Table 14. Percent of Families With Working Children 5-17 Years Old: October 1999
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Province Percent Provincial | Province Percent Provincial
Rank | Rank
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RIZAL 4.1 1 ANTIQUE 17.0 40
BATAAN 4.1 2 ISABELA 17.1 41
CAVITE 4.7 3 AGUSAN DEL NORTE 17.6 42
ZAMBALES 4.9 4 APAYAO 17.7 43
BENGUET 5.0 5 PALAWAN 18.2 44
LAGUNA 5.9 6 MAGUINDANAO 19.1 45
BASILAN 6.5 7 LA UNION 19.2 46
LANAO DEL SUR 6.7 8 CAMARINES NORTE 19.4 47
PAMPANGA 8.0 9 CAPIZ 19.4 48
BATANGAS 9.5 10 ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR 19.7 49
BULACAN 10.0 11 CATANDUANES 19.8 50
AKLAN 10.2 12 MASBATE 20.0 51
DAVAO 10.5 13 ILOILO 20.2 52
CEBU 10.8 14 KALINGA 20.3 53
ROMBLON 11.6 15 DAVAO ORIENTAL 20.7 54
BOHOL 11.7 16 ABRA 20.9 55
SORSOGON 11.7 17 GUIMARAS 21.6 56
PANGASINAN 11.7 18 SOUTH COTABATO 22.4 57
SULU 12.0 19 SURIGAO DEL SUR 23.0 58
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 12.7 20 ILOCOS NORTE 23.1 59
AURORA 12.9 21 BILIRAN 24.5 60
EASTERN SAMAR 13.1 22 TAWI-TAWI 24.7 61
TARLAC 13.3 23 OCCIDENTAL MINDORO 25.2 62
MARINDUQUE 13.7 24 SIQUIJOR 25.7 63
SOUTHERN LEYTE 13.8 25 ORIENTAL MINDORO 25.8 64
NUEVA ECIJA 14.0 26 IFUGAO 26.5 65
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL 14.0 27 NEGROS ORIENTAL 26.6 66
DAVAO DEL SUR 14.9 28 CAMARINES SUR 27.0 67
LANAO DEL NORTE 15.0 29 SAMAR (WESTERN) 27.2 68
ILOCOS SUR 15.0 30 AGUSAN DEL SUR 27.5 69
SURIGAO DEL NORTE 15.0 31 CAGAYAN 28.5 70
ALBAY 15.2 32 NUEVA VIZCAYA 29.7 71
QUEZON 15.3 33 SARANGGANI 30.0 72
QUIRINO 15.4 34 MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 37.0 73
MISAMIS ORIENTAL 15.4 35 NORTH COTABATO 38.0 74
NORTHERN SAMAR 15.9 36 CAMIGUIN 39.3 75
LEYTE 16.0 37 BUKIDNON 61.0 76
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 16.0 38 BATANES 75.6 77
SULTAN KUDARAT 16.3 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 77 and the province with the lowest
percentage of families meeting the MBN or were covered by the poverty correlate
is ranked 1.
3) Percent of families with working children is an indicator of ENABLING NEEDS.
Source: 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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