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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