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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