Table 11. Percent of Families With Gainfully Employed Members 18 Years Old and Over: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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DAVAO ORIENTAL 100.0 1 CAGAYAN 95.6 40
TAWI-TAWI 99.8 2 SURIGAO DEL SUR 95.6 41
BUKIDNON 99.8 3 SAMAR (WESTERN) 95.6 42
SULU 99.3 4 NEGROS ORIENTAL 95.5 43
LANAO DEL SUR 99.1 5 CAMARINES NORTE 95.3 44
KALINGA 98.8 6 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 95.1 45
BASILAN 98.7 7 MARINDUQUE 95.1 46
PALAWAN 98.6 8 LEYTE 95.1 47
DAVAO 98.3 9 ILOILO 95.0 48
NUEVA VIZCAYA 98.3 10 BOHOL 94.7 49
MAGUINDANAO 98.3 11 QUIRINO 94.7 50
SOUTH COTABATO 98.3 12 BENGUET 94.5 51
NORTH COTABATO 98.2 13 AKLAN 94.4 52
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 98.0 14 PAMPANGA 94.2 53
CATANDUANES 97.9 15 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 94.2 54
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 97.5 16 LAGUNA 94.0 55
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 97.5 17 SORSOGON 93.9 56
ALBAY 97.4 18 LA UNION 93.8 57
CAPIZ 97.4 19 SURIGAO DEL NORTE 93.8 58
SARANGGANI 97.4 20 EASTERN SAMAR 93.7 59
CAMARINES SUR 97.4 21 BATANGAS 93.6 60
DAVAO DEL SUR 97.3 22 ZAMBALES 93.4 61
SULTAN KUDARAT 97.2 23 ANTIQUE 93.4 62
AGUSAN DEL SUR 97.2 24 BATAAN 93.3 63
ORIENTAL MINDORO 97.1 25 CEBU 93.3 64
NUEVA ECIJA 97.0 26 IFUGAO 93.3 65
AURORA 96.9 27 RIZAL 93.2 66
ISABELA 96.9 28 TARLAC 93.1 67
NORTHERN SAMAR 96.9 29 BILIRAN 93.0 68
LANAO DEL NORTE 96.4 30 SOUTHERN LEYTE 92.8 69
APAYAO 96.4 31 ABRA 92.6 70
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 96.3 32 CAVITE 92.0 71
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 96.3 33 PANGASINAN 91.9 72
QUEZON 96.3 34 CAMIGUIN 91.8 73
MASBATE 96.2 35 ROMBLON 91.6 74
SIQUIJOR 96.2 36 GUIMARAS 91.1 75
ILOCOS NORTE 96.1 37 ILOCOS SUR 90.5 76
AGUSAN DEL NORTE 96.0 38 BATANES 84.9 77
BULACAN 95.6 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 members 18 years old and over is
an indicator of SECURITY NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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