Table 12. Percent of Families With Children 6-12 Years Old in Elementary: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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SULTAN KUDARAT 97.5 1 AURORA 92.3 40
SIQUIJOR 96.9 2 ILOILO 92.1 41
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 96.7 3 TARLAC 92.1 42
MARINDUQUE 96.3 4 NORTH COTABATO 92.0 43
IFUGAO 96.2 5 RIZAL 91.9 44
ANTIQUE 96.0 6 BATANGAS 91.8 45
BILIRAN 95.7 7 DAVAO ORIENTAL 91.8 46
LANAO DEL NORTE 95.6 8 AGUSAN DEL SUR 91.7 47
KALINGA 95.5 9 BOHOL 91.3 48
ZAMBALES 95.4 10 MASBATE 91.2 49
QUIRINO 95.4 11 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 91.1 50
SORSOGON 95.3 12 ILOCOS SUR 91.0 51
PAMPANGA 95.3 13 ABRA 90.9 52
LA UNION 95.2 14 SURIGAO DEL NORTE 90.9 53
BATAAN 95.0 15 MISAMIS ORIENTAL 90.9 54
GUIMARAS 94.8 16 CAPIZ 90.7 55
CAMARINES NORTE 94.7 17 SURIGAO DEL SUR 90.6 56
CAGAYAN 94.7 18 BULACAN 90.4 57
NUEVA VIZCAYA 94.6 19 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 90.4 58
PANGASINAN 94.6 20 NORTHERN SAMAR 90.2 59
QUEZON 94.6 21 BUKIDNON 89.7 60
AKLAN 94.5 22 MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 89.2 61
LAGUNA 94.4 23 SAMAR (WESTERN) 89.0 62
CAMIGUIN 93.5 24 DAVAO DEL SUR 88.9 63
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 93.3 25 ALBAY 88.6 64
ISABELA 93.3 26 PALAWAN 88.4 65
CAMARINES SUR 93.1 27 DAVAO 88.1 66
ORIENTAL MINDORO 93.0 28 SOUTH COTABATO 87.0 67
CATANDUANES 92.9 29 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 86.9 68
EASTERN SAMAR 92.9 30 APAYAO 86.6 69
ROMBLON 92.9 31 NEGROS ORIENTAL 86.1 70
LEYTE 92.8 32 BATANES 85.8 71
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 92.8 33 TAWI-TAWI 85.6 72
NUEVA ECIJA 92.7 34 SULU 83.3 73
BENGUET 92.6 35 SARANGGANI 83.0 74
CEBU 92.6 36 MAGUINDANAO 80.5 75
SOUTHERN LEYTE 92.5 37 BASILAN 76.5 76
CAVITE 92.5 38 LANAO DEL SUR 73.7 77
ILOCOS NORTE 92.4 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 children 6-12 years old in elementary is an indicator
of ENABLING NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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