Table 3.  Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 to 64 Years Old, by Highest
          Educational Attainment and Age Group, Philippines 2003

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                | Popula- |                 Highest Educational Attainment
                | tion 10 |-----------------------------------------------------------
Age Group       |   to 64 |        No |            |            |   High | High school
                |   years |     Grade | Elementary | Elementary | School |    graduate
                |     old | Completed |      Level |   Graduate |  Level | or higher *
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Philippines          84.1         2.4         64.7         81.6     89.5         100.0

10 - 14              76.7         3.3         72.4         88.0     92.5         100.0
15 - 19              88.8         2.7         60.3         81.6     92.0         100.0
20 - 24              91.0         3.8         57.5         81.4     87.5         100.0
25 - 29              88.4         1.7         58.3         78.2     86.9         100.0
30 - 39              85.6         2.7         59.1         78.4     86.3         100.0
40 - 49              83.4         1.1         61.7         81.0     85.6         100.0
50 - 59              77.6         1.8         59.0         78.1     86.9         100.0
60 - 64              67.5         3.0         50.3         80.6     84.0         100.0

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Note:  * Persons who graduated from high school or completed higher level
         of education are,in this tabulation, automatically considered
         functionally literate.

Source: National Statistics Office
        2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

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