TABLE 15  Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed 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
                            |       |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            |       |           |     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                    2,854          11        183        228        343        932        634        522
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0  
15 - 24                        49.2        18.2       39.3       41.5       58.3       54.5       49.2       41.5
25 - 34                        30.3        27.3       18.9       19.6       22.6       27.1       35.9       43.3
35 - 44                         9.6        27.3       11.4       11.6        8.4       10.4        8.5        8.6
45 - 54                         6.7         9.1       14.7       13.7        6.6        5.4        4.9        5.1
55 - 64                         3.5         9.1       12.1       11.1        3.8        2.3        1.5        1.4
65 and over                     0.7         9.1        3.6        2.6        0.3        0.4          -        0.1
Not reported                      -           -          -          -          -          -          -          -

Male                          1,829           6        147        172        257        588        395        264
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
15 - 24                        44.4        16.7       40.7       41.9       55.5       48.2       42.5       32.1
25 - 34                        31.2        16.7       19.7       19.3       23.4       29.1       39.6       45.7
35 - 44                        11.3        33.3       12.0       10.5        9.1       12.9        9.8       12.1
45 - 54                         7.9           *       13.3       14.0        7.3        6.3        6.2        7.8
55 - 64                         4.5        16.7       11.8       11.8        4.5        3.1        1.9        2.3
65 and over                     0.7        16.7        2.6        2.5        0.3        0.5        -          -
Not reported                      -           -          -          -          -          -          -          -

Female                        1,026           5         36         57         87        344        239        258
Number (in thousands)

Total                         100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0  
15 - 24                        57.8        20.0       33.3       40.4       66.7       65.4       59.8       51.2
25 - 34                        28.7         40.0      16.7       20.2       20.7       23.7       29.7       40.7
35 - 44                         6.6        20.0        8.3       14.7        6.9        6.1        6.3        5.0
45 - 54                         4.4        20.0       19.4       13.0        4.6        3.8        2.9        2.3
55 - 64                         1.7         -         13.9        8.9        2.3        0.9        0.8        0.4
65 and over                     0.7        20.0        8.3        2.8          *        0.1          *        0.4
Not reported                      -           -          -          -          -          -          -          -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  July 2, 2010
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