TABLE L2S. SIMPLE LITERACY OF THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY AGE GROUP AND SEX, BY REGION: NOVEMBER 1994 ======================================================================================================================= BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE REGION NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT AND AGE GROUP (IN 1,000) (IN 1,000) (IN 1,000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILIPPINES TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 47,301 93.87 23,767 93.74 23,534 93.99 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,337 95.35 3,761 94.18 3,576 96.60 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,580 97.59 3,964 96.64 3,617 98.64 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 6,522 96.94 3,432 96.50 3,090 97.42 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,532 96.04 2,731 95.79 2,800 96.28 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,557 95.45 4,106 95.18 4,451 95.69 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 5,446 93.74 2,678 93.78 2,768 93.71 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,503 89.27 1,719 88.87 1,785 89.65 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 2,824 75.46 1,376 78.72 1,448 72.61 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 6,706 98.83 3,194 98.88 3,513 98.78 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 867 99.07 439 98.86 428 99.30 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 947 99.74 457 99.70 490 99.78 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038 99.47 487 99.45 551 99.49 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 929 99.17 456 98.84 473 99.49 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,370 99.14 634 99.03 736 99.23 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 766 98.70 366 99.24 400 98.21 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 457 98.88 208 98.90 249 98.87 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 333 92.06 147 93.41 186 91.02 CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 833 88.80 448 89.93 385 87.52 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 132 92.82 75 92.25 56 93.59 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 137 96.39 71 94.36 66 98.64 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 118 92.95 65 91.40 53 94.95 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 103 93.35 51 91.08 52 95.72 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 151 91.56 79 92.80 72 90.24 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 91 88.78 48 91.24 43 86.19 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 82.47 37 89.29 25 74.19 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 38 52.35 21 61.41 17 44.23 REGION I - ILOCOS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 2,720 95.47 1,381 96.11 1,338 94.81 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 424 97.84 204 96.03 220 99.59 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 415 99.07 225 98.81 191 99.38 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 351 98.64 203 98.88 148 98.32 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 293 99.10 164 98.40 129 100.00 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 457 98.29 221 97.81 237 98.74 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 327 97.03 157 97.00 170 97.06 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 219 91.81 105 92.04 114 91.60 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 234 76.71 103 83.16 130 72.25 REGION II - CAGAYAN TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 1,877 93.29 1,002 93.70 875 92.83 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 294 92.84 161 91.22 132 94.88 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 298 96.77 158 95.14 140 98.69 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 247 96.21 150 97.39 97 94.45 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 220 95.60 112 95.93 107 95.27 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 348 96.09 183 96.20 165 95.97 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 212 95.74 104 96.28 109 95.23 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 142 87.80 78 91.04 65 84.19 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 115 74.60 56 77.72 59 71.82 REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 4,917 96.27 2,485 96.48 2,432 96.07 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 730 97.65 386 96.95 344 98.46 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 760 98.51 401 97.81 359 99.31 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 702 98.44 369 97.93 333 99.01 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 587 98.85 295 98.62 292 99.08 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 897 97.63 426 97.53 471 97.72 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 574 96.73 281 96.56 293 96.89 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 364 93.92 173 93.39 192 94.41 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 303 79.41 154 86.19 149 73.42 REGION IV - SOUTHERN TAGALOG TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 6,535 96.44 3,310 96.84 3,225 96.03 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 97.65 520 97.46 484 97.85 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 98.52 540 98.14 460 98.98 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 886 98.84 468 98.78 418 98.91 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 760 97.96 380 98.09 380 97.83 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,232 98.19 585 97.64 647 98.69 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 772 97.28 385 97.91 387 96.67 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 487 93.55 241 93.66 246 93.43 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 395 80.10 192 85.53 203 75.57 REGION V - BICOL TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 3,302 94.87 1,680 94.78 1,622 94.97 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 564 95.15 281 94.09 283 96.23 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 546 98.16 298 97.43 248 99.05 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 415 97.47 226 97.38 189 97.59 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 333 96.70 168 97.01 165 96.39 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 540 97.00 257 95.62 282 98.29 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 397 96.51 204 97.05 193 95.95 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 270 92.26 129 92.02 141 92.49 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 238 78.87 116 81.43 122 76.57 REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 4,173 91.88 2,095 90.76 2,078 93.04 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 709 94.05 361 92.90 348 95.27 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 680 96.87 356 95.56 324 98.35 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 543 95.83 297 92.85 246 99.70 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 441 94.15 228 93.17 213 95.23 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 707 94.59 332 93.71 374 95.38 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 482 92.56 232 91.49 250 93.58 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 336 87.10 158 83.57 177 90.52 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 276 69.31 129 70.34 147 68.42 REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 3,501 93.06 1,745 93.36 1,756 92.77 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 549 96.11 288 94.49 262 97.94 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 558 97.68 286 96.98 272 98.42 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 466 97.77 247 98.39 219 97.08 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 387 95.70 185 95.22 202 96.14 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 608 96.20 287 95.62 321 96.72 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 404 93.03 197 93.15 207 92.92 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 284 87.89 137 87.51 148 88.24 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 244 70.16 120 75.91 124 65.39 REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 2,412 90.86 1,231 89.15 1,181 92.71 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 401 93.41 218 91.24 183 96.13 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 386 94.20 217 91.27 169 98.26 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 286 91.51 159 90.68 126 92.58 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 245 94.03 101 88.86 144 98.03 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 399 95.63 200 93.88 199 97.46 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 305 94.22 145 92.88 160 95.47 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 208 84.94 101 82.09 106 87.86 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 182 70.89 89 73.09 93 68.90 REGION IX - WESTERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 1,811 89.65 891 89.14 920 90.14 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 306 93.37 154 91.27 152 95.59 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 322 96.30 153 94.98 169 97.53 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 253 93.32 125 95.09 128 91.65 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 218 93.33 105 94.98 113 91.84 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 313 87.99 150 85.92 164 89.96 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 196 87.02 99 88.08 97 85.95 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 122 82.36 64 85.59 58 79.06 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 81 65.09 41 62.09 40 68.51 REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 2,818 94.63 1,423 93.77 1,395 95.53 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 439 94.50 219 91.89 219 97.26 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 478 98.53 249 98.36 229 98.72 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 389 97.53 212 97.00 177 98.16 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 327 96.49 157 94.09 169 98.83 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 508 96.77 248 96.82 260 96.72 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 315 94.26 154 92.86 161 95.64 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 211 90.56 106 89.27 105 91.89 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 151 76.20 78 78.02 73 74.36 REGION XI - SOUTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 3,268 92.02 1,648 91.62 1,619 92.43 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 500 91.04 246 90.20 254 91.87 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 572 96.22 289 94.63 283 97.91 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 470 95.81 251 95.07 219 96.67 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 391 95.03 196 95.02 195 95.03 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 600 93.36 293 93.90 307 92.85 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 359 90.47 180 90.78 179 90.16 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 219 85.95 109 84.78 110 87.15 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 157 74.33 84 75.46 73 73.07 REGION XII - CENTRAL MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 1,423 90.81 716 90.27 708 91.35 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 231 92.08 115 90.03 116 94.20 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 253 96.24 141 94.53 111 98.50 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 207 96.70 97 94.62 110 98.63 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 176 93.18 82 94.18 94 92.32 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 260 92.22 132 93.37 129 91.07 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 152 88.08 71 85.19 81 90.77 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 90 82.17 49 82.94 41 81.27 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 54 62.66 29 67.31 26 58.22 AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 YEARS OLD AND OVER. . . . . 1,005 73.46 518 75.55 487 71.36 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . . . 188 87.99 94 86.40 94 89.64 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . . . 228 92.54 123 91.74 105 93.50 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . . . 151 84.13 76 83.80 75 84.48 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . . . 125 73.46 52 76.29 73 71.59 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . . . 165 64.20 79 68.09 86 60.97 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . . . 93 56.12 54 61.72 38 49.71 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . . . 32 36.96 24 47.64 8 22.45 60 AND OVER. . . . . . . . . . 23 46.77 16 52.84 7 37.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** - LIMITATION: DUE TO SAMPLING, 100.00 LITERACY RATE DOES NOT IMPLY COMPLETE ABSENCE OF ILLITERACY SOURCE: NSO-DECS 1994 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media (FLEMMS)