Table 3.  ENABLING INDICATORS: Comparative Data on Number and Percentage of Families, by Special Income Strata,
          Philippines: 2002, 1999 and 1998

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                                                               |           2 0 0 2           |           1 9 9 9           |           1 9 9 8
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Indicators                                                     |    All   | Lowest | Highest |    All   | Lowest | Highest |   All    | Lowest | Highest 
                                                               | Families |   40%  |   60%   | Families |   40%  |   60%   | Families |   40%  |   60%     
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TOTAL FAMILIES ('000)                                             15,925     6,370    9,555     14,746     5,898    8,847     14,371     5,748    8,623

1. BASIC EDUCATION ('000)

   a. With children 6-12 years old in elementary school
      1) Number of families with children 6-12 yrs old ('000)      8,262     3,397    4,865      7,765     3,121    4,644      7,488     2,987    4,501
      2) Percentage to total families                               51.9      53.3     50.9       52.7      53.0     52.4       52.1      52.0     52.2
      3) Number of families with children 6-12 yrs old
            in elementary school ('000)                            7,533     3,096    4,438      7,114     2,803    4,311      6,819     2,675    4,144
      4) Percentage to the number of families with children
            6-12 yrs old                                            91.2      91.1     91.2       91.6      89.8     92.8       91.1      89.6     92.1
   b. With children 13-16 years old in high school
      1) Number of families with children 13-16 yrs old ('000)     5,748     2,158    3,590      5,284     1,871    3,413      5,040     1,792    3,249
      2) Percentage to total families                               36.1      33.9     37.6       35.8      31.8     38.5       35.1      31.2     37.7
      3) Number of families with children 13-16 yrs old
            in high school ('000)                                  4,428     1,448    2,981      3,780     1,077    2,703      3,522     1,009    2,514
      4) Percentage to the number of families with children
            13-16 yrs old                                           77.0      67.1     83.0       71.5      57.6     79.2       69.9      56.3     77.4

2. PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
   
	 a. With at least one family member involved in at least
         one legitimate people's organization (PO)/
         association for community development
      1) Number of families with involvement in at
            least one legitimate PO ('000)                         4,280     1,595    2,686      2,811     1,013    1,798      2,279       749    1,530
      2) Percentage to total families                               26.9      25.0     28.1       19.1      17.2     20.3       15.9      13.0     17.7

3. FAMILY CARE AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL NEED

   a. With working children 5-17 years old
      1) Number of families with children 5-17 yrs old ('000)     10,899     4,238    6,661     10,247     3,952    6,295      9,901     3,787    6,114
      2) Percentage to total families                               68.4      66.5     69.7       69.5      67.1     71.1       68.9      65.9     70.9
      3) Number of families with working children
            5-17 yrs old ('000)                                    1,391       804      588      1,511       793      718      1,507       809      698
      4) Percentage to number of families with children
            5-17 yrs old                                            12.8      19.0      8.8       14.7      20.0     11.4       15.2      21.4     11.4

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* additional indicator

Source:  Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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