Table 10. Percent of Families With Gainfully Employed Family Head: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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BUKIDNON 98.5 1 ORIENTAL MINDORO 89.1 40
TAWI-TAWI 98.4 2 MISAMIS ORIENTAL 88.9 41
LANAO DEL SUR 97.8 3 SURIGAO DEL SUR 88.9 42
SULU 97.6 4 QUEZON 88.3 43
DAVAO ORIENTAL 96.8 5 CAMARINES NORTE 88.3 44
BASILAN 96.2 6 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 88.3 45
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 95.5 7 DAVAO DEL SUR 88.3 46
MAGUINDANAO 95.2 8 SOUTHERN LEYTE 88.2 47
PALAWAN 94.1 9 LEYTE 88.0 48
CAMARINES SUR 93.3 10 BENGUET 87.7 49
CATANDUANES 93.2 11 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 87.4 50
AGUSAN DEL SUR 92.9 12 SULTAN KUDARAT 87.3 51
NORTH COTABATO 92.9 13 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 87.2 52
DAVAO 92.5 14 SORSOGON 87.0 53
KALINGA 92.4 15 LA UNION 86.6 54
NORTHERN SAMAR 92.3 16 ILOCOS NORTE 86.3 55
SARANGGANI 92.2 17 NUEVA ECIJA 86.2 56
SOUTH COTABATO 92.1 18 AKLAN 86.1 57
LANAO DEL NORTE 91.9 19 BOHOL 86.0 58
APAYAO 91.8 20 CAMIGUIN 85.6 59
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 91.0 21 ABRA 85.4 60
CAPIZ 91.0 22 GUIMARAS 84.6 61
ALBAY 90.9 23 ROMBLON 83.9 62
MARINDUQUE 90.9 24 ANTIQUE 83.5 63
BILIRAN 90.3 25 BULACAN 83.2 64
MASBATE 90.2 26 ZAMBALES 81.8 65
NEGROS ORIENTAL 90.2 27 BATANES 81.6 66
IFUGAO 90.2 28 ILOILO 81.6 67
NUEVA VIZCAYA 90.2 29 BATANGAS 80.7 68
QUIRINO 90.1 30 CEBU 80.7 69
EASTERN SAMAR 90.1 31 TARLAC 80.7 70
AURORA 89.9 32 PANGASINAN 80.1 71
ISABELA 89.6 33 LAGUNA 80.0 72
CAGAYAN 89.6 34 ILOCOS SUR 79.8 73
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 89.6 35 BATAAN 79.3 74
SIQUIJOR 89.4 36 RIZAL 78.4 75
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 89.3 37 CAVITE 78.3 76
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 89.3 38 PAMPANGA 73.6 77
SAMAR (WESTERN) 89.1 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 gainfully employed family head is an indicator
of SECURITY NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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