Table 2. Percentage of Population 10 to 64 Years Old Who Are Classified into the Different Functional Literacy Levels
by Region, Philippines 2003
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| | Level 0 | Level 1* | Level 2** | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Population |-------------|-----------|------------|----------------|---------------| Undeter-
| 10 to 64 | Cannot read | Can read | Can read,| Can read,write,| High school | mined ***
Region | years old | and write | and write | write and | compute and | graduate |
| ('000) | | | compute | comprehend | or higher |
| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | (in percent)
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Philippines 57,588 9.1 88.6 84.1 65.8 40.5 2.3
NCR 7,711 2.0 96.9 94.6 84.7 62.3 1.1
CAR 997 9.8 88.7 85.4 69.2 39.3 1.5
I - Ilocos 3,007 4.0 94.2 88.6 72.1 47.7 1.8
II - Cagayan Valley 2,083 8.2 89.7 84.4 63.4 37.6 2.1
III - Central Luzon 6,356 4.8 92.6 86.9 68.8 45.1 2.5
IVA - Calabarzon 7,517 4.6 93.5 90.4 75.1 46.2 1.9
IVB - Mimaropa 1,659 10.7 87.2 82.3 59.3 29.3 2.1
V - Bicol 3,270 9.4 87.6 80.1 58.1 31.2 3.0
VI - Western Visayas 4,455 9.7 87.4 81.5 61.5 37.0 2.9
VII - Central Visayas 4,294 10.9 85.5 81.7 61.1 35.8 3.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,556 13.9 83.0 76.7 53.6 28.3 3.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,117 15.6 80.4 74.8 47.6 29.7 4.0
X - Northern Mindanao 2,638 10.0 87.5 83.7 63.8 33.9 2.4
XI - Davao 2,779 16.0 82.9 77.8 53.5 31.8 1.1
XII - Soccsksargen 2,449 16.6 80.8 77.1 58.1 34.2 2.6
XIII - Caraga 1,537 12.0 86.6 81.0 56.0 31.8 1.4
ARMM 2,163 31.7 65.5 62.9 51.2 20.9 2.9
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Note: * Population aged 10 to 64 years who can read and write only.
** Population aged 10 to 64 years who can read, write and compute or have a numerical skill.
*** Population who could not be classified into any of the levels of functional literacy based on the criteria used.
Source: National Statistics Office
2003 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey
Page last updated: September 20, 2005
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