TABLE 4 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Region, and Sex: 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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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 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
Male 61.6 62.3 69.7 63.8 66.1 62.8 61.5 43.9
Female 38.4 37.7 30.3 36.2 33.9 37.2 38.5 56.1
National Capital Region 4,078 5 122 293 403 1,407 758 1,090
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 57.2 50.6 62.3 60.8 62.2 61.1 61.3 46.1
Female 42.8 49.4 37.7 39.2 37.8 38.9 38.7 53.9
Cordillera Administrative Region 675 21 122 88 97 135 89 124
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.0 40.6 68.0 64.8 61.9 62.2 57.3 49.6
Female 40.0 59.4 32.0 35.2 38.1 37.8 42.7 50.4
I - Ilocos Region 1,812 7 152 320 208 663 240 223
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.1 50.6 69.7 65.3 68.8 68.6 63.6 41.7
Female 35.9 49.4 30.3 34.7 31.2 31.4 36.4 58.3
II - Cagayan Valley 1,342 14 220 285 195 304 163 162
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.2 60.1 66.8 64.6 65.1 68.4 68.1 46.6
Female 35.8 39.9 33.2 35.4 34.9 31.6 31.9 53.4
III - Central Luzon 3,478 6 314 681 399 1,157 429 492
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.3 61.3 72.4 66.9 71.7 66.8 64.0 43.7
Female 35.7 38.7 27.6 33.1 28.3 33.2 36.0 56.3
IV-A - CALABARZON 4,240 13 392 688 431 1,361 636 718
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.4 52.2 66.6 64.5 65.4 59.1 60.2 41.1
Female 41.6 47.8 33.4 35.5 34.6 40.9 39.8 58.9
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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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IV-B - MIMAROPA 1,149 38 225 266 163 236 129 91
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.4 55.5 70.2 61.7 66.6 61.9 62.8 41.8
Female 37.6 44.5 29.8 38.3 33.4 38.1 37.2 58.2
V - Bicol Region 2,004 16 316 539 311 423 205 194
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.1 78.0 70.6 64.4 68.5 64.8 56.6 40.7
Female 36.9 22.0 29.4 35.6 31.5 35.2 43.4 59.3
VI - Western Visayas 2,850 47 585 436 381 723 297 380
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 61.4 67.6 69.9 60.3 66.7 64.4 56.2 41.8
Female 38.6 32.4 30.1 39.7 33.3 35.6 43.8 58.2
VII - Central Visayas
Number (in thousands) 2,699 51 643 469 362 527 291 356
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 57.7 71.4 62.5 56.7 60.2 56.4 58.1 47.8
Female 42.3 28.6 37.5 43.3 39.8 43.6 41.9 52.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,621 24 475 300 240 241 148 194
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.4 75.2 73.1 64.7 68.3 61.0 62.2 43.3
Female 35.6 24.8 26.9 35.3 31.7 39.0 37.8 56.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,381 47 349 256 227 205 146 152
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 61.3 55.3 70.1 61.3 62.6 57.1 61.6 46.7
Female 38.7 44.7 29.9 38.7 37.4 42.9 38.4 53.3
X - Northern Mindanao 1,871 18 387 274 335 357 250 250
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.0 61.1 69.3 59.9 62.1 57.0 57.8 42.2
Female 41.0 38.9 30.7 40.1 37.9 43.0 42.2 57.8
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(Table 4 - Concluded)
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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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XI - Davao Region 1,740 44 379 293 277 362 186 200
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.8 53.8 75.2 66.9 64.6 62.0 63.4 42.0
Female 36.2 46.2 24.8 33.1 35.4 38.0 36.6 58.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,540 86 301 199 255 334 195 170
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 66.4 57.0 74.1 69.8 72.2 66.0 69.4 42.4
Female 33.6 43.0 25.9 30.2 27.8 34.0 30.6 57.6
Caraga 943 12 215 155 160 185 108 107
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.0 62.7 70.5 63.7 65.8 63.4 63.9 41.5
Female 37.0 37.3 29.5 36.3 34.2 36.6 36.1 58.5
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 1,109 192 294 159 161 153 89 61
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 71.3 67.2 74.8 74.8 74.1 71.9 70.1 50.8
Female 28.7 32.8 25.2 25.2 25.9 28.1 29.9 49.2
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Source: National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 6, 2010
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