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 I - Ilocos Region 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 1,337 1,355 1,378 1,377 1,343 6 301 99 202 7 300 94 206 5 309 102 208 7 296 99 197 6 288 109 179 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher NA NA NA 705 165 540 58 18 40 266 116 151 NA NA NA 716 159 557 60 12 48 272 118 153 NA NA NA 729 164 565 59 8 51 276 116 159 NA NA NA 732 170 562 63 9 55 279 117 161 * * 712 166 546 63 10 53 275 109 165 Region II - Cagayan Valley 955 969 981 992 983 12 344 173 171 12 340 170 170 11 347 159 188 11 348 165 183 11 339 173 166 NA NA NA 389 134 255 25 8 17 185 92 92 NA NA NA 392 135 257 29 7 22 196 100 96 NA NA NA 399 131 268 23 5 18 202 96 105 NA NA NA 415 142 272 22 4 18 196 97 100 413 134 279 31 7 24 190 93 97 Region III - Central Luzon 2,651 2,709 2,776 2,779 2,921 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 12 739 262 477 NA NA NA 1,249 340 909 135 47 88 516 235 282 9 747 263 483 NA NA NA 1,287 357 930 135 37 98 531 239 292 6 723 253 470 NA NA NA 1,342 343 999 159 19 140 545 235 310 9 697 228 469 NA NA NA 1,357 342 1,015 155 20 134 562 238 324 23 695 264 431 * * 1,431 357 1,074 189 24 165 584 276 307 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 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 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 - 74