Table 1.  Percent of Families according to MBN Indicators, by Income Stratum: 2004 and 2002

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                                                     |             2004          |           2002
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Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) Indicators                 |   Both |        |         |   Both |       |
                                                     | Income | Lowest |  Higher | Income |Lowest |  Higher
                                                     | Strata |    30% |     70% | Strata |   30% |     70%
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On Survival

% with access to safe drinking water                     80.2     65.4      86.5     80.0    67.5      85.4
% with sanitary toilet                                   86.2     69.7      93.2     86.1    70.3      92.9
% with electricity *                                     79.7     52.8      91.3     79.0    50.5      91.2

On Security

% with strong housing unit  **                           70.5     43.4      82.2     70.4    42.6      82.2
% with owned house and lot                               64.4     60.7      65.9     66.5    61.9      68.5
% with family head who is gainfully employed             84.2     91.8      80.9     81.2    88.3      78.1
% with member 18 yrs & over  who is gainfully employed   93.8     97.1      92.4     93.5    95.8      92.5

On Enabling

% with children 6-12 yrs old in elementary  a/           90.6     91.4      90.1     91.2    92.2      90.5
% with children 13-16 yrs old in high school  b/         74.5     63.0      82.0     77.0    66.8      83.3
% with working children 5-17 yrs old  c/                 13.6     23.1       8.0     12.6    20.7       8.1
% with member involved in at least one legitimate        26.9     26.2      27.2     26.9    25.9      27.3
% with Philhealth member                                 41.8     28.3      47.5     27.5     6.9      36.3

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 Notes: * Families with electricity at home, provided by national or community electric companies
            or generated by the household thrugh the use of generator and not including chargeable
            storage batteries (car or truck batteries) and dry cells (plainly known as batteries)
       ** A strong housing unit refers to one with roof and outer walls made of  galvanized iron/aluminum,
            tile, concrete,brick, stone and asbestos.
       a/ - % to families with children  6-12 yrs old
       b/ - % to families with children  13-16 yrs old
       c/ - % to families with children  5-17 yrs old 

Sources: National Statistics Office,  2004 and 2002 Annual Poverty Indicators Surveys (APIS)