TABLE L8. FUNCTIONAL LITERACY RATE OF THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 10 - 64 YEARS OLD BY HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND AGE GROUP, URBAN-RURAL: NOVEMBER 1994 ======================================================================================================================================== FUNCTIONAL HH NO GRADE HIGH SCHOOL AREA CLASSIFICATION POPULATION COMPLETED/ ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE NOT AND AGE GROUP 10 - 64 KINDERGARTEN/ LEVEL GRADUATE LEVEL OR REPORTED YEARS OLD PREPARATORY HIGHER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHILIPPINES BOTH SEXES . . . . . . . . 83.79 2.35 68.89 80.55 86.98 100.00 100.00 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 79.12 7.57 76.29 89.07 91.54 100.00 - 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 87.26 1.87 61.79 79.44 88.65 100.00 100.00 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 89.48 - 63.87 73.88 82.70 100.00 100.00 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 87.77 - 64.94 77.48 83.19 100.00 100.00 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 86.96 2.27 69.57 82.85 87.55 100.00 100.00 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 82.36 2.15 67.64 81.83 85.21 100.00 100.00 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 72.47 2.39 58.75 75.05 83.33 100.00 100.00 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 62.71 1.83 50.37 67.03 75.81 100.00 100.00 URBAN BOTH SEXES . . . . . . . . 88.39 3.02 72.98 80.41 86.67 100.00 100.00 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 84.08 5.81 81.87 90.28 91.83 100.00 - 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 90.60 1.45 64.75 80.48 89.60 100.00 100.00 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 93.16 - 65.25 71.63 82.58 100.00 100.00 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 91.92 - 64.49 77.73 82.56 100.00 100.00 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 90.99 2.98 69.76 81.28 85.66 100.00 100.00 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 87.09 2.97 68.53 80.62 81.84 100.00 100.00 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 79.62 4.64 60.50 75.27 82.09 100.00 100.00 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 68.75 3.93 47.44 63.79 70.71 100.00 100.00 RURAL BOTH SEXES . . . . . . . . 79.12 2.09 66.46 80.65 87.29 100.00 100.00 10 - 14. . . . . . . . . 74.72 8.24 71.75 87.84 91.16 100.00 - 15 - 19. . . . . . . . . 84.02 2.07 60.45 78.77 87.73 100.00 - 20 - 24. . . . . . . . . 85.29 - 63.29 75.15 82.80 100.00 100.00 25 - 29. . . . . . . . . 83.04 - 65.12 77.33 83.79 100.00 100.00 30 - 39. . . . . . . . . 82.60 2.05 69.49 83.97 89.46 100.00 100.00 40 - 49. . . . . . . . . 77.70 1.87 67.21 82.68 88.94 100.00 100.00 50 - 59. . . . . . . . . 65.87 1.50 57.85 74.87 84.81 100.00 - 60 - 64. . . . . . . . . 56.93 0.85 52.05 70.13 82.72 100.00 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: NSO-DECS 1994 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media (FLEMMS)