Table 8.  Percent of Families With Owned or Ownerlike Possession of Housing Units: October 1999

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Province              Percent     Provincial |      Province        Percent     Provincial
                                     Rank    |                                     Rank
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ILOCOS SUR               97.7           1      LA UNION                76.7          40
QUIRINO                  97.3           2      BULACAN                 76.4          41
IFUGAO                   97.1           3      BUKIDNON                76.0          42
SIQUIJOR                 96.5           4      ALBAY                   75.2          43
KALINGA                  95.7           5      SULTAN KUDARAT          74.9          44
APAYAO                   95.6           6      ROMBLON                 74.8          45
ABRA                     95.5           7      AGUSAN DEL SUR          74.6          46
LANAO DEL SUR            94.2           8      SURIGAO DEL NORTE       74.1          47
BOHOL                    94.1           9      BENGUET                 73.7          48
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE        93.9          10      ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR       72.7          49
ILOCOS NORTE             91.3          11      AKLAN                   72.6          50
PANGASINAN               91.1          12      MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL      71.8          51
BATANES                  89.4          13      CAMARINES SUR           70.8          52
NUEVA ECIJA              88.9          14      NORTH COTABATO          69.9          53
CAVITE                   87.7          15      LEYTE                   69.6          54
EASTERN SAMAR            87.5          16      SOUTH COTABATO          69.3          55
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO       87.5          17      NEGROS ORIENTAL         69.2          56
PAMPANGA                 87.2          18      MISAMIS ORIENTAL        67.6          57
TAWI-TAWI                85.5          19      SURIGAO DEL SUR         67.3          58
CAGAYAN                  85.4          20      SOUTHERN LEYTE          67.1          59
ISABELA                  84.9          21      MAGUINDANAO             66.8          60
RIZAL                    84.5          22      QUEZON                  65.0          61
SULU                     84.3          23      CEBU                    63.9          62
SARANGGANI               84.2          24      DAVAO DEL SUR           62.9          63
TARLAC                   83.9          25      ORIENTAL MINDORO        62.5          64
NORTHERN SAMAR           83.4          26      GUIMARAS                60.5          65
BATANGAS                 83.4          27      ILOILO                  59.5          66
ANTIQUE                  82.0          28      AGUSAN DEL NORTE        58.4          67
BASILAN                  81.7          29      BILIRAN                 58.1          68
ZAMBALES                 81.4          30      DAVAO ORIENTAL          58.1          69
NUEVA VIZCAYA            81.1          31      SORSOGON                57.2          70
AURORA                   80.7          32      LANAO DEL NORTE         56.4          71
BATAAN                   80.2          33      MASBATE                 55.8          72
CATANDUANES              80.1          34      CAPIZ                   49.2          73
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE      79.4          35      NEGROS OCCIDENTAL       48.6          74
DAVAO                    78.9          36      CAMARINES NORTE         48.3          75
MARINDUQUE               78.7          37      CAMIGUIN                47.0          76
PALAWAN                  78.3          38      SAMAR (WESTERN)         45.6          77
LAGUNA                   77.1          39

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Notes:  1)  The results of the 1999 APIS Provincial Ranking is not comparable with the
            1998 APIS Provincial Ranking for Selected Poverty Indicators of the Bottom 40%.
        2)  The provinces are arranged based on the percentage of families meeting a
            particular MBN indicator or poverty correlate from highest to lowest.  The
            province with the highest percentage of families meeting the MBN or were
            covered by the poverty correlate is ranked 1 and the province with the lowest
            percentage of families meeting the MBN or were covered by the poverty
            correlate is ranked 77.
        3)  Percent of families with owned or ownerlike possession of housing units is
            an indicator of SECURITY NEEDS.

Source:  1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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