TABLE 4 Number and Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Highest Grade Completed, by Region and Sex: April 2009
(In thousands. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Region and Sex | | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
| Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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Philippines
Philippines 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
Male 61.3 60.4 70.0 63.4 64.8 62.5 60.6 44.7
Female 38.7 39.6 30.0 36.6 35.2 37.5 39.4 55.3
National Capital Region 4,043 6 126 280 390 1,361 850 1,031
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 56.8 33.3 63.8 56.4 62.2 61.3 59.6 45.9
Female 43.2 66.7 36.2 43.6 37.8 38.7 40.4 54.1
Cordillera Administrative Region 685 16 111 92 110 142 96 118
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.2 50.0 66.7 62.0 61.3 60.6 58.3 42.4
Female 41.8 50.0 33.3 38.0 38.7 39.4 41.7 57.6
I - Ilocos Region 1,858 12 127 325 200 682 247 266
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.5 66.7 67.2 65.2 67.3 69.1 65.4 47.4
Female 35.5 33.3 32.8 34.8 32.7 30.9 34.6 52.6
II - Cagayan Valley 1,447 11 239 308 225 323 164 177
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.6 69.1 69.5 60.3 65.1 68.7 66.7 47.1
Female 36.4 30.9 30.5 39.7 34.9 31.3 33.3 52.9
III - Central Luzon 3,570 11 280 692 429 1,218 454 486
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.6 63.6 73.5 67.5 67.9 66.6 60.1 44.0
Female 36.4 36.4 26.5 32.5 32.1 33.4 39.9 56.0
IVA - CALABARZON 4,253 12 361 648 487 1,353 697 696
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.2 36.8 68.5 61.1 65.6 59.0 61.3 40.9
Female 41.8 63.2 31.5 38.9 34.4 41.0 38.7 59.1
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(Table 4 - Continued)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Sex and Age Group | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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IVB - MIMAROPA 1,193 40 247 245 190 232 134 105
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.2 60.0 66.9 59.5 60.6 60.5 61.2 43.4
Female 39.8 40.0 33.1 40.5 39.4 39.5 38.8 56.6
V - Bicol Region 2,042 13 307 534 317 446 213 212
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.2 74.4 70.8 64.4 67.4 64.5 59.9 42.5
Female 36.8 25.6 29.2 35.6 32.6 35.5 40.1 57.5
VI - Western Visayas 2,911 50 572 440 412 718 314 404
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 60.7 58.0 69.8 64.8 65.2 61.6 56.0 41.1
Female 39.3 42.0 30.2 35.2 34.8 38.4 44.0 58.9
VII - Central Visayas 2,639 41 646 408 390 465 322 366
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.5 61.0 64.5 57.9 63.5 54.0 58.9 48.6
Female 41.5 39.0 35.5 42.2 36.5 46.0 41.1 51.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,710 27 460 298 259 272 179 215
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 61.6 70.4 71.7 60.6 62.9 60.7 58.6 42.3
Female 38.4 29.6 28.3 39.4 37.1 39.3 41.4 57.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,380 44 357 261 209 205 151 154
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 63.3 53.1 70.7 65.2 64.5 61.5 62.2 48.0
Female 36.7 46.9 29.3 34.8 35.5 38.5 37.8 52.0
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(Table 4 - Concluded)
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| | Highest Grade Completed
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | Elementary | High School | College
| | No |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------
Sex and Age Group | Total | Grade | Under-| | Under-| | Under-|
| | Completed | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate | Graduate
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X - Northern Mindanao 1,821 17 371 266 292 390 238 246
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 58.8 47.1 67.8 58.0 58.3 59.2 60.4 45.1
Female 41.2 52.9 32.2 42.0 41.7 40.8 39.6 54.9
XI - Davao Region 1,708 43 364 255 293 333 223 197
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.7 55.8 73.2 68.8 66.7 61.9 64.0 48.7
Female 35.3 44.2 26.8 31.2 33.3 38.1 36.0 51.3
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,611 88 327 225 261 339 199 172
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 64.2 50.0 74.6 69.9 66.1 64.6 60.9 44.8
Female 35.8 50.0 25.4 30.1 33.9 35.4 39.1 55.2
Caraga 996 12 221 150 169 201 130 114
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 62.8 58.3 74.5 65.9 61.9 60.9 58.0 46.5
Female 37.2 41.7 25.5 34.1 38.1 39.1 42.0 53.5
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 1,130 214 295 182 156 146 62 75
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 70.8 68.2 75.0 73.5 75.0 70.3 67.7 50.7
Female 29.2 31.8 25.0 26.5 25.0 29.7 32.3 49.3
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Source: National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: June 29, 2010
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