Table 2.5.1 Net attendance ratios (NAR) and gross attendance ratios (GAR) for the de jure household population
by level of schooling and sex, according to background characteristics, Philippines 2003
(School attendance ratios: primary school)
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Net attendance ratio1 Gross attendance ratio2 Gender
Background --------------------- ----------------------- Parity
characteristic Male Female Total Male Female Total Index3
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Residence
Urban 83.8 87.9 85.7 99.3 101.7 100.4 1.02
Rural 78.6 83.2 80.9 98.1 97.7 97.9 1.00
Region
National Capital Region 82.4 88.1 85.1 96.5 100.6 98.5 1.04
Cordillera Admin Region 89.5 93.4 91.3 110.6 115.5 112.9 1.04
I - Ilocos Region 84.5 89.1 86.4 97.7 98.9 98.2 1.01
II - Cagayan Valley 84.0 87.8 86.0 98.9 96.5 97.7 0.98
III - Central Luzon 85.9 85.9 85.9 100.6 99.2 99.9 0.99
IVA - Calabarzon 85.6 89.7 87.6 97.8 101.4 99.6 1.04
IVB - Mimaropa 82.2 85.6 83.8 100.5 97.4 99.1 0.97
V - Bicol Region 82.6 84.6 83.5 98.5 99.4 99.0 1.01
VI - Western Visayas 79.0 84.7 81.8 97.7 100.4 99.0 1.03
VII - Central Visayas 82.4 86.3 84.2 101.9 100.7 101.3 0.99
VIII - Eastern Visayas 74.8 82.1 78.4 98.6 99.3 98.9 1.01
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 76.5 82.4 79.4 102.5 96.0 99.3 0.94
X - Northern Mindanao 79.6 85.2 82.3 102.8 101.3 102.1 0.99
XI - Davao Peninsula 78.2 81.8 80.0 98.3 96.2 97.2 0.98
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 76.5 82.8 79.5 96.3 99.0 97.6 1.03
ARMM 76.6 83.2 79.8 94.0 99.9 96.8 1.06
Caraga 67.4 71.8 69.6 90.8 94.2 92.5 1.04
Wealth index quintile
Lowest 68.6 75.4 71.9 90.6 92.5 91.5 1.02
Second 79.1 84.7 81.8 100.6 100.8 100.7 1.00
Middle 84.8 90.3 87.4 99.7 102.5 101.0 1.03
Fourth 89.2 90.4 89.8 105.7 101.4 103.6 0.96
Highest 89.8 90.7 90.2 99.6 103.4 101.4 1.04
Total 81.0 85.3 83.1 98.7 99.5 99.1 1.01
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Notes: 1 The NAR for secondary school is the percentage of the secondary-school age (13-16 years) population
that is attending secondary school. By definition the NAR cannot exceed 100 percent.
2 The GAR for secondary school is the total number of secondary school students, expressed as a percentage
of the official secondary-school-age population. If there are significant numbers of overage and
underage students at a given level of schooling, the GAR can exceed 100 percent.
3 The Gender Parity Index for secondary school is the ratio of the secondary school GAR for females to
the GAR for males.
Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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