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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