TABLE 3 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group:
October 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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Both Sexes 34,533 642 5,491 5,699 4,605 8,775 4,359 4,962
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 19.2 9.0 16.3 14.8 29.5 23.3 19.0 12.4
25 - 34 26.4 17.0 18.1 17.9 25.7 30.0 31.8 36.2
35 - 44 23.2 19.9 19.4 23.8 21.2 24.8 25.5 24.4
45 - 54 17.6 20.6 20.5 22.4 14.4 14.9 16.5 17.4
55 - 64 9.3 17.1 15.2 14.5 6.6 5.5 5.8 8.0
65 and over 4.2 16.4 10.6 6.5 2.6 1.5 1.4 1.6
Not reported 0.0 - 0.0 - - - 0.0 -
M a l e 21,276 400 3,830 3,634 3,044 5,508 2,680 2,180
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 19.8 11.3 19.1 17.6 31.8 21.3 16.6 10.1
25 - 34 27.4 18.3 20.0 20.7 26.7 31.7 33.3 35.6
35 - 44 23.1 20.8 20.1 22.9 20.3 24.9 25.6 25.5
45 - 54 16.9 19.8 18.4 20.2 13.2 14.8 17.1 18.5
55 - 64 8.8 15.8 13.3 12.7 6.0 5.7 5.9 8.3
65 and over 4.0 14.5 9.0 5.8 2.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
Not reported - - - - - - - -
F e m a l e 13,257 242 1,662 2,065 1,561 3,267 1,679 2,781
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 18.2 5.8 9.7 9.8 25.2 26.7 22.8 14.1
25 - 34 24.8 14.9 13.7 12.9 23.6 27.1 29.4 36.6
35 - 44 23.5 18.6 17.8 25.5 22.9 24.6 25.3 23.6
45 - 54 18.8 21.9 25.3 26.4 16.9 15.0 15.6 16.6
55 - 64 10.1 19.4 19.4 17.6 7.8 5.2 5.7 7.9
65 and over 4.5 19.4 14.1 7.8 3.7 1.4 1.3 1.2
Not reported 0.0 - 0.0 - - - - -
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Source: National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 6, 2010
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