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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