Table A. Number of Households with Children 5-17 Years Old and Number of HouseHolds with Working Children
5-17 Years Old During the Past Twelve Months Prior to Enumeration,
by Region, Urban-Rural: October 2001
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Number of Households with Children | Number of Households with Working
Region 5-17 Years Old | Children 5-17 Years Old
Total Urban Rural | Total Urban Rural
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Philippines 10,440,073 5,042,521 5,397,552 2,741,081 889,261 1,851,820
NCR 1,392,271 1,392,271 140,865
CAR 179,328 62,190 117,138 44,196 6,051 38,145
Region I - Ilocos Region 543,573 169,869 373,704 112,666 21,992 90,674
Region II - Cagayan Valley 385,175 86,232 298,943 130,632 20,856 109,776
Region III - Central Luzon 1,035,016 566,957 468,059 208,718 92,511 116,207
Region IV - Southern Tagalog 1,547,651 891,625 656,026 346,629 136,846 209,783
Region V - Bicol 664,749 170,407 494,342 248,427 50,976 197,451
Region VI - Western Visayas 848,892 318,582 530,310 223,830 64,855 158,975
Region VII - Central Visayas 727,414 328,953 398,461 222,939 69,649 153,290
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 527,800 145,502 382,298 227,194 44,845 182,349
Region IX - Western Mindanao 441,790 133,792 307,998 122,973 22,577 100,396
Region X - Northern Mindanao 401,064 186,615 214,449 165,682 70,029 95,653
Region XI - Southern Mindanao 758,259 304,353 453,906 224,618 80,483 144,135
Region XII - Central Mindanao 377,507 120,193 257,314 145,965 30,588 115,377
Region XIII - Caraga 291,761 101,455 190,307 103,915 25,351 78,564
ARMM 317,821 63,524 254,297 71,834 10,788 61,046
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Source: Survey on Children 2001
Income and Employment Statistics Division
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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