Table 9. Percent of Families With Houses Made of Strong Materials: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 96.2 1 CAMARINES NORTE 57.1 40
BENGUET 94.9 2 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 57.0 41
PAMPANGA 90.9 3 ABRA 56.9 42
LAGUNA 86.9 4 NORTH COTABATO 56.8 43
BULACAN 86.6 5 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 52.3 44
BATANES 84.3 6 BASILAN 51.6 45
CAVITE 83.2 7 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 47.3 46
BATAAN 81.9 8 SURIGAO DEL NORTE 47.3 47
ILOCOS NORTE 80.3 9 LEYTE 46.9 48
KALINGA 79.2 10 BILIRAN 46.8 49
IFUGAO 78.4 11 ALBAY 46.8 50
BATANGAS 76.3 12 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 46.2 51
ZAMBALES 75.6 13 SOUTHERN LEYTE 45.1 52
NUEVA VIZCAYA 75.4 14 ORIENTAL MINDORO 44.4 53
ILOCOS SUR 74.5 15 GUIMARAS 43.7 54
LANAO DEL NORTE 72.8 16 SURIGAO DEL SUR 41.4 55
LA UNION 71.0 17 SOUTH COTABATO 40.6 56
AURORA 71.0 18 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 40.0 57
APAYAO 70.5 19 ILOILO 38.9 58
BUKIDNON 69.6 20 EASTERN SAMAR 38.8 59
TARLAC 69.4 21 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 38.3 60
RIZAL 69.3 22 CAMIGUIN 37.6 61
DAVAO DEL SUR 68.1 23 SIQUIJOR 37.3 62
LANAO DEL SUR 67.5 24 CAMARINES SUR 36.7 63
MAGUINDANAO 67.3 25 SULTAN KUDARAT 36.6 64
TAWI-TAWI 66.8 26 AKLAN 36.4 65
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 65.5 27 SARANGGANI 33.9 66
NUEVA ECIJA 64.8 28 ANTIQUE 33.3 67
PANGASINAN 64.3 29 ROMBLON 33.3 68
CEBU 62.6 30 NEGROS ORIENTAL 32.9 69
DAVAO 61.7 31 SORSOGON 29.7 70
CATANDUANES 60.4 32 SAMAR (WESTERN) 25.8 71
QUEZON 59.4 33 PALAWAN 25.2 72
MARINDUQUE 59.4 34 DAVAO ORIENTAL 24.2 73
QUIRINO 59.0 35 NORTHERN SAMAR 23.9 74
AGUSAN DEL SUR 58.8 36 CAPIZ 23.7 75
CAGAYAN 58.6 37 MASBATE 21.7 76
BOHOL 58.4 38 SULU 7.4 77
ISABELA 57.2 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 houses made of strong materials is an indicator
of SECURITY NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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