Table 2.  Mean Estimate and 95% Confidence Intervals of Percent of Families according to MBN Indicators, by Income Stratum:  2004

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                                                     |   Both Income Strata      |        Lowest 30%         |        Higher 70%
                                                     |---------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------
                                                     |          |95% Confidence  |           |95% Confidence |         |95% Confidence
Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) Indicators                 |     Mean |      Interval  |      Mean |      Interval |    Mean |      Interval
                                                     | Estimate |----------------|  Estimate |-------------- |Estimate |---------------
                                                     |          | Lower | Upper  |           | Lower | Upper |         | Lower | Upper
                                                     |          | Limit | Limit  |           | Limit | Limit |         | Limit | Limit
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On Survival

% with access to safe drinking water                       80.2    79.3    81.1        65.4     63.7    67.1      86.5    85.7    87.4
% with sanitary toilet                                     86.2    85.5    86.8        69.7     68.3    71.0      93.2    92.8    93.7
% with electricity *                                       79.7    79.1    80.4        52.8     51.5    54.1      91.3    90.8    91.8

On Security

% with strong housing unit **                              70.5    69.8    71.2        43.4     42.2    44.6      82.2    81.5    82.9
% with owned house and lot                                 64.4    63.4    65.4        60.7     59.3    62.2      65.9    64.9    67.0
% with family head who is gainfully employed               84.2    83.7    84.7        91.8     91.3    92.4      80.9    80.4    81.5
% with member 18 yrs & over  who is gainfully employed     93.8    93.5    94.1        97.1     96.7    97.5      92.4    92.1    92.8

On Enabling

% with children 6-12 yrs old in elementary  a/             90.6    90.2    91.1        91.4     90.7    92.0      90.1    89.5    90.7
% with children 13-16 yrs old in high school  b/           74.5    73.7    75.4        63.0     61.6    64.5      82.0    81.1    82.8
% with working children 5-17 yrs old  c/                   13.6    13.0    14.1        23.1     22.0    24.2       8.0     7.6     8.5
% with member involved in at least one legitimate          26.9    26.0    27.8        26.2     24.9    27.6      27.2    26.2    28.2
% with Philhealth member                                   41.8    41.0    42.6        28.3     27.1    29.5      47.5    46.7    48.4

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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)