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
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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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