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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