Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: September 1997								Table 3. Educational Attainment and Armed Forces by Sex and Ethnicity, Guam: September 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	112,880	50,866	35,383	5,148	4,851	7,781	8,851	Total	57,856	25,799	17,939	2,534	2,336	4,732	4,514	55,024	25,067	17,444	2,614	2,515	3,049	4,336
Less than 5th grade	26,908	13,424	7,247	1,762	1,049	1,525	1,901	Less than 5th grade	14,038	7,148	3,564	871	535	772	1,148	12,870	6,277	3,683	891	515	752	752
5th to 8th grade	13,068	6,178	4,000	990	594	535	772	5th to 8th grade	6,574	3,049	2,158	416	257	317	376	6,494	3,128	1,841	574	337	218	396
9th to 11th grade	13,424	8,098	3,049	416	574	495	792	9th to 11th grade	6,673	4,198	1,525	178	158	277	337	6,752	3,901	1,525	238	416	218	455
12th (High School Graduate)	31,324	16,652	8,059	1,406	1,723	1,386	2,099	12th (High School Graduate)	16,276	8,375	4,415	752	851	1,010	871	15,048	8,276	3,643	653	871	376	1,228
Some College	4,613	1,544	1,564	178	297	515	515	Some College	2,317	614	911	119	158	238	277	2,297	931	653	59	139	277	238
Associates	8,336	1,960	4,178	317	277	931	673	Associates	4,356	970	2,158	139	158	574	356	3,980	990	2,020	178	119	356	317
Bachelor's degree	13,108	2,336	6,871	79	297	1,703	1,822	Bachelor's degree	6,633	1,148	3,109	59	178	1,148	990	6,475	1,188	3,762	20	119	554	832
Masters or higher	2,020	634	416	0	40	693	238	Masters or higher	970	297	99	0	40	396	139	1,049	337	317	0	0	297	99
Special program	79	40	0	0	0	0	40	Special program	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	59	40	0	0	0	0	20
Percent H.S. Grad	52.7	45.5	59.6	38.5	54.3	67.2	60.7	Percent H.S. Grad	52.8	44.2	59.6	42.2	59.3	71.1	58.6	52.5	46.8	59.6	34.8	49.6	61.0	62.9
Percent BA/BS+	13.4	5.8	20.6	1.5	6.9	30.8	23.4	Percent BA/BS+	13.1	5.6	17.9	2.3	9.3	32.6	25.1	13.7	6.1	23.4	0.8	4.7	27.9	21.6
Armed forces								Armed forces
Total	78,903	33,086	27,106	3,069	3,465	5,683	6,494	Total	39,501	16,058	13,642	1,485	1,604	3,623	3,089	39,402	17,028	13,464	1,584	1,861	2,059	3,406
Armed forces	5,742	3,247	911	0	20	1,366	198	Armed forces	5,425	3,109	911	0	20	1,188	198	317	139	0	0	0	178	0
Not armed forces	73,161	29,839	26,195	3,069	3,445	4,316	6,296	Not armed forces	34,076	12,949	12,731	1,485	1,584	2,435	2,891	39,085	16,889	13,464	1,584	1,861	1,881	3,406
Period of service								Period of service
Total	5,584	3,208	871	0	20	1,287	198	Total	5,287	3,069	871	0	20	1,129	198	297	139	0	0	0	158	0
Vietnam	1,584	931	119	0	0	515	20	Vietnam	1,584	931	119	0	0	515	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korean War	317	277	20	0	0	20	0	Korean War	317	277	20	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWII	198	20	119	0	0	40	20	WWII	198	20	119	0	0	40	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WWI	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	WWI	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other period	3,465	1,980	594	0	20	713	158	Other period	3,168	1,841	594	0	20	554	158	297	139	0	0	0	158	0
Now in Armed								Now in Armed
Total	78,824	33,066	27,067	3,069	3,465	5,683	6,475	Total	39,461	16,058	13,622	1,485	1,604	3,623	3,069	39,362	17,008	13,444	1,584	1,861	2,059	3,406
Current Armed Forces	396	59	99	0	0	218	20	Current Armed Forces	356	59	99	0	0	178	20	40	0	0	0	0	40	0
Not current Armed Forces	78,428	33,007	26,968	3,069	3,465	5,465	6,455	Not current Armed Forces	39,105	15,998	13,523	1,485	1,604	3,445	3,049	39,323	17,008	13,444	1,584	1,861	2,020	3,406
Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys								Source: Guam Labor Force Surveys