Table 13. Percent of Families With Members 13-16 Years Old in High School: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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CATANDUANES 86.8 1 AKLAN 72.0 40
BATANES 84.8 2 GUIMARAS 71.5 41
ZAMBALES 84.1 3 NORTH COTABATO 71.0 42
ABRA 83.6 4 DAVAO DEL SUR 70.6 43
ILOCOS NORTE 83.1 5 SURIGAO DEL SUR 70.5 44
BATAAN 82.9 6 PALAWAN 70.4 45
BENGUET 82.9 7 SOUTH COTABATO 70.4 46
CAVITE 81.5 8 CEBU 67.5 47
CAMIGUIN 81.5 9 BILIRAN 67.2 48
AURORA 81.2 10 DAVAO 66.5 49
LAGUNA 81.2 11 SOUTHERN LEYTE 65.8 50
SULTAN KUDARAT 79.9 12 QUIRINO 65.6 51
NUEVA VIZCAYA 79.7 13 ISABELA 65.6 52
ANTIQUE 79.1 14 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 65.0 53
CAPIZ 78.9 15 ORIENTAL MINDORO 64.9 54
PANGASINAN 78.2 16 DAVAO ORIENTAL 64.7 55
PAMPANGA 78.2 17 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 63.9 56
MARINDUQUE 77.7 18 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 63.8 57
ALBAY 77.6 19 TAWI-TAWI 63.1 58
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 77.6 20 APAYAO 62.5 59
RIZAL 77.1 21 ROMBLON 61.6 60
CAGAYAN 77.1 22 LEYTE 61.4 61
BATANGAS 76.7 23 CAMARINES SUR 61.0 62
ILOCOS SUR 76.7 24 IFUGAO 60.4 63
KALINGA 76.5 25 SAMAR (WESTERN) 58.7 64
SORSOGON 76.3 26 AGUSAN DEL SUR 58.6 65
LA UNION 76.0 27 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 57.9 66
NUEVA ECIJA 75.7 28 MASBATE 57.1 67
SIQUIJOR 75.6 29 LANAO DEL SUR 57.0 68
CAMARINES NORTE 75.5 30 ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 56.8 69
BULACAN 75.0 31 BASILAN 56.5 70
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 74.8 32 EASTERN SAMAR 55.8 71
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 74.3 33 SULU 53.7 72
LANAO DEL NORTE 73.8 34 NORTHERN SAMAR 51.3 73
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 73.4 35 NEGROS ORIENTAL 50.0 74
ILOILO 72.7 36 BUKIDNON 49.4 75
QUEZON 72.6 37 MAGUINDANAO 49.3 76
BOHOL 72.6 38 SARANGGANI 48.7 77
TARLAC 72.6 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 members 13-16 years old in high school is an
indicator of ENABLING NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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