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
                            |       |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            |       |           |     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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