TABLE 2.16a - Men in the Labor Force by Region and Highest Grade Completed, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED Region VI - Western Visayas No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher Region VII - Central Visayas No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate SPED 1 Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher Region VIII - Eastern Visayas No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate SPED 1 Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1,965 1,974 2,044 2,044 2,037 29 669 407 262 25 669 410 259 32 680 415 265 32 682 418 264 29 655 420 235 NA NA NA 796 302 494 117 37 79 355 137 217 NA NA NA 790 298 492 135 30 105 355 133 222 NA NA NA 835 297 537 142 23 119 355 138 217 NA NA NA 839 293 546 124 19 104 367 139 229 841 316 525 132 19 113 380 153 226 1,811 1,805 1,878 1,949 1,981 30 716 462 255 NA NA NA 652 267 385 40 17 22 373 158 215 26 704 449 255 NA NA NA 656 262 395 38 12 26 381 158 223 25 713 437 275 NA NA NA 699 265 434 44 9 35 398 156 242 27 717 455 263 NA NA NA 746 283 463 50 6 44 409 174 234 25 724 458 265 792 307 484 42 5 37 399 175 223 1,175 1,218 694 673 1,193 28 569 369 200 NA NA NA 371 183 189 17 6 11 189 83 106 29 565 359 205 NA NA NA 410 200 209 26 4 22 188 83 106 18 320 196 125 NA NA NA 238 107 131 12 2 10 105 49 56 15 306 196 110 NA NA NA 237 106 130 11 3 8 103 43 60 29 529 336 193 429 197 232 18 3 15 188 86 102 Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Data for the year were averages of four survey rounds (January, April, July and October). 3. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude Leyte province while that of January exclude Region VIII. 4. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) is the of January, April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude data for Leyte Province only. The use of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte was based on the results of the referendum conducted among members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics (IACLPS). 5. Starting April 2016 round, the LFS adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH population projections. 6. Annualized data for 2016 was computed as the average of the four survey rounds using the January 2016 that were based on the 2010 CPH population projections. NA Not available. 1 Available starting July 2016. 2 - 76