4       29.9       32.5       37.8
35 - 44                     23.5        20.4       21.2       23.5       22.1       25.0       24.9       24.3
45 - 54                     17.4        19.4       19.7       22.4       14.3       15.0       15.8       17.1
55 - 64                      9.0        19.6       14.8       14.3        6.4        5.1        5.7        7.4
65 and over                  4.0        16.2       10.2        6.4        2.3        1.5        1.1        1.5
Not reported                 0.0          -         0.0         -          -          -          -          -

Male                      20,774         402      3,766      3,547      3,025      5,257      2,676      2,100
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                     20.2        10.8       19.5       17.4       31.8       21.7       18.0       10.2
25 - 34                     27.4        17.4       19.6       21.0       25.8       31.6       33.4       38.1
35 - 44                     23.3        21.5       21.1       23.0       21.5       24.9       25.6       24.0
45 - 54                     16.7        18.3       18.2       20.3       12.9       15.3       15.8       18.0
55 - 64                      8.6        17.9       12.7       12.7        5.9        5.1        6.1        7.8
65 and over                  3.8        14.1        8.9        5.6        2.0        1.3        1.2        2.0
Not reported                 0.0          -         0.0         -          -          -          -          -

Female                    12,762         214      1,578      2,015      1,533      3,103      1,640      2,678
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	
15 - 24                     18.4         8.4        8.9       10.1       27.7       26.5       23.3       13.4
25 - 34                     25.1         8.8       13.6       14.7       21.6       26.9       31.1       37.5
35 - 44                     23.9        18.4       21.5       24.2       23.3       25.1       23.7       24.5
45 - 54                     18.4        21.5       23.3       26.1       17.0       14.6       15.8       16.3
55 - 64                      9.8        22.7       19.5       17.2        7.3        5.1        5.2        7.1
65 and over                  4.3        20.1       13.2        7.7        3.1        1.7        0.9        1.1
Not reported                 0.0          -         0.0         -          -          -          -          -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 23, 2010
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