TABLE 4 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Region and Sex: April 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 33,535 616 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
Male 61.9 65.3 70.5 63.8 66.4 62.9 62.0 44.0
Female 38.1 34.7 29.5 36.2 33.6 37.1 38.0 56.0
National Capital Region 4,005 4 144 297 363 1,363 785 1,050
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 55.9 28.3 67.1 52.0 61.7 59.4 60.3 45.8
Female 44.1 71.7 32.9 48.0 38.3 40.6 39.7 54.2
Cordillera Administrative Region 647 22 120 93 92 123 90 107
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.5 44.4 66.3 59.5 63.6 62.9 65.1 42.6
Female 40.5 55.6 33.7 40.5 36.4 37.1 34.9 57.4
I - Ilocos Region 1,703 11 142 301 171 618 237 222
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 66.5 77.5 70.6 66.9 68.0 72.2 64.3 48.3
Female 33.5 22.5 29.4 33.1 32.0 27.8 35.7 51.7
II - Cagayan Valley 1,350 13 217 295 196 301 162 167
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.4 67.3 69.2 62.2 69.4 68.0 66.6 47.2
Female 35.6 32.7 30.8 37.8 30.6 32.0 33.4 52.8
III - Central Luzon 3,426 8 294 697 401 1,132 430 463
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.7 48.5 71.1 65.7 69.9 66.3 64.1 44.1
Female 36.3 51.5 28.9 34.3 30.1 33.7 35.9 55.9
IVA - CALABARZON 4,007 12 338 623 435 1,326 638 636
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.4 63.0 67.3 64.5 69.0 60.9 60.9 39.0
Female 40.6 37.0 32.7 35.5 31.0 39.1 39.1 61.0
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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 1,128 33 219 256 172 219 134 97
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 61.9 66.4 69.0 59.8 63.8 65.6 59.1 41.9
Female 38.1 33.6 31.0 40.2 36.2 34.4 40.9 58.1
V - Bicol Region 2,019 15 313 549 340 405 197 200
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.3 77.6 70.0 66.6 68.3 66.3 61.4 39.9
Female 35.7 22.4 30.0 33.4 31.7 33.7 38.6 60.1
VI - Western Visayas 2,734 39 568 443 424 655 250 355
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.6 63.5 72.9 63.0 69.1 62.4 60.9 39.0
Female 37.4 36.5 27.1 37.0 30.9 37.6 39.1 61.0
VII - Central Visayas 2,568 43 637 382 366 469 322 348
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.9 63.4 66.2 56.4 62.2 56.1 61.4 46.1
Female 41.1 36.6 33.8 43.6 37.8 43.9 38.6 53.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,604 31 466 301 257 225 144 180
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.2 74.8 70.9 65.5 64.2 62.6 57.2 41.3
Female 36.8 25.2 29.1 34.5 35.8 37.4 42.8 58.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,305 49 367 225 186 182 134 162
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.4 65.0 68.6 64.9 65.5 61.3 65.0 47.6
Female 36.6 35.0 31.4 35.1 34.5 38.7 35.0 52.4
X - Northern Mindanao 1,765 20 358 266 296 368 232 227
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.2 61.0 70.6 62.8 58.1 58.8 62.5 42.9
Female 39.8 39.0 29.4 37.2 41.9 41.2 37.5 57.1
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(Table 4 - Concluded)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
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| | | Elementary | High School | College
Region and Sex | | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
| Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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XI - Davao Region 1,675 54 348 264 258 347 196 208
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.1 59.2 74.5 68.5 65.4 60.8 64.5 46.2
Female 35.9 40.8 25.5 31.5 34.6 39.2 35.5 53.8
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,547 68 304 227 277 316 192 165
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.4 58.6 73.7 66.2 71.5 60.7 61.9 45.0
Female 35.6 41.4 26.3 33.8 28.5 39.3 38.1 55.0
Caraga 968 12 219 163 179 173 113 109
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.6 58.3 71.8 65.6 62.0 61.2 59.3 47.0
Female 37.4 41.7 28.2 34.4 38.0 38.8 40.7 53.0
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 1,084 183 291 180 146 139 61 83
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 72.3 71.8 76.5 72.8 75.4 71.6 70.2 55.0
Female 27.7 28.2 23.5 27.2 24.6 28.4 29.8 45.0
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Source: National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: August 23, 2010
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