TABLE 15 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed 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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Philippines
Both Sexes 2,525 13 153 185 308 830 559 476
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 52.0 43.9 45.5 43.5 62.2 58.8 49.1 42.4
25 - 34 27.3 11.1 16.0 14.7 18.1 23.5 34.3 40.6
35 - 44 9.9 7.9 9.8 14.9 8.1 9.2 9.0 11.3
45 - 54 6.7 2.0 13.8 14.4 7.1 6.1 5.4 3.9
55 - 64 3.5 17.4 11.7 9.3 4.1 2.2 2.3 1.8
65 and over 0.6 17.7 3.1 3.4 0.5 0.2 - -
Not reported - - - - - - - -
M a l e 1,596 9 122 135 232 520 330 248
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 48.8 51.5 47.5 45.3 61.2 53.7 42.6 37.4
25 - 34 27.2 10.6 15.3 13.7 18.7 25.0 36.8 41.1
35 - 44 10.8 8.7 10.8 15.5 7.5 10.4 10.0 13.3
45 - 54 8.2 0.0 11.2 14.3 7.3 7.9 7.8 5.7
55 - 64 4.3 17.6 12.7 8.4 4.7 2.8 2.8 2.5
65 and over 0.6 11.6 2.4 2.8 0.6 0.2 - -
Not reported - - - - - - - -
F e m a l e 930 4 31 50 76 310 230 228
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 57.5 25.7 37.6 38.5 65.4 67.5 58.3 47.8
25 - 34 27.4 12.3 18.8 17.3 16.2 21.0 30.7 40.1
35 - 44 8.2 6.0 5.9 13.1 10.0 7.2 7.4 9.0
45 - 54 4.1 6.8 23.8 14.6 6.2 3.0 2.0 2.1
55 - 64 2.2 17.0 8.1 11.4 2.2 1.1 1.6 1.0
65 and over 0.6 32.4 5.8 5.1 - 0.1 - -
Not reported - - - - - - - -
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Source: National Statistics Office, October 2008 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 12, 2010
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