TABLE 4 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Region and Sex: January 2009
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
===========================================================================================================================
| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Region and Sex | | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
| Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Philippines 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
Male 61.3 63.0 69.6 63.6 66.0 62.7 60.4 43.7
Female 38.7 37.0 30.4 36.4 34.0 37.3 39.6 56.3
National Capital Region 4,059 6 150 288 362 1,355 803 1,097
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 56.4 66.7 62.9 59.0 62.7 60.9 59.7 44.9
Female 43.6 33.3 37.1 41.0 37.3 39.1 40.3 55.1
Cordillera Administrative Region 677 22 109 86 95 149 85 132
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.7 50.0 67.9 62.8 63.2 64.7 53.4 43.9
Female 41.3 50.0 32.1 37.2 36.8 35.3 46.6 56.1
I - Ilocos Region 1,866 10 141 323 218 665 241 268
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.4 80.0 72.3 63.8 69.3 69.2 64.4 44.4
Female 35.6 20.0 27.7 36.2 30.7 30.8 35.6 55.6
II - Cagayan Valley 1,367 11 216 304 209 298 152 177
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 65.0 81.8 69.9 62.2 71.3 66.6 65.8 52.0
Female 35.0 18.2 30.1 37.8 28.7 33.4 34.2 48.0
III - Central Luzon 3,514 8 283 724 419 1,167 395 520
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.0 54.7 68.1 63.8 70.1 66.1 61.0 41.5
Female 38.0 45.3 31.9 36.2 29.9 33.9 39.0 58.5
IVA - CALABARZON 4,222 22 371 647 451 1,376 665 691
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.7 68.2 66.7 64.2 65.8 60.7 60.3 39.0
Female 41.3 31.8 33.3 35.8 34.2 39.3 39.7 61.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Table 4 - Continued)
=============================================================================================================================
| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Sex and Age Group | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IVB - MIMAROPA 1,169 41 245 256 182 212 132 102
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.7 51.2 67.3 61.7 62.6 62.0 62.6 36.6
Female 39.3 48.8 32.7 38.3 37.4 38.0 37.4 63.4
V - Bicol Region 1,978 17 282 545 315 418 196 206
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.2 58.8 70.5 64.8 67.0 63.4 61.2 45.6
Female 36.8 41.2 29.5 35.2 33.0 36.6 38.8 54.4
VI - Western Visayas 2,842 51 607 387 386 689 335 388
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.1 61.9 68.4 61.8 65.3 61.5 56.6 40.7
Female 39.9 38.1 31.6 38.2 34.7 38.5 43.4 59.3
VII - Central Visayas 2,611 48 615 443 354 473 317 363
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 57.6 59.6 63.1 56.0 60.7 57.2 58.4 46.6
Female 42.4 40.4 36.9 44.0 39.3 42.8 41.6 53.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,573 32 424 308 226 236 142 205
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.2 81.2 74.8 64.0 65.5 62.7 59.5 43.9
Female 35.8 18.8 25.2 36.0 34.5 37.3 40.5 56.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,323 49 397 218 193 196 124 146
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.6 55.1 70.2 62.8 66.3 58.7 68.5 47.9
Female 36.4 44.9 29.8 37.2 33.7 41.3 31.5 52.1
X - Northern Mindanao 1,763 21 350 265 310 351 229 236
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 59.1 71.4 67.4 63.0 59.3 58.1 56.8 44.1
Female 40.9 28.6 32.6 37.0 40.7 41.9 43.2 55.9
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Table 4 - Continued)
=============================================================================================================================
| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Sex and Age Group | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
XI - Davao Region 1,643 42 331 248 287 345 185 205
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.8 63.1 73.7 70.3 66.6 61.2 58.9 45.4
Female 36.2 36.9 26.3 29.7 33.4 38.8 41.1 54.6
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,579 72 319 218 260 335 204 170
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 65.0 54.2 74.9 68.3 68.5 63.9 63.2 45.9
Female 35.0 45.8 25.1 31.7 31.5 36.1 36.8 54.1
Caraga 979 10 216 165 165 179 127 117
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.7 70.0 72.7 66.1 67.9 63.7 58.3 44.4
Female 36.3 30.0 27.3 33.9 32.1 36.3 41.7 55.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 1,096 192 283 183 162 147 53 75
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 71.7 67.5 76.0 76.5 75.3 69.4 75.5 49.3
Female 28.3 32.5 24.0 23.5 24.7 30.6 24.5 50.7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: July 2, 2010
Labor force statistics index