TABLE 15  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed 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                    2,914          18        184        225        388        932        614        552 
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0  
15 - 24                        51.2        23.9       39.8       41.3       59.0       57.7       49.5       45.1
25 - 34                        30.2        20.3       16.2       22.9       24.5       26.6       36.1       41.9
35 - 44                         9.5        10.0       14.4       14.1        7.9        9.1        9.0        8.4
45 - 54                         5.7        18.0       13.8       12.6        6.1        4.5        4.3        3.0
55 - 64                         2.7        21.0       10.6        7.5        2.1        1.6        1.1        1.5
65 and over                     0.7         6.9        5.3        1.6        0.4        0.5        0.1        0.1

Male                          1,820          14        132        162        278        574        379        282
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0  
15 - 24                        47.3        24.2       42.1       40.0       58.2       52.5       45.2       36.9
25 - 34                        31.0        23.6       15.2       25.2       26.2       28.0       36.8       45.3
35 - 44                        10.8        10.7       16.3       14.2        7.2       10.7       10.7       10.2
45 - 54                         6.8        18.2       12.7       12.1        5.5        6.0        5.6        5.0
55 - 64                         3.2        17.5        8.9        7.3        2.4        2.2        1.6        2.4
65 and over                     0.8         5.8        4.8        1.2        0.4        0.6        0. 1       0.1

Female                        1,094           4         52         63        111        358        235        271
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	
15 - 24                        57.5        23.1       34.1       44.8       61.1       66.1       56.5       53.6
25 - 34                        28.9           9.9     18.6       17.0       20.1       24.3       35.0       38.4
35 - 44                         7.3         7.7        9.6       13.6        9.5        6.6        6.1        6.5
45 - 54                         3.9        17.5       16.5       13.9        7.8        2.2        2.2        1.0
55 - 64                         1.8        31.8       14.7        7.9        1.1        0.6       0. 2        0.4
65 and over                     0.6        10.0        6.6        2.7        0.3        0.2          -        0.1

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2008 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  August 24, 2010
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