Table 2.7 Percent distribution of households by household characteristics, according to residence,
Philippines 2003
(Household characteristics)
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Residence
Household ---------------
characteristic Urban Rural Total
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Electricity
Yes 92.0 59.8 76.6
No 7.9 40.2 23.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source of drinking water
Piped into dwelling 50.9 16.0 34.3
Piped into yard/plot 4.8 5.9 5.3
Public tap 11.1 15.2 13.1
Open dug well 0.7 8.7 4.5
Protected well 18.6 35.3 26.6
Developed spring 0.9 8.1 4.3
Undeveloped spring 0.6 6.1 3.2
River/stream/pond/lake/dam 0.2 1.6 0.9
Rainwater 0.1 0.8 0.4
Tanker truck/peddler 2.2 0.8 1.5
Bottled water/refilling station 9.8 1.3 5.7
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Time to water source
Percentage <15 minutes 92.5 80.9 87.0
Median time to source 0.0 2.4 0.0
Sanitation facility
Flush toilet: own 76.7 53.6 65.7
Flush toilet: shared 15.9 10.7 13.4
Close pit 1.5 10.7 5.9
Open pit 0.8 6.8 3.7
Drop/overhang 1.1 2.8 1.9
No toilet/field/bush 3.9 15.4 9.3
Other 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Flooring material
Earth, sand 8.9 16.9 12.7
Wood planks 11.2 14.1 12.6
Palm, bamboo 5.8 23.0 14.0
Parquet, polished wood 0.8 0.5 0.7
Vinyl, asphalt strips 1.3 0.2 0.8
Ceramic tiles 6.8 1.8 4.4
Cement 62.5 43.2 53.3
Marble 2.6 0.3 1.5
Main material of outer walls
Concrete/brick/stone 52.4 27.3 40.5
Wood 16.8 22.1 19.3
Half concrete/brick/stone/ and
half wood 20.0 14.4 17.3
Galvanized iron/aluminum 0.9 1.0 0.9
Bammboo/sawali/cogon/nipa 8.7 34.6 21.0
Asbestos 0.0 0.0 0.0
Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0
Makeshift/salvaged/improvised
materials 0.9 0.5 0.7
No walls 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Tenure status of lot
Owned/being amortized 53.0 54.6 53.8
Rented 21.3 6.5 14.2
Rent-free with consent of owner 23.0 36.5 29.4
Rent-free without consent of owner 2.6 2.1 2.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of households 6,583 6,003 12,586
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Source: 2003 National Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office & Department of Health
Page last updated: September 11, 2006
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