Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: September 1996								Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: September 1996
Education	Total							Education	Male							Female
Armed Forces	Total	Chamorro	Filipino	Chuukese	Other FAS	Caucasian	Other	Armed Forces	Total	Chamorro	Filipino	Chuukese	Other FAS	Caucasian	Other	Total	Chamorro	Filipino	Chuukese	Other FAS	Caucasian	Other
Educational attainment								Educational attainment
Total	116,827	59,154	31,282	3,654	3,654	7,207	11,876	Total	59,743	30,003	15,753	2,010	1,502	4,649	5,826	57,084	29,151	15,530	1,644	2,152	2,558	6,049
Less than 5th grade	27,872	16,220	5,725	1,076	1,035	1,056	2,761	Less than 5th grade	14,109	8,445	2,801	467	406	528	1,462	13,763	7,775	2,923	609	629	528	1,299
5th to 8th grade	14,007	7,227	3,877	771	629	548	954	5th to 8th grade	6,679	3,431	1,888	447	244	264	406	7,328	3,796	1,989	325	386	284	548
9th to 11th grade	14,981	9,135	3,065	609	406	487	1,279	9th to 11th grade	7,978	4,892	1,665	345	203	244	629	7,004	4,243	1,401	264	203	244	650
12th (High School Graduate)	32,764	18,696	7,328	853	1,035	1,462	3,390	12th (High School Graduate)	16,951	9,318	4,243	589	447	1,035	1,320	15,814	9,379	3,086	264	589	426	2,071
Some College	3,715	1,523	1,259	81	162	345	345	Some College	1,929	751	548	20	61	284	264	1,786	771	711	61	102	61	81
Associates	9,460	2,923	3,735	244	284	954	1,320	Associates	4,953	1,462	2,010	122	122	568	670	4,507	1,462	1,726	122	162	386	650
Bachelor's degree	11,124	2,598	5,786	20	102	1,137	1,482	Bachelor's degree	5,278	1,218	2,314	20	20	853	853	5,846	1,380	3,471	0	81	284	629
Masters or higher	2,822	771	508	0	0	1,198	345	Masters or higher	1,807	447	284	0	0	853	223	1,015	325	223	0	0	345	122
Special program	81	61	0	0	0	20	0	Special program	61	41	0	0	0	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0
Percent H.S. Grad	51.3	44.9	59.5	32.8	43.3	70.9	57.9	Percent H.S. Grad	51.8	44.0	59.7	37.4	43.3	77.6	57.2	50.8	45.7	59.3	27.2	43.4	58.7	58.7
Percent BA/BS+	11.9	5.7	20.1	0.5	2.8	32.5	15.4	Percent BA/BS+	11.9	5.6	16.5	1.0	1.3	36.9	18.5	12.0	5.9	23.8	0.0	3.8	24.6	12.4
Armed forces								Armed forces
Total	87,026	41,311	25,882	2,355	2,639	5,684	9,155	Total	44,295	20,808	12,911	1,279	1,015	3,837	4,446	42,732	20,503	12,972	1,076	1,624	1,847	4,710
Armed forces	7,004	3,877	1,137	0	41	1,543	406	Armed forces	6,577	3,674	1,076	0	20	1,462	345	426	203	61	0	20	81	61
Not armed forces	80,023	37,433	24,746	2,355	2,598	4,141	8,749	Not armed forces	37,717	17,133	11,835	1,279	995	2,375	4,101	42,305	20,300	12,911	1,076	1,604	1,766	4,649
Period of service								Period of service
Total	6,212	3,451	954	0	41	1,421	345	Total	5,887	3,289	934	0	20	1,340	305	325	162	20	0	20	81	41
Vietnam	1,908	1,157	203	0	20	406	122	Vietnam	1,827	1,096	203	0	0	406	122	81	61	0	0	20	0	0
Korean War	467	244	20	0	0	162	41	Korean War	467	244	20	0	0	162	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	325	81	183	0	0	61	0	WWII	325	81	183	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWI	61	0	20	0	0	41	0	WWI	61	0	20	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other period	3,451	1,969	528	0	20	751	183	Other period	3,207	1,868	508	0	20	670	142	244	102	20	0	0	81	41
Now in Armed								Now in Armed
Total	86,742	41,189	25,862	2,335	2,639	5,684	9,034	Total	44,051	20,706	12,891	1,259	1,015	3,837	4,344	42,691	20,483	12,972	1,076	1,624	1,847	4,689
Current Armed Forces	447	102	162	0	0	142	41	Current Armed Forces	365	102	142	0	0	102	20	81	0	20	0	0	41	20
Not current Armed Forces	86,295	41,087	25,700	2,335	2,639	5,542	8,993	Not current Armed Forces	43,686	20,605	12,748	1,259	1,015	3,735	4,324	42,610	20,483	12,951	1,076	1,624	1,807	4,669
Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys								Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys