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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