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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