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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