Table C.  Status of Families With Respect to the Enabling Indicators of Minimum Basic Needs
          Framework by Special Income Strata, Philippines: October 1998

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        Indicators                          All Families        Lowest 40%       Highest 60%
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      Total Number of Families               14,370,712         5,748,071         8,622,641 

1. Basic Education
                                                
   a. With children 6-12 years old in
      elementary school

      1) number of families                   6,817,481         2,668,499         4,148,982
      2) percentage to total families              47.4              18.6              28.9
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        1.04
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    46.4
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      48.1

   b. With children 13-16 years old in
      high school

      1) number of families                   3,522,343         1,013,147         2,509,196
      2) percentage to total families              24.5               7.1              17.5
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        1.65
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    17.6
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      29.1

2. People's Participation/Community
   Development

   a. With at least one family member
      involved in at least one legitimate
      people's organization/association for
      community development

      1) number of families                   2,279,173           746,732         1,532,441
      2) percentage to total families              15.9               5.2              10.7
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        1.37
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    13.0
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      17.8
 
3. Family Care and Psyco-Social Need

   a. With working children 5-17 years old

      1) number of families                   1,506,615           797,553           709,063
      2) percentage to total families              10.5               5.5               4.9
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        0.59
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    13.9
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                       8.2


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Source:  1998 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines