TABLE L3. SIMPLE LITERACY OF THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 - 64 YEARS OLD BY HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, BY SEX AND REGION: NOVEMBER 1994 ======================================================================================================================== REGION BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE AND NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (IN 1,000) (IN 1,000) (IN 1,000) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILIPPINES TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 45,588 95.02 22,934 94.60 22,654 95.46 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 99 7.94 51 8.43 48 7.48 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 11,941 91.32 6,370 90.15 5,571 92.70 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 7,233 99.08 3,554 98.92 3,679 99.24 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 8,221 99.70 4,119 99.68 4,102 99.73 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 18,039 99.91 8,809 99.90 9,230 99.92 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 56 100.00 31 100.00 24 100.00 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 6,512 99.15 3,109 99.10 3,403 99.20 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 9 24.53 5 27.76 3 20.69 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 858 97.14 419 97.01 439 97.27 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 615 99.75 271 99.86 345 99.66 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 1,052 99.93 528 99.94 524 99.93 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 3,964 99.95 1,884 99.95 2,081 99.95 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 13 100.00 3 100.00 10 100.00 CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 813 91.26 436 91.80 377 90.65 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 4 11.32 1 10.28 2 12.09 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 191 79.91 108 80.47 83 79.20 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 115 98.36 62 98.77 53 97.88 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 155 99.96 88 99.93 67 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 347 100.00 177 100.00 171 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00 100.00 100.00 REGION I - ILOCOS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 2,563 97.33 1,315 97.07 1,248 97.60 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 2 4.97 2 10.64 - ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 486 93.34 248 91.36 237 95.52 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 498 98.91 227 98.76 271 99.04 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 449 100.00 244 100.00 205 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 1,127 100.00 593 100.00 535 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00 1 100.00 - REGION II - CAGAYAN TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 1,808 94.70 967 94.67 841 94.72 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 2 7.01 2 10.48 1 3.56 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 456 87.84 271 87.90 185 87.75 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 353 99.06 177 99.46 177 98.65 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 320 99.50 164 100.00 156 98.97 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 675 99.92 353 99.85 322 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00 1 100.00 1 100.00 REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 4,727 97.36 2,387 97.08 2,340 97.66 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 3 7.43 1 4.96 2 9.61 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 1,051 93.68 542 92.71 509 94.74 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 898 99.17 427 99.22 471 99.13 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 770 99.57 403 99.31 367 99.86 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 2,004 99.79 1,013 99.72 990 99.85 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . - - REGION IV - SOUTHERN TAGALOG TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 6,297 97.52 3,195 97.53 3,102 97.50 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 8 7.94 6 11.34 2 4.78 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 1,470 96.07 762 95.96 708 96.19 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 1,052 99.42 534 99.11 518 99.75 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 1,071 99.92 561 99.84 510 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 2,685 99.99 1,326 100.00 1,358 99.98 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 12 100.00 6 100.00 5 100.00 REGION V - BICOL TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 3,159 96.08 1,607 95.65 1,553 96.53 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 5 10.46 3 11.27 2 9.67 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 813 90.76 435 89.98 378 91.67 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 823 99.46 414 99.14 408 99.78 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 571 99.79 292 99.59 280 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 947 100.00 463 100.00 484 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . * 100.00 100.00 100.00 REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 4,003 93.62 2,015 92.12 1,987 95.19 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 6 6.94 5 9.11 1 3.88 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 1,249 88.14 678 86.00 572 90.80 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 637 97.94 302 96.93 336 98.87 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 692 99.42 349 99.23 343 99.62 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 1,409 99.92 675 99.90 735 99.94 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 8 100.00 7 100.00 1 100.00 REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 3,351 94.89 1,670 94.67 1,681 95.11 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 6 7.15 2 5.89 4 8.40 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 1,341 93.33 682 92.89 658 93.80 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 382 99.38 181 99.50 201 99.27 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 598 99.72 300 99.78 298 99.66 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 1,017 99.83 500 99.91 517 99.76 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 8 100.00 5 100.00 3 100.00 REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 2,304 92.56 1,179 90.35 1,125 94.99 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 4 7.27 4 9.16 1 3.04 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 884 87.09 490 84.54 394 90.48 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 356 99.61 182 99.68 174 99.53 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 462 100.00 214 100.00 248 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 596 100.00 288 100.00 308 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.00 2 100.00 100.00 REGION IX - WESTERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 1,764 90.69 869 90.47 895 90.90 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 5 3.99 4 5.99 2 2.27 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 692 93.47 376 92.68 315 94.45 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 240 99.76 120 100.00 120 99.52 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 337 99.60 142 99.05 195 100.00 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 486 99.60 225 99.15 261 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 4 100.00 2 100.00 2 100.00 REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 2,730 95.64 1,376 94.67 1,354 96.64 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 5 9.35 3 12.11 2 6.82 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 767 91.44 426 89.18 341 94.44 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 448 98.77 224 98.42 224 99.12 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 620 99.57 303 99.52 316 99.61 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 889 100.00 418 100.00 470 100.00 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.00 1 100.00 1 100.00 REGION XI - SOUTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 3,177 92.87 1,602 92.47 1,575 93.29 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 8 6.26 3 4.92 5 7.47 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 942 88.94 534 88.54 408 89.48 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 452 99.38 235 99.32 218 99.44 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 695 99.66 318 99.49 377 99.80 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 1,078 99.88 511 100.00 567 99.77 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.00 2 100.00 1 100.00 REGION XII - CENTRAL MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 1,389 91.71 698 90.91 691 92.52 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 8 13.54 1 4.91 7 20.40 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 380 85.15 210 83.65 171 87.08 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 216 98.02 113 97.43 103 98.69 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 262 99.18 135 100.00 127 98.32 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 522 99.81 239 99.77 284 99.85 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . * 100.00 100.00 AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD. . . . . . . . 990 73.82 508 75.88 482 71.77 NO GRADE COMPLETED/KINDER/ PREPARATORY. . . . . . . . . . 24 7.61 10 7.17 14 7.96 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. . . . . . . . . 361 87.51 189 86.57 172 88.57 ELEMENTARY GRADUATE . . . . . . . 146 96.06 85 96.62 60 95.29 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL . . . . . . . . 168 98.65 80 100.00 88 97.45 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND HIGHER . 291 99.53 144 99.52 148 99.54 NOT REPORTED. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00 1 100.00 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * LESS THAN 1,000 *** - 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)