Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: March 1997								Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: March 1997
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	125,169	61,011	37,001	4,965	3,831	7,490	10,871	Total	64,007	30,923	18,639	2,525	1,776	4,815	5,329	61,161	30,088	18,361	2,440	2,054	2,675	5,543
Less than 5th grade	30,046	16,542	7,212	1,477	963	1,027	2,825	Less than 5th grade	15,151	8,710	3,531	578	364	535	1,434	14,894	7,832	3,681	899	599	492	1,391
5th to 8th grade	15,601	7,725	4,622	1,091	685	556	920	5th to 8th grade	7,790	3,895	2,140	621	385	300	449	7,811	3,831	2,482	471	300	257	471
9th to 11th grade	15,451	9,245	3,510	835	364	556	942	9th to 11th grade	8,068	4,794	1,905	471	128	300	471	7,383	4,451	1,605	364	235	257	471
12th (High School Graduate)	34,818	19,988	8,496	1,070	1,006	1,412	2,846	12th (High School Graduate)	18,254	9,908	4,836	663	514	1,113	1,220	16,564	10,079	3,659	407	492	300	1,626
Some College	4,430	1,605	1,562	86	235	514	428	Some College	2,204	749	813	0	86	321	235	2,226	856	749	86	150	193	193
Associates	9,630	2,504	4,537	364	364	899	963	Associates	4,965	1,220	2,354	193	193	535	471	4,665	1,284	2,183	171	171	364	492
Bachelor's degree	12,326	2,482	6,484	43	193	1,519	1,605	Bachelor's degree	6,056	1,241	2,803	0	86	1,070	856	6,270	1,241	3,681	43	107	449	749
Masters or higher	2,739	835	556	0	21	984	342	Masters or higher	1,434	364	235	0	21	621	193	1,305	471	321	0	0	364	150
Special program	128	86	21	0	0	21	0	Special program	86	43	21	0	0	21	0	43	43	0	0	0	0	0
Percent H.S. Grad	51.1	45.0	58.5	31.5	47.5	71.3	56.9	Percent H.S. Grad	51.5	43.7	59.3	33.9	50.7	76.3	55.8	50.8	46.4	57.7	29.0	44.8	62.4	57.9
Percent BA/BS+	12.0	5.4	19.0	0.9	5.6	33.5	17.9	Percent BA/BS+	11.7	5.2	16.3	0.0	6.0	35.3	19.7	12.4	5.7	21.8	1.8	5.2	30.4	16.2
Armed forces								Armed forces
Total	90,222	41,259	29,446	3,338	2,525	6,013	7,640	Total	45,454	20,180	14,830	1,755	1,134	3,980	3,574	44,769	21,079	14,616	1,584	1,391	2,033	4,066
Armed forces	7,426	4,216	1,263	0	0	1,648	300	Armed forces	6,741	3,852	1,177	0	0	1,477	235	685	364	86	0	0	171	64
Not armed forces	82,797	37,043	28,184	3,338	2,525	4,366	7,340	Not armed forces	38,713	16,328	13,653	1,755	1,134	2,504	3,338	44,084	20,715	14,531	1,584	1,391	1,862	4,002
Period of service								Period of service
Total	6,827	3,895	1,134	0	0	1,541	257	Total	6,249	3,574	1,091	0	0	1,370	214	578	321	43	0	0	171	43
Vietnam	1,755	1,198	193	0	0	321	43	Vietnam	1,648	1,113	171	0	0	321	43	107	86	21	0	0	0	0
Korean War	385	171	43	0	0	150	21	Korean War	385	171	43	0	0	150	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	321	107	150	0	0	64	0	WWII	321	107	150	0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWI	86	0	43	0	0	43	0	WWI	86	0	43	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other period	4,280	2,418	706	0	0	963	193	Other period	3,809	2,183	685	0	0	792	150	471	235	21	0	0	171	43
Now in Armed								Now in Armed
Total	89,966	41,152	29,404	3,317	2,525	6,013	7,554	Total	45,282	20,116	14,787	1,733	1,134	3,980	3,531	44,683	21,036	14,616	1,584	1,391	2,033	4,023
Current Armed Forces	514	128	193	0	0	128	64	Current Armed Forces	407	128	171	0	0	64	43	107	0	21	0	0	64	21
Not current Armed Forces	89,452	41,024	29,211	3,317	2,525	5,885	7,490	Not current Armed Forces	44,876	19,988	14,616	1,733	1,134	3,916	3,488	44,576	21,036	14,595	1,584	1,391	1,969	4,002
Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys								Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys