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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