TABLE 3  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group:
         January 2009
        (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                34,262         651      5,338      5,608      4,592      8,591      4,385      5,096 
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                     19.0        10.0       16.4       14.3       29.5       22.9       19.3       11.6
25 - 34                     26.4        15.7       17.9       17.3       24.6       29.3       33.2       37.9
35 - 44                     23.5        19.8       20.5       24.1       22.1       24.7       24.9       24.2
45 - 54                     17.7        20.5       19.8       23.0       14.9       15.6       15.8       16.9
55 - 64                      9.4        16.5       15.1       14.9        6.5        6.1        5.8        8.0
65 and over                  4.0        17.5       10.4        6.3        2.4        1.5        1.2        1.4
Not reported                   -           -           -          -         -          -          -          -

Male                      20,989         410      3,714      3,567      3,032      5,387      2,651      2,228
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                     19.6        12.3       19.5       17.4       31.0       20.6       17.2        9.2
25 - 34                     27.5        17.6       19.8       19.7       26.5       31.1       33.9       39.3
35 - 44                     23.3        19.1       20.1       23.8       20.9       25.1       25.6       24.3
45 - 54                     17.0        20.2       18.6       20.3       13.7       15.6       15.9       17.2
55 - 64                      8.9        15.8       13.1       13.4        5.9        6.1        6.0        8.0
65 and over                  3.8        14.9        8.9        5.4        2.0        1.5        1.4        2.0
Not reported                   -           -           -          -         -          -          -          -

Female                    13,272         241      1,624      2,040      1,560      3,204      1,735      2,868
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	
15 - 24                     18.0         6.1        9.2        9.0       26.6       26.7       22.4       13.4
25 - 34                     24.8        12.3       13.6       13.3       20.7       26.1       32.1       36.8
35 - 44                     23.8        20.8       21.2       24.6       24.5       24.1       23.7       24.2
45 - 54                     18.8        21.0       22.6       27.8       17.3       15.5       15.6       16.6
55 - 64                     10.2        17.7       19.5       17.5        7.7        6.1        5.4        8.0
65 and over                  4.3        21.9       13.8        7.8        3.2        1.5        0.8        1.0
Not reported                 0.0           -          0.0         -         -          -          -          -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 2, 2010
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