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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