TABLE L6. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY OF THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10-64 YEARS OLD BY AGE GROUP, SEX AND 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 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 40,198 83.79 19,816 81.73 20,383 85.89 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 6,088 79.12 3,052 76.42 3,036 82.03 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 6,778 87.26 3,457 84.29 3,321 90.58 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 6,020 89.48 3,078 86.55 2,942 92.76 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 5,056 87.77 2,456 86.14 2,599 89.37 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 7,797 86.96 3,653 84.67 4,144 89.09 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 4,784 82.36 2,326 81.46 2,458 83.22 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 2,844 72.47 1,377 71.18 1,468 73.73 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . . 831 62.71 417 65.32 414 60.28 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 6,069 92.41 2,879 91.75 3,190 93.00 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 767 87.64 384 86.52 382 88.78 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 888 93.52 423 92.25 465 94.71 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 1,000 95.77 464 94.68 536 96.73 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 891 95.17 435 94.22 457 96.09 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 1,310 94.80 602 93.97 709 95.52 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 698 89.98 334 90.62 364 89.41 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 406 87.89 187 88.76 219 87.17 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 108 76.03 51 78.61 58 73.89 CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 700 78.55 365 76.83 335 80.52 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 103 72.33 57 69.47 46 76.21 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 119 83.50 61 81.73 58 85.46 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 104 81.77 54 75.40 50 89.99 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 94 85.17 47 83.53 47 86.89 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 140 84.59 70 82.11 70 87.22 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 77 75.51 40 76.95 37 74.01 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 50 65.50 28 68.01 21 62.46 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 14 53.08 7 65.24 6 43.46 REGION I - ILOCOS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 2,276 86.42 1,160 85.63 1,116 87.26 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 354 81.76 170 79.69 185 83.75 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 376 89.64 196 86.37 179 93.52 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 329 92.56 188 91.75 141 93.65 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 270 91.29 148 89.34 121 93.80 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 417 89.71 201 88.99 217 90.40 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 291 86.43 141 86.86 150 86.02 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 181 75.72 85 74.41 96 76.92 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 57 64.79 31 74.79 26 56.01 REGION II - CAGAYAN TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 1,654 86.59 885 86.56 769 86.63 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 262 82.94 144 81.39 118 84.90 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 278 90.16 145 87.55 133 93.21 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 237 91.98 144 93.29 93 90.03 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 200 87.20 103 88.16 97 86.21 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 322 88.97 169 88.74 154 89.22 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 193 87.23 96 89.14 98 85.43 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 125 77.31 67 78.76 58 75.69 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 36 68.02 17 66.52 19 69.4 REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 4,237 87.28 2,117 86.11 2,121 88.48 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 625 83.67 327 81.97 299 85.60 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 688 89.15 356 86.87 332 91.73 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 654 91.74 338 89.84 316 93.87 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 553 93.14 277 92.41 276 93.89 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 827 89.97 388 88.82 439 91.02 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 504 84.79 248 85.12 256 84.47 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 299 77.18 139 75.48 160 78.74 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 88 68.01 44 71.7 43 64.62 REGION IV - SOUTHERN TAGALOG TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 5,683 88.01 2,826 86.28 2,857 89.79 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 877 85.26 445 83.37 432 87.29 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 919 90.56 485 88.17 434 93.39 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 836 93.21 435 91.64 401 94.97 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 698 90.00 341 88.18 356 91.81 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 1,140 90.85 531 88.60 609 92.90 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 689 86.78 335 85.17 354 88.36 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 399 76.65 192 74.80 207 78.47 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 126 72.66 63 76.68 63 69.08 REGION V - BICOL TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 2,724 82.83 1,365 81.25 1,359 84.48 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 448 75.67 216 72.31 232 79.08 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 495 88.95 264 86.11 231 92.44 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 380 89.19 206 88.55 175 89.95 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 298 86.73 148 85.69 150 87.78 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 485 87.09 225 83.45 260 90.50 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 345 83.84 172 81.80 173 85.97 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 209 71.50 103 72.99 107 70.12 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 63 58.06 32 64.45 31 52.68 REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 3,461 80.94 1,690 77.26 1,771 84.8 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 572 75.86 280 71.89 292 80.08 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 598 85.15 305 81.83 293 88.89 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 491 86.74 257 80.46 234 94.88 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 403 86.14 206 84.08 197 88.4 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 633 84.74 288 81.15 345 87.99 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 415 79.74 198 77.83 217 81.56 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 269 69.81 122 64.15 147 75.3 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 79 60.00 36 56.01 44 63.73 REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 2,855 80.85 1,386 78.53 1,470 83.17 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 443 77.51 229 75.20 214 80.13 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 487 85.34 245 83.19 242 87.64 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 428 89.92 220 87.90 208 92.15 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 336 83.18 156 80.51 180 85.64 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 528 83.48 234 78.00 294 88.43 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 346 79.67 167 78.73 180 80.56 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 222 68.57 105 67.19 117 69.85 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 64 54.56 29 55.65 35 53.68 REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 1,985 79.72 988 75.67 997 84.20 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 323 75.21 170 71.16 153 80.27 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 342 83.33 184 77.45 157 91.45 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 257 82.40 137 77.86 120 88.23 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 217 83.61 89 78.58 128 87.51 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 361 86.44 177 83.07 184 89.95 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 259 80.03 116 74.09 143 85.57 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 168 68.83 84 68.18 84 69.50 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 57 62.13 31 65.66 27 58.49 REGION IX - WESTERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . . 1,466 75.38 698 72.58 769 78.11 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . . 227 69.17 112 66.47 115 72.03 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . . 264 79.05 122 75.45 143 82.40 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . . 221 81.53 100 76.09 121 86.66 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . . 183 78.53 86 77.50 97 79.46 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . . 275 77.13 128 73.30 147 80.80 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . . 175 76.88 88 77.78 85 75.97 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . . 98 66.37 48 64.66 50 68.11 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . . 24 50.02 14 51.69 10 47.95 REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 2,381 83.41 1,156 79.52 1,225 87.43 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 375 80.78 178 74.76 196 87.17 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 417 85.81 206 81.45 210 90.56 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 348 87.28 182 83.31 166 92.06 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 305 90.11 145 86.74 160 93.41 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 452 86.06 210 81.94 242 89.99 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 277 83.00 135 81.21 143 84.77 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 162 69.55 77 65.03 85 74.23 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 45 59.55 23 63.72 22 55.77 REGION XI - SOUTHERN MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 2,716 79.37 1,310 75.62 1,405 83.22 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 496 73.96 194 71.35 211 76.54 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 501 84.38 245 80.09 257 88.90 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 412 84.15 206 78.14 206 91.14 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 348 81.77 153 74.14 184 89.40 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 305 82.92 247 79.20 286 86.43 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 452 78.40 152 76.37 160 80.42 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 277 64.63 85 65.70 80 63.54 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 162 61.44 29 63.37 22 59.09 REGION XII - CENTRAL MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 1,172 77.4 569 74.19 603 80.7 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 166 66.18 78 60.77 89 71.77 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 212 80.6 115 76.99 97 85.36 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 188 87.9 80 77.71 108 97.33 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 162 85.66 77 88.84 84 82.93 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 235 83.22 116 82.00 119 84.42 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 128 74.06 60 71.84 68 76.13 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 67 61.51 36 60.45 31 62.74 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 15 43.62 8 48.80 6 38.35 AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MINDANAO TOTAL HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 TO 64 YEARS OLD . . . 821 61.19 423 63.24 397 59.14 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 140 65.55 70 64.03 70 67.12 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 195 79.42 105 78.22 91 80.85 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 134 74.78 68 74.78 66 74.78 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 108 63.34 45 65.69 63 61.78 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 139 54.06 69 59.09 70 49.90 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 77 46.35 47 52.96 30 38.79 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 24 27.26 19 37.60 5 13.21 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 4 17.43 2 17.34 2 17.56 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: NSO-DECS Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey 1994 (FLEMMS94)