Table 15.  Percent of Families With Membership in Any PO/NGO/COOP: October 1999

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  Province             Percent   Provincial |    Province          Percent   Provincial
                                     Rank   |                                    Rank
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ILOCOS NORTE             82.3           1      PALAWAN               30.4          40
BOHOL                    80.6           2      CAPIZ                 29.5          41
ILOCOS SUR               77.3           3      KALINGA               29.0          42
ABRA                     74.6           4      GUIMARAS              28.6          43
ALBAY                    63.6           5      ILOILO                28.2          44
CAGAYAN                  63.2           6      SOUTH COTABATO        27.6          45
SIQUIJOR                 61.6           7      NEGROS ORIENTAL       27.1          46
BATAAN                   61.1           8      AURORA                27.0          47
DAVAO ORIENTAL           57.1           9      MAGUINDANAO           26.7          48
NUEVA VIZCAYA            56.4          10      SAMAR (WESTERN)       26.2          49
MARINDUQUE               56.3          11      NUEVA ECIJA           25.5          50
SOUTHERN LEYTE           55.6          12      PANGASINAN            24.4          51
SURIGAO DEL SUR          55.5          13      SORSOGON              23.7          52
LA UNION                 55.0          14      ZAMBALES              23.3          53
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE        54.0          15      BILIRAN               20.9          54
QUIRINO                  53.1          16      CAMIGUIN              20.8          55
CATANDUANES              52.1          17      LEYTE                 19.8          56
AGUSAN DEL SUR           50.8          18      AKLAN                 18.0          57
LANAO DEL NORTE          46.6          19      APAYAO                17.0          58
SURIGAO DEL NORTE        44.3          20      ORIENTAL MINDORO      16.4          59
BUKIDNON                 44.0          21      ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR     16.1          60
DAVAO                    43.7          22      NORTHERN SAMAR        16.0          61
NORTH COTABATO           43.2          23      EASTERN SAMAR         15.9          62
TARLAC                   43.2          24      BULACAN               15.2          63
DAVAO DEL SUR            41.6          25      CAMARINES NORTE       14.7          64
IFUGAO                   41.3          26      LAGUNA                14.1          65
BENGUET                  41.1          27      SARANGGANI            13.5          66
BATANES                  40.1          28      CEBU                  13.3          67
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL       39.6          29      TAWI-TAWI             12.1          68
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO       38.7          30      NEGROS OCCIDENTAL     11.9          69
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE      38.2          31      ROMBLON               11.5          70
MISAMIS ORIENTAL         37.4          32      MASBATE               11.3          71
SULTAN KUDARAT           35.8          33      BATANGAS              10.5          72
CAMARINES SUR            35.7          34      CAVITE                 7.9          73
QUEZON                   33.9          35      RIZAL                  7.8          74
AGUSAN DEL NORTE         33.8          36      LANAO DEL SUR          6.4          75
ANTIQUE                  33.6          37      PAMPANGA               5.4          76
ISABELA                  32.7          38      SULU                   2.7          77
BASILAN                  30.9          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 membership in any PO/NGO/COOP is an indicator of
            ENABLING NEEDS.

Source:  1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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