TABLE 15 Number and Percentage Distribution of Unemployed 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
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | 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 2,827 12 155 205 338 904 623 591
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 50.7 27.8 44.2 41.8 60.4 55.3 48.4 45.6
25 - 34 30.0 25.7 21.0 20.5 21.6 26.9 35.3 39.6
35 - 44 9.5 16.7 10.6 12.6 8.4 9.1 9.6 9.0
45 - 54 6.0 7.7 10.2 15.4 6.3 5.4 4.8 3.8
55 - 64 3.2 11.5 10.4 7.4 3.1 2.9 1.8 1.8
65 and over 0.6 10.6 3.6 2.3 0.3 0.3 * 0.3
Not reported - - - - - - - -
Male 1,739 7 130 143 239 553 378 290
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 47.6 16.4 45.0 41.3 61.3 51.1 42.5 41.2
25 - 34 29.9 36.4 21.0 20.6 21.7 27.1 37.3 40.7
35 - 44 10.2 20.9 10.0 11.8 7.4 10.4 11.6 9.0
45 - 54 7.5 6.3 10.5 17.1 6.1 7.0 5.9 5.7
55 - 64 4.1 9.4 10.5 6.2 3.0 4.1 2.7 2.9
65 and over 0.8 10.6 3.0 2.9 0.5 0.4 * 0.4
Not reported - - - - - - - -
Female 1,088 5 25 62 100 351 245 301
Number (in thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
15 - 24 55.6 45.1 39.7 43.0 58.2 62.0 57.5 49.8
25 - 34 30.1 * 20.8 20.4 21.2 26.6 32.4 38.5
35 - 44 8.4 * 13.6 14.5 10.6 7.0 6.5 9.0
45 - 54 3.7 * 9.1 11.3 6.6 3.0 3.1 2.0
55 - 64 1.8 14.6 9.9 10.2 3.3 1.0 0.5 0.6
65 and over 0.4 * 7.0 0.7 - 0.3 - *
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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