Table A. Percent Distribution of Population 6 Years Old and Over by Age Group, by Highest Educational Attainment
and Region, Philippines: 2003
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| | Highest Educational Attainment
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Age Group and Region | Population | No grade | | Elemen-| High | High | Post | College | College |
| | completed/| Elementa-| tary | school | school | secondary | level | graduate/| Not
| | preschool | ry level | graduate | level | graduate | level/grad | | higher | Reported
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Philippines 69,144 6,216 19,920 7,784 11,229 10,800 1,915 5,751 5,516 13
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 - 9 12.1 67.1 21.2 - - - - - - 53.4
10 - 14 14.0 4.1 30.9 20.5 15.0 * - - - -
15 - 19 12.5 2.0 4.9 9.5 36.4 15.6 5.0 16.7 0.2 -
20 - 24 10.9 2.1 3.7 6.4 10.5 18.7 18.7 28.3 17.8 -
25 - 29 9.2 2.2 4.3 7.4 7.9 15.3 20.2 13.5 19.3 -
30 - 39 15.8 5.2 9.2 17.8 13.5 25.0 31.4 18.5 27.2 -
40 - 49 11.4 4.4 8.5 16.4 8.6 14.6 15.2 13.6 18.0 -
50 - 59 7.0 4.2 6.9 11.2 4.6 6.5 6.9 6.2 10.8 -
60 and over 7.1 8.8 10.4 10.7 3.5 4.3 2.7 3.2 6.8 46.6
National Capital Region 8,948 442 1,559 626 1,344 2,022 333 1,273 1,350 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 9.8 89.5 30.8 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 10.5 0.8 35.3 29.5 15.1 - - - - -
15 - 19 11.9 0.7 3.1 9.3 32.9 14.0 4.6 16.5 0.2 -
20 - 24 14.7 0.9 2.6 5.5 11.8 19.9 15.8 30.1 17.7 -
25 - 29 11.5 0.5 2.6 6.0 8.4 15.5 22.3 12.9 20.9 -
30 - 39 17.3 2.4 5.9 12.8 13.7 24.2 29.9 17.5 27.5 -
40 - 49 11.0 1.1 4.5 11.0 9.2 14.5 17.5 13.1 14.7 -
50 - 59 6.8 1.2 5.4 12.2 5.1 6.8 6.5 5.9 10.5 -
60 and over 6.5 2.8 9.7 13.7 3.8 5.2 3.5 4.0 8.6 -
Cordillera Administrative
Region 1,198 128 340 144 184 150 15 121 115 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 11.5 50.1 21.8 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 14.0 2.9 30.3 21.0 16.5 - - - - -
15 - 19 13.4 2.6 3.5 13.0 44.1 18.0 4.8 13.9 0.5 -
20 - 24 11.1 2.8 4.0 6.4 8.5 17.8 16.3 34.1 17.2 -
25 - 29 8.6 1.5 3.8 5.7 7.4 17.7 22.7 14.3 16.9 -
30 - 39 15.9 5.1 10.1 16.4 11.7 24.8 39.1 20.8 30.9 -
40 - 49 11.1 6.8 9.0 17.8 7.6 12.0 12.4 9.9 19.5 -
50 - 59 6.1 6.2 6.7 8.9 2.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 9.2 -
60 and over 8.3 21.9 10.7 10.8 1.3 4.9 - 2.3 5.8 -
I - Ilocos 3,652 251 894 456 564 835 99 314 238 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 11.9 78.8 26.4 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 14.2 3.6 35.8 19.6 17.2 0.1 - - - -
15 - 19 12.0 0.3 2.3 7.2 38.2 13.2 3.5 16.7 0.4 -
20 - 24 10.7 1.5 2.7 2.8 10.5 17.0 20.5 31.5 13.0 -
25 - 29 8.2 0.7 2.6 6.7 6.9 13.4 16.1 12.7 15.5 -
30 - 39 15.4 1.7 5.3 15.3 10.8 26.0 29.6 18.2 32.0 -
40 - 49 11.6 0.7 6.0 17.0 6.4 17.7 18.7 12.6 19.9 -
50 - 59 7.4 1.1 7.3 14.9 5.0 6.6 6.2 5.6 11.0 -
60 and over 8.7 11.7 11.6 16.5 4.9 5.9 5.4 2.7 8.2 -
II - Cagayan Valley 2,510 185 767 324 436 354 93 190 160 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 12.0 67.6 22.8 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 14.1 4.2 28.0 17.2 17.5 - - - - -
15 - 19 11.6 1.6 2.3 7.2 33.3 18.0 3.3 18.7 - -
20 - 24 9.7 0.9 3.8 6.5 8.7 15.5 21.2 26.9 17.2 -
25 - 29 7.8 2.1 3.9 6.2 6.8 14.2 14.4 11.9 16.8 -
30 - 39 16.8 5.8 8.8 20.5 14.5 26.7 32.3 22.0 29.4 -
40 - 49 12.8 4.7 10.6 20.0 9.0 16.4 14.4 12.8 19.9 -
50 - 59 7.0 1.4 7.6 9.9 5.9 5.0 11.3 6.7 10.6 -
60 and over 8.2 11.7 12.3 12.5 4.4 4.1 3.1 1.0 6.2 -
III - Central Luzon 7,545 476 1,904 983 1,251 1,466 284 611 558 13
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 - 9 11.2 82.8 23.5 - - - - - - 53.4
10 - 14 14.1 3.0 33.4 18.3 18.5 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.7 2.2 3.8 8.3 34.0 15.4 6.7 20.7 - -
20 - 24 11.2 0.6 2.6 6.1 9.0 18.4 22.3 27.9 20.4 -
25 - 29 9.6 0.6 2.8 8.5 8.4 17.1 18.3 11.8 18.8 -
30 - 39 15.5 1.9 6.3 17.8 14.1 25.4 29.9 16.5 23.8 -
40 - 49 11.8 0.7 8.3 18.3 7.9 13.1 13.0 15.6 22.1 -
50 - 59 7.2 0.6 7.5 12.6 4.5 6.9 8.0 4.8 11.2 -
60 and over 6.7 7.5 11.8 10.2 3.7 3.6 1.8 2.7 3.6 46.6
IVA - CALABARZON 8,914 584 2,190 1,123 1,463 1,722 370 715 747 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 11.3 80.5 24.6 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 13.6 2.6 33.1 20.1 17.1 - - - - -
15 - 19 11.9 0.9 3.3 7.3 35.4 14.6 3.8 15.8 0.3 -
20 - 24 12.1 1.2 3.0 6.3 11.1 18.8 21.3 29.4 21.4 -
25 - 29 9.8 0.8 3.2 7.3 7.0 16.7 20.3 14.5 19.3 -
30 - 39 16.5 3.7 6.6 19.8 12.9 26.7 29.5 17.5 26.9 -
40 - 49 11.5 2.6 7.8 17.4 8.4 13.8 14.0 14.6 17.5 -
50 - 59 6.9 2.5 7.3 10.7 5.0 5.6 8.5 5.9 9.8 -
60 and over 6.4 5.2 11.0 11.2 3.2 3.8 2.5 2.3 4.8 -
IVB - MIMAROPA 2,044 247 703 262 338 236 59 118 81 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 14.6 59.9 21.4 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 15.7 4.6 28.9 19.6 16.4 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.3 3.3 4.9 6.8 36.2 17.0 5.4 21.7 - -
20 - 24 9.2 2.9 3.9 7.9 9.9 15.3 30.5 30.5 11.6 -
25 - 29 8.4 5.3 4.5 6.7 7.7 17.7 19.9 12.5 19.1 -
30 - 39 15.1 8.4 10.3 17.3 13.7 27.0 23.9 14.8 34.2 -
40 - 49 10.9 3.2 8.1 19.7 9.0 14.8 14.7 14.7 17.4 -
50 - 59 6.9 4.4 7.2 12.1 4.6 5.7 5.7 4.1 13.9 -
60 and over 6.9 8.1 10.8 10.0 2.6 2.5 - 1.7 3.7 -
V - Bicol 4,064 354 1,258 742 659 468 105 232 246 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 14.5 81.1 24.0 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 16.4 2.8 34.3 16.4 15.8 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.5 1.9 3.5 9.5 38.9 18.9 4.0 15.8 - -
20 - 24 9.2 1.0 3.3 6.2 9.4 20.3 16.8 25.1 20.9 -
25 - 29 8.0 1.5 2.8 8.0 7.8 12.8 26.1 18.2 17.8 -
30 - 39 14.2 3.3 8.4 18.4 14.0 22.9 27.9 16.8 22.2 -
40 - 49 10.7 0.9 7.3 18.1 7.2 14.6 17.9 12.8 16.8 -
50 - 59 6.9 1.6 5.8 13.1 4.2 5.6 6.0 6.3 12.4 -
60 and over 7.6 5.8 10.7 10.3 2.7 4.9 1.2 5.1 9.9 -
VI - Western Visayas 5,470 502 1,827 553 886 791 201 351 360 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 12.7 73.9 17.6 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 15.0 2.6 29.9 24.5 13.9 0.1 - - - -
15 - 19 12.7 0.5 5.1 9.1 40.2 14.6 4.4 19.2 0.3 -
20 - 24 9.2 1.6 2.8 5.5 9.8 18.7 16.8 24.4 16.0 -
25 - 29 7.8 1.8 4.5 5.9 5.5 13.0 18.6 11.4 20.3 -
30 - 39 14.5 2.5 9.0 15.1 12.7 22.6 37.5 19.7 27.1 -
40 - 49 11.9 1.6 10.6 15.8 8.8 17.1 14.3 13.7 19.1 -
50 - 59 7.7 3.2 8.0 12.4 3.9 9.2 5.1 8.6 10.9 -
60 and over 8.7 12.3 12.4 11.6 5.2 4.7 3.3 3.1 6.4 -
VII - Central Visayas 5,179 469 1,856 497 785 652 55 450 415 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 11.9 66.3 16.5 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 13.9 3.1 24.7 25.1 15.4 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.2 2.8 5.4 10.2 36.0 17.1 11.2 14.7 0.2 -
20 - 24 10.7 1.6 4.8 6.2 8.6 22.1 11.3 28.7 19.8 -
25 - 29 9.1 1.7 5.8 7.3 10.4 14.7 21.0 13.9 16.6 -
30 - 39 15.2 3.7 12.1 17.7 11.6 24.5 29.7 17.9 26.1 -
40 - 49 11.7 2.3 11.1 18.3 10.6 11.6 17.8 12.5 17.4 -
50 - 59 7.2 4.8 7.7 7.7 4.5 6.8 4.8 8.8 12.0 -
60 and over 8.1 13.8 11.9 7.5 3.0 3.2 4.2 3.5 7.9 -
VIII - Eastern Visayas 3,171 373 1,192 368 481 271 43 200 243 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 13.8 62.0 17.3 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 15.7 5.3 28.3 21.0 13.4 - - - - -
15 - 19 13.1 2.3 7.4 13.5 40.4 16.9 12.0 11.6 - -
20 - 24 8.3 3.1 4.1 7.6 9.7 14.9 12.7 27.9 11.4 -
25 - 29 8.2 1.9 4.3 7.5 8.7 15.7 21.5 13.2 22.9 -
30 - 39 14.2 3.1 12.2 16.5 12.0 24.7 28.5 21.2 22.1 -
40 - 49 10.1 5.2 9.6 12.7 7.1 14.8 12.2 11.9 14.5 -
50 - 59 8.1 6.3 7.2 11.8 5.2 6.3 8.6 9.3 16.5 -
60 and over 8.4 10.8 9.7 9.5 3.6 6.7 4.4 4.8 12.6 -
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,569 296 892 325 414 239 31 185 187 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 13.1 60.4 17.6 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 14.7 6.7 29.3 15.5 11.4 - - - - -
15 - 19 13.6 2.5 7.3 9.5 39.7 18.2 5.4 19.7 - -
20 - 24 9.4 3.2 4.6 8.4 9.9 14.2 17.1 25.3 20.4 -
25 - 29 7.7 1.4 4.9 8.2 7.4 12.4 17.9 10.8 19.7 -
30 - 39 15.7 5.8 10.5 22.3 13.0 26.1 36.2 20.1 29.9 -
40 - 49 10.7 3.0 8.1 15.9 9.6 17.9 14.0 15.9 13.4 -
50 - 59 7.2 5.2 7.5 9.3 5.2 8.4 7.1 5.8 8.9 -
60 and over 8.0 11.8 10.3 11.0 3.9 2.8 2.1 2.5 7.7 -
X - Northern Mindanao 3,167 286 1,032 367 564 386 61 256 214 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 12.2 67.5 18.8 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 15.4 5.9 31.5 20.3 12.6 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.8 1.2 6.9 9.8 33.1 16.9 1.4 16.7 - -
20 - 24 9.4 1.3 3.5 8.2 9.5 17.9 17.6 26.9 11.8 -
25 - 29 8.9 2.4 5.2 7.7 8.3 15.8 23.1 14.9 14.7 -
30 - 39 15.2 6.9 9.6 16.3 18.0 20.2 33.3 18.5 26.0 -
40 - 49 12.2 4.4 8.4 17.1 8.4 18.5 18.2 13.7 27.3 -
50 - 59 6.9 4.2 6.3 9.6 5.5 7.0 3.5 6.1 13.7 -
60 and over 7.0 6.2 9.7 11.1 4.6 3.7 3.0 3.2 6.6 -
XI - Davao 3,315 356 1,117 333 611 388 75 202 231 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 12.2 60.8 16.9 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 15.0 7.6 28.5 23.3 11.8 - - - - -
15 - 19 13.1 2.1 6.0 11.9 34.6 17.7 8.1 16.0 - -
20 - 24 10.1 2.1 4.9 5.5 13.0 19.5 14.0 25.2 15.9 -
25 - 29 9.5 2.6 6.8 8.5 8.2 14.3 23.6 14.1 21.5 -
30 - 39 15.2 5.2 11.8 14.7 14.1 23.9 32.4 19.4 26.8 -
40 - 49 11.9 3.0 10.1 16.3 11.2 15.1 14.5 16.7 20.2 -
50 - 59 6.8 6.8 6.5 11.3 4.2 5.8 5.6 6.6 10.4 -
60 and over 6.3 9.9 8.5 8.7 2.8 3.6 1.8 1.9 5.2 -
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2,953 451 854 258 541 401 65 208 176 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 13.9 51.4 21.0 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 14.4 4.9 33.2 18.4 13.2 - - - - -
15 - 19 12.9 2.9 5.3 15.2 35.5 14.8 1.1 15.6 - -
20 - 24 10.6 2.2 4.3 9.3 12.8 21.4 13.3 23.3 17.6 -
25 - 29 9.5 4.9 5.5 7.5 9.2 14.1 21.0 16.3 22.5 -
30 - 39 18.1 9.4 10.9 24.3 14.7 28.3 46.4 26.0 33.6 -
40 - 49 10.5 10.4 7.2 10.7 9.6 14.0 12.9 11.7 18.7 -
50 - 59 5.0 6.1 5.4 7.0 3.1 4.7 3.1 4.5 5.1 -
60 and over 5.1 7.9 7.2 7.6 2.0 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.4 -
XIII - Caraga 1,864 163 632 218 349 222 19 137 124 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 12.8 76.0 18.1 - - - - - - -
10 - 14 16.3 2.7 33.2 20.3 13.3 - - - - -
15 - 19 14.2 1.0 6.6 11.0 39.8 18.6 12.1 10.7 - -
20 - 24 9.1 2.0 3.0 5.7 9.6 16.5 15.2 31.2 15.6 -
25 - 29 7.3 2.3 4.4 5.7 5.1 13.5 12.7 12.9 19.7 -
30 - 39 14.7 2.5 8.0 18.5 13.1 25.6 33.9 20.4 33.7 -
40 - 49 10.8 3.5 8.3 16.2 9.3 11.7 16.1 15.0 20.2 -
50 - 59 7.5 3.3 7.8 12.5 5.8 8.0 4.9 6.5 7.7 -
60 and over 7.3 6.8 10.5 10.3 4.0 6.1 5.1 3.3 3.1 -
ARMM 2,582 654 902 207 357 196 8 186 73 -
Number (in '000)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
6 - 9 14.5 35.4 15.9 - 0.2 - - - - -
10 - 14 12.1 6.1 24.6 13.9 6.4 - - - - -
15 - 19 14.4 4.2 9.9 17.8 42.7 20.9 - 14.0 - -
20 - 24 11.5 5.2 8.5 11.8 16.1 20.2 31.4 27.8 14.3 -
25 - 29 10.2 5.1 8.5 14.0 11.0 18.5 28.1 17.7 20.1 -
30 - 39 16.6 13.3 15.1 23.4 15.4 23.2 23.8 18.6 29.7 -
40 - 49 11.3 14.6 9.8 12.0 5.9 9.7 9.1 12.7 25.0 -
50 - 59 5.6 9.2 5.3 4.1 1.5 4.1 7.6 4.8 5.8 -
60 and over 3.7 7.0 2.4 3.0 0.8 3.4 - 4.4 5.0 -
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Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
* Less than 0.05 percent
Source: National Statistics Office
2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey
Page last updated: January 05, 2006
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