TABLE 2.16 - Labor Force by Region and Highest Grade Completed, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (Continued) (In Thousands) REGION AND HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Region VI - Western Visayas 3,220 3,235 3,378 3,379 3,369 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 43 1,001 575 426 NA NA NA 1,243 446 797 203 60 143 730 235 495 39 974 559 415 NA NA NA 1,241 437 805 230 45 185 750 235 515 50 1,010 583 428 NA NA NA 1,321 451 869 239 34 205 758 241 517 48 1,005 579 426 NA NA NA 1,316 432 884 223 32 191 787 248 539 42 972 589 383 1,335 465 869 249 30 219 771 261 510 Region VII - Central Visayas 3,150 3,160 3,304 3,418 3,401 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 46 1,131 690 441 NA NA NA 1,137 433 704 73 30 44 762 286 476 41 1,117 679 439 NA NA NA 1,147 426 721 77 21 56 777 284 492 43 1,135 665 471 NA NA NA 1,214 433 781 89 16 73 823 285 537 44 1,138 683 455 NA NA NA 1,286 443 843 104 13 92 846 316 530 39 1,167 706 461 1,319 475 844 91 8 83 785 306 478 1,868 1,935 1,109 1,069 1,874 37 807 495 312 NA NA NA 608 284 324 34 11 23 382 143 239 38 804 483 321 NA NA NA 657 307 350 49 8 41 387 147 240 24 456 264 192 NA NA NA 392 178 214 21 3 17 217 87 129 21 439 265 174 NA NA NA 377 167 210 19 4 15 214 79 135 38 739 443 297 * * 676 300 377 39 5 34 380 148 233 Region VIII - Eastern Visayas No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 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 average 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. * less than 500. NA Not available. 1 Available starting July 2016. 2 - 70