TABLE 3  Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Sex and Age Group:
         April 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                34,997         656      5,411      5,609      4,789      8,826      4,672      5,034
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	
15 - 24                     19.5        10.7       15.5       14.0       30.9       23.5       20.9       11.8
25 - 34                     26.4        15.6       18.7       18.5       25.2       28.5       32.0       37.1
35 - 44                     23.1        19.6       20.5       23.6       21.4       24.6       24.2       23.7
45 - 54                     17.5        19.3       19.4       22.4       13.8       15.8       15.8       17.8
55 - 64                      9.4        18.4       15.3       14.7        6.4        5.9        5.9        7.9
65 and over                  4.1        16.5       10.6        6.8        2.2        1.6        1.3        1.6
Not reported                   *         -            *         -          -           -         -          -

Male                      21,441         396      3,788      3,558      3,104      5,515      2,832      2,249
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	
15 - 24                     20.0        13.2       18.5       16.6       32.5       21.7       18.2       10.1
25 - 34                     27.3        16.7       20.3       20.9       27.0       29.9       33.6       37.1
35 - 44                     23.0        19.7       20.6       23.6       20.2       24.8       24.7       24.1
45 - 54                     16.9        18.9       18.0       20.4       12.2       16.1       16.2       18.3
55 - 64                      8.9        16.7       13.6       12.9        6.0        6.1        5.9        8.2
65 and over                  3.9        14.8        9.0        5.7        2.0        1.5        1.4        2.2
Not reported                   *          -           *         -          -           -         -          -

Female                    13,555         260      1,623      2,052      1,685      3,311      1,841      2,785
Number (in thousands)

Total                      100.0       100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0	 
15 - 24                     18.7         6.9        8.6        9.4       28.0       26.6       25.1       13.2
25 - 34                     25.0        13.8       14.8       14.5       22.0       26.3       29.5       37.0
35 - 44                     23.2        19.4       20.4       23.6       23.6       24.2       23.4       23.4
45 - 54                     18.5        19.9       22.7       26.0       16.8       15.3       15.2       17.4
55 - 64                     10.1        20.9       19.3       17.8        7.0        5.7        5.8        7.8
65 and over                  4.5        19.2       14.2        8.6        2.6        1.8        1.0        1.1
Not reported                 -            -          -          -          -           -         -          -

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Source:  National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Survey

Page last updated:  June 29, 2010
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