Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: December 1996								Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: December 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	121,485	59,178	34,881	4,221	3,801	7,056	12,348	Total	62,370	30,492	17,283	2,310	1,659	4,557	6,069	59,115	28,686	17,598	1,911	2,142	2,499	6,279
Less than 5th grade	28,413	15,666	6,615	1,239	1,029	819	3,045	Less than 5th grade	14,826	8,484	3,297	567	483	441	1,554	13,587	7,182	3,318	672	546	378	1,491
5th to 8th grade	14,826	7,140	4,326	882	714	609	1,155	5th to 8th grade	7,266	3,612	1,995	525	315	357	462	7,560	3,528	2,331	357	399	252	693
9th to 11th grade	14,469	8,673	3,003	651	483	483	1,176	9th to 11th grade	7,497	4,620	1,554	357	210	231	525	6,972	4,053	1,449	294	273	252	651
12th (High School Graduate)	34,965	19,824	8,190	1,029	987	1,449	3,486	12th (High School Graduate)	18,165	9,996	4,368	693	420	1,092	1,596	16,800	9,828	3,822	336	567	357	1,890
Some College	4,074	1,575	1,449	63	147	483	357	Some College	2,121	735	798	0	42	315	231	1,953	840	651	63	105	168	126
Associates	9,660	2,688	4,305	315	294	882	1,176	Associates	5,061	1,302	2,352	168	126	504	609	4,599	1,386	1,953	147	168	378	567
Bachelor's degree	12,180	2,709	6,489	42	147	1,260	1,533	Bachelor's degree	5,712	1,302	2,646	0	63	840	861	6,468	1,407	3,843	42	84	420	672
Masters or higher	2,814	840	504	0	0	1,050	420	Masters or higher	1,659	399	273	0	0	756	231	1,155	441	231	0	0	294	189
Special program	84	63	0	0	0	21	0	Special program	63	42	0	0	0	21	0	21	21	0	0	0	0	0
Percent H.S. Grad	52.5	46.7	60.0	34.3	41.4	72.8	56.5	Percent H.S. Grad	52.5	45.1	60.4	37.3	39.2	77.3	58.1	52.4	48.5	59.7	30.8	43.1	64.7	54.8
Percent BA/BS+	12.4	6.0	20.0	1.0	3.9	32.8	15.8	Percent BA/BS+	11.8	5.6	16.9	0.0	3.8	35.2	18.0	12.9	6.4	23.2	2.2	3.9	28.6	13.7
Armed forces								Armed forces
Total	89,544	41,454	28,245	2,730	2,583	5,817	8,715	Total	45,045	20,790	13,755	1,470	987	3,780	4,263	44,499	20,664	14,490	1,260	1,596	2,037	4,452
Armed forces	7,665	4,284	1,281	0	42	1,617	441	Armed forces	7,098	4,053	1,197	0	21	1,470	357	567	231	84	0	21	147	84
Not armed forces	81,879	37,170	26,964	2,730	2,541	4,200	8,274	Not armed forces	37,947	16,737	12,558	1,470	966	2,310	3,906	43,932	20,433	14,406	1,260	1,575	1,890	4,368
Period of service								Period of service
Total	6,972	3,969	1,071	0	42	1,512	378	Total	6,531	3,780	1,050	0	21	1,365	315	441	189	21	0	21	147	63
Vietnam	1,974	1,260	231	0	21	378	84	Vietnam	1,890	1,197	231	0	0	378	84	84	63	0	0	21	0	0
Korean War	462	231	21	0	0	168	42	Korean War	462	231	21	0	0	168	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	273	84	126	0	0	63	0	WWII	273	84	126	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWI	126	21	42	0	0	63	0	WWI	126	21	42	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other period	4,137	2,373	651	0	21	840	252	Other period	3,780	2,247	630	0	21	693	189	357	126	21	0	0	147	63
Now in Armed								Now in Armed
Total	89,376	41,349	28,203	2,709	2,583	5,817	8,715	Total	44,919	20,727	13,713	1,449	987	3,780	4,263	44,457	20,622	14,490	1,260	1,596	2,037	4,452
Current Armed Forces	609	210	273	0	0	84	42	Current Armed Forces	525	210	252	0	0	42	21	84	0	21	0	0	42	21
Not current Armed Forces	88,767	41,139	27,930	2,709	2,583	5,733	8,673	Not current Armed Forces	44,394	20,517	13,461	1,449	987	3,738	4,242	44,373	20,622	14,469	1,260	1,596	1,995	4,431
Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys								Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys