2013 FLEMMS Final Report

ISSN 1908‐0905

2013 FLEMMS

Functional Literacy, Education
and Mass Media Survey

FINAL REPORT

ISSN 1908‐0905
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HIS EXCELLENCY
PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY
LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, PhD

National Statistician
ISSN 1908-0905
FOREWORD
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is pleased to present the results of the 2013 Functional
Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). This report provides baseline
information on education and literacy status of the population 10 years and over. It is intended to
be a reliable baseline to inform the formulation and monitoring of wide range of policies and
programs related to education and literacy and as advocacy tool for national policies and
development plans.
This publication is divided into several chapters that provide highlights on: (1) the highest
educational attainment and basic literacy status of the population 10 years old or over; (2)
functional literacy status of the population 10 to 64 years old; and (3) exposure to the different
forms of mass media.
The 2013 FLEMMS is the fifth in a series of literacy surveys conducted by the PSA in
coordination with the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) and the Department of Education
(DepEd).
The PSA gratefully acknowledges the dedication of the individuals who made possible the
successful implementation of the 2013 FLEMMS. We also wish to extend our gratitude to the
household respondents who shared their time in providing the information and those individuals
who accomplished the self-administered functional literacy questionnaire.
LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D.

National Statistician
Manila, Philippines
May 2015
CONTENTS
Page
FOREWORD……………………………...…………………………………………………………………………iii
TABLES AND FIGURES……………………………………………………...…………………………………vii
1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.1 Background……………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.2 The Philippines…………………………………………………………………………………… 1
1.3 Objectives of the survey……………………………………………………………………… 2
1.4 Concepts and definitions……………………………………………………………………… 2
1.5 Data Limitations…………………………………………………………………………………… 5
2 SAMPLE AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………… 7
2.1 Sampling design…………………………………………………………………………………… 7
2.2 Survey forms……………………………………………………………………………………… 7
3 SURVEY COVERAGE AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS…………………………… 9
3.1 Coverage and response rate………………………………………………………………… 9
3.2 Household composition……………………………………………………………………… 10
3.3 Characteristics of household population………………………………………………11
3.4 Characteristics of respondents………………………………………………………………13
4 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AND AMENITIES…………………………………………… 17
4.1 Housing characteristics…………………………………………………………………………17
4.2 Household amenities……………………………………………………………………………18
4.3 Socio‐economic status………………………………………………………………………… 20
5 EDUCATION……………….………………………………………………………………………… 21
5.1 Highest educational attainment……………………………………………………………21
5.2 Attendance in school……………………………………………………………………………24
5.3 Net enrollment ratio ……………………………………………………………………………25
5.4 Mode of travel …………………………………………………………………………………… 26
5.5 Reason for not attending school ………………………………………………………… 28
5.6 Out‐of‐school children and youth …………………………………………………………32
6 LITERACY……………………………….……………………………………………………………… 35
6.1 Basic or simple literacy…………………………………………………………………………35
6.2 Functional literacy…………………………………………………………………………………36
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7 MASS MEDIA………………...………………………………………………………………………… 41
7.1 Exposure to mass media……………………………………………………………………… 41
STATISTICAL TABLES …………………………………………………………………………………… 45
TEXTUAL TABLES …………………………………………………………………………………… 91
APPENDICES
A. Training, field operation and data processing…………………….…………………115
B. Survey forms…………………….………………………………………………………………… 119
C. Standard errors for selected estimates…………………………………………………131
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TABLES AND FIGURES
Page
CHAPTER 3 SURVEY COVERAGE AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS………………………… 9
Table A.1 Response rates for sample households and members 10 to 64
years old, Philippines: 2013……………………...………………………………..……………… 9
Table A.2 Percent distribution of household by sex of household head,
and household size, by region, Philippines: 2013…….………………...……………… 10
Table A.3 Percent distribution of household population by sex and marital status
by region, Philippines: 2013……………………...……………………………………….……… 11
Table A.4 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old by sex
by marital status and region, Philippines: 2013……………………...………………… 14
Table A.2 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old by five‐year
age group by region, Philippines: 2013……………………...……………………………… 15
Figure 3.1 Percent distribution of household population 6 years old and over
by highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2013……………………...…………12
Figure 3.2 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old by sex
and marital status, Philippines: 2013……………………...……………………….…………13
CHAPTER 4 HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND AMENITIES…………….…………………………17
Table B.1 Percent distribution of household by source of drinking
water, Philippines: 2013……………………...…………………………………………….……… 17
Table B.2 Percent distribution of household by type of toilet/latrine
facilities, Philippines: 2013……………………...………………………………………………… 18
Table B.3 Percent distribution of household by presence of electricity and
housing materials, Philippines: 2013……………………………...………...……………… 19
Table B.4 Percentage of households possessing various household amenities
and means of transportation, Philippines: 2013……………….……………...…………19
Figure 4.1 Housing amenities by top 70% ‐ bottom 30% socio‐economic
status, Philippines: 2013……………………...………………………………………..….………20
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION……………………………………………….………………………………………………21
Table C.1 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest
educational attainment and sex, Philippines: 2013….…………………...……………21
Table C.2 Net enrollment ratio by age group, sex and region,
Philippines: 2013……………………...…………………………………………………..…….…… 26
Table C.3 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are currently
attending school by mode of travel to school, Philippines: 2013…….………… 28

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Table C.4 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending
school by reason for not attending by age group, Philippines: 2013……………30
Table C.5 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending
school by reason for not attending by region, Philippines: 2013…………………31
Table C.6 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are out‐of‐school
by age group, sex and region, Philippines: 2013……………………………..………… 34
Figure 5.1 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest
educational attainment, Philippines: 2013…………….………...……………………… 22
Figure 5.2 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest
educational attainment and sex, Philippines: 2013……….……………...……………22
Figure 5.3 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over who have
reached high school or graduated from high school by region,
Philippines: 2013……………………...……………….……………………………………………… 23
Figure 5.4 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over who have
some college or higher level of education by region, Philippines: 2013………24
Figure 5.5 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are currently
attending school by region, Philippines: 2013…………...…...…………...…………… 25
Figure 5.6 Net enrollment ratio by age group and sex, Philippines: 2013……………………… 25
Figure 5.7 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are currently
attending school by mode of travel in going to school,
Philippines: 2013……………………...………………….…………………..………………….…… 27
Figure 5.8 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending
school by reason for not attending, Philippines: 2013…………………………………29
Figure 5.9 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are out‐of‐school
by region, Philippines: 2013……………………………………………………………..…….… 32
Figure 5.10 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are out‐of‐school
by reason for not attending, Philippines: 2013…………..……………………………… 33
CHAPTER 6 LITERACY…………………………………….……………………………………………………………. 35
Table D.1 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex
and age group, Philippines: 2013……...………………………………………..………………35
Table D.2 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the
different literacy levels by age group and sex, Philippines: 2013…………………37
Table D.3 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the
different literacy levels by highest educational attainment,
Philippines: 2013……………………………………………………………..…………………………39
Figure 6.1 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by region,
Philippines: 2013………………………………..…………………………………………………...…36
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Figure 6.2 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by sex,
Philippines: 2013………………………………………...…………………………………………..…38
Figure 6.3 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by region,
Philippines: 2013………………………….……………………………………………………...…… 38
Figure 6.4 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by socio‐
economic status and region, Philippines: 2013…....……………………….……………40
CHAPTER 7 MASS MEDIA…………………………………….……………………………………………………... 41
Table E.1 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 yeas old by specific
forms of mass media exposed to, by sex, Philippines: 2013…………………………43
Figure 7.1 Percentage of populaion 10 to 64 years old who were exposed
to specific forms of mass media by frequency of exposure,
Philippines: 2013……………………………………….…..………………………..…………………41
Figure 7.2 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who were exposed
to specific forms of mass media by sex, Philippines: 2013…………………………. 42
STATISTICAL TABLES ……………………………………………………...………………………………………….…45
Table 1 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by age group,
sex and region, Philippines: 2013……………………….………..………………...………… 47
Table 2 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest
educational attainment, sex and region, Philippines: 2013…….……………………51
Table 3 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by age group,
highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2013……………………55
Table 4 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old by level currently attending,
age group and region, Philippines: 2013…………………………………………………… 61
Table 5 Percent distribution of population 6 to 24 years old who are not
attending school by reason for not attending and region,
Philippines: 2013…………………………………………………………………………………………65
Table 6 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by sex,
age group and region, Philippines: 2013………………………………..……………………71
Table 7 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by highest
educational attainment, age group and sex, Philippines: 2013……………………75
Table 8 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by highest
educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2013………………………………… 76
Table 9 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, age group
and region, Philippines: 2013……………………………………………………...…………… 79
Table 10 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest
educational attainment, age group and sex, Philippines: 2013……………………81
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Table 11 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest
educational attainment, and region, Philippines: 2013……………………………… 82
Table 12 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the
different literacy levels by age group and sex, Philippines: 2013…………………83
different literacy levels by region, Philippines: 2013……………………………………84
different literacy levels by highest educational attainment
and region, Philippines: 2013………………………………………………………………………85
TEXTUAL TABLES ……………………………………………………….…………………………………………………91
Table 3.1 Percent distribution of household population by five year age group,
by region: Philippines, 2013………………..………….…………………………………..……. 93
Table 3.2 Percent distribution of household population aged 6 years old and over
by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013………… 94
Table 3.3.1 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (BOTH SEXES)
Table 3.3.2 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (MALE)
by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013……….. 96
Table 3.3.3 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (FEMALE)
Table 4.1 Percent distribution of households by source of drinking water
and by region, Philippines: 2013…………………………………………………………...…… 98
Table 4.2 Percent distribution of households by toilet facilities and by region,
Philippines: 2013…………………………………………….…………….…………………………… 99
Table 7.1 Percent distribution of population 10 to 64 years old by exposure to
specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and sex,
Philippines: 2013…………………………………………….…………….…………………………… 100
specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and age group,
Philippines: 2013…………………………………………….…………….…………………………… 103
specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and age group,
Philippines: 2013…………………………………………….…………….…………………………… 106
specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and socio‐
economic status, Philippines: 2013…………………………………………….…………….…109
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INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 BACKGROUND
The Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) is the fifth in the
series of functional literacy surveys conducted by the former National Statistics Office
(NSO), now a part of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The four previous rounds
were conducted in 1989, 1994, 2003 and 2008. The survey was conducted in line with the
government’s thrust to promote education policies and programs aimed at eradicating
illiteracy in the country.
The 2013 FLEMMS is conducted by the PSA in coordination with the Literacy Coordinating
Council (LCC) and Department of Education (DepEd).
1.2 THE PHILIPPINES

The Philippines has a total land area of 300,000 km2, comprise 7,107 islands, of which about
3,144 islands are named. Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are the three largest groups of
islands. Luzon is the largest group situated in the north, covering 47 percent of the total land
area; Mindanao, the second largest group is located in the south, covering 34 percent of the
total land area; and the Visayas, the smallest group consisting of island provinces between
Luzon and Mindanao, accounts for 19 percent of the country’s total land area. A total of 92.3
million Filipinos are residents as of May 1, 2010.
The climate in the country is characterized by two distinct seasons, the wet and the dry. The
rainy or wet season occurs across the land from June to November, while the cool and dry
season starts from December to May.
The Philippines has 17 administrative regions namely: Ilocos (Region I), Cagayan Valley
(Region II), Central Luzon (Region III), CALABARZON (Region IVA), MIMAROPA
(Region IVB), Bicol (Region V), Western Visayas (Region VI), Central Visayas (Region
VII), Eastern Visayas (Region VIII), Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX), Northern Mindanao
(Region X), Davao (Region XI), SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII), Caraga (Region XIII),
National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),
and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Each of these regions is
composed of provinces, which are subdivided into cities, municipalities and barangays. The
barangays are the smallest local government unit. National government offices are usually
(but not always) concentrated in the regional centers and the seat of the provincial
government is situated in each of the respective provinces. As of September 30, 2011, the
country has 80 provinces, 137 cities, 1,496 municipalities and 41,946 barangays (NSO,
2013).
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) was not covered in the 2013 FLEMMS due to Typhoon
Yolanda (Haiyan) that struck the country.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY
The 2013 FLEMMS is designed to provide a quantitative framework that will serve as basis
in the formulation of policies and programs on the improvement of literacy and education
status of the population.
In particular, the 2013 FLEMMS has the following specific objectives:
• to estimate the proportion of the population 10 years old and over who are basically
literate.
• to estimate the proportion of the population 10 to 64 years old who are functionally
literate and to determine their socio-economic characteristics;
• to determine the educational skill qualifications of the population in terms of formal
schooling; and
• to determine the mass media exposure of the population.
1.4 CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
Basic or simple literacy – is the ability of a person to read and write with understanding a
simple message in any language or dialect. The basic literacy status of an individual can be
determined based on respondent’s answer to the question “Can ___ read and write a simple
message in any language or dialect?”
Functional literacy – is a significantly higher level of literacy which includes not only
reading and writing but also numeracy skills. The skills must be sufficiently advanced to
enable the individual to participate fully and efficiently in activities commonly occurring in
his life situation that require a reasonable capability of communicating by written language.
A functional literate person is one who can at least read, write, compute and/or comprehend.
Also, persons who graduated from high school or completed higher level of education are
classified as functionally literate.
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Levels of literacy – a range of skills and competencies.
• Level 0 – cannot read and write

• Level 1 – can read and write
• Level 2 – can read, write and compute (with numerical skill)
• Level 3 – can read, write, compute and comprehend
(with numerical and comprehension skills)
• Level 4 – high school graduate or higher
School age population – refers to population from age 6 to 24 and irrespective of the
existing requirements of compulsory education or the period of education provided for in
various types of schools.
School attendance – refers to formal school including vocational or technical schools

offering post secondary courses. A person who went to school in school year June 2013 to
March 2014 or semester covering November 2013 to April 2014 was considered currently
attending school.
Net Enrollment Ratio – is defined as enrollment of the official age-group for a given level
of education expressed as a percentage of the corresponding age-group of the population,
(UNESCO Institute for Statistics). The purpose of NER is to show the extent of participation
in a given level of education of children and youths belonging to the official age-group
corresponding to the given level of education. This is very important indicator in measuring
rates of Access to Education when considering gender inequality issues as well as regional or
rural/urban inequalities. It is of particular interest to the measure of civil liberties of
woman/girl in a given country or region.
Out-of-school children and youth – are school age children and youth who are unable to
avail of the education opportunities of the normal school system or who dropped out of
formal elementary or secondary education (RA 9155). Out-of-school children are defined in
the FLEMMS as persons aged 6 to 14 years who are not attending school. Out-of-school
youth as persons aged 15 to 24 years who are not attending school, have not finished any
college or post secondary course, and are not working.
Mass media – a medium of communication (such as newspapers, magazines, posters, signs,

brochures and flyers, television, radio, movies, plays and similar shows, internet/e-mail,
facebook, twitter) that is designed to reach the mass of the people.
Socio-economic status – is constructed using household asset data, including ownership of

consumer items ranging from a television to a bicycle or car, as well as dwelling
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characteristics, such as source of drinking water, sanitation facilities, and type of flooring
material. Categorical variables to be used are transformed into separate dichotomous (0-1)
indicators. These indicators are then analyzed using principal components analysis to
produce a common factor score for each household asset. The wealth index is computed by
ranking the households using their total factor score, into ten equal parts, from decile one
(lowest) to decile ten (highest), each having approximately 10 percent of the population.
Bottom 30% stratum – In descending order of the household wealth index, the bottom 30
percent refers to the bottom 30 percent of the total households in the wealth distribution. This
grouping of household was used as a proxy for those falling below the poverty line.
Top 70% stratum – In descending order of the household wealth index, the upper 70
percent refers to the upper 70 percent of the total households in the wealth distribution. It is
the complement of the bottom 30 percent.
Respondent – is the head of the household or his/her spouse or any responsible adult
member of the sample household who can provide accurate answers to all or most of the
questions in the survey.
Eligible respondent – household members aged 10 to 64 years regardless of educational

attainment, who are respondents of the Individual Questionnaire.
Household – an aggregate of persons, generally but not necessarily bound by ties of kinship,
who sleep in the same housing unit and have common arrangements for the preparation and
consumption of food.
Household head – is an adult person, male or female, who is responsible for the organization
and care of the household or who is regarded as such by the member of the household. An
Overseas Contract Worker (OCW) or Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) can be considered as
household head even if he/she is not on vacation during the time of visit for as long as he/she
is regarded as the household head by the members of the household.
Highest educational attainment - the highest grade or year completed in school, college or
university.
Work – is any activity that a person does for pay, profit or without pay on family farm or
enterprise or an activity done by a farm operator or member of his family or another farm in
“exchange labor” arrangement. In addition, any activity that a person does during the
reference period in relation to minor activities is considered work.

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1.5 DATA LIMITATIONS
Data gathered from FLEMMS are results of a sample survey and therefore subject to
sampling variations, that is, sampling errors are expected since the data are not obtained
through complete enumeration or census. Appendix C presents the standard errors for
selected literacy indicators included in this report.
The survey covered a national sample of households deemed sufficient to provide estimates
about the population at the national and regional levels. Hence, tabulations and cross-
tabulations of variables at lower geographic levels (provincial) are not generated since these
may not be statistically reliable.
Due to sampling, there are tabulations in this report which show 100 percent literacy rates
that do not imply complete absence of illiteracy but could be an indication of a very high
literacy rate.
Some comparisons of present findings with results of previous FLEMMS formed part of this
report. There are instances when proportions have decreased but the absolute numbers have
increased. Thus, for a more realistic and meaningful interpretation of results, data users are
advised to look at both the proportions and the absolute numbers.
There are cases when levels of functional literacy were “undetermined” based on the
operational definition applied for the survey. Thus, the functional illiteracy rate is not
necessarily equal to the complement of the functional literate rate.
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SAMPLE AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY 2

2.1 SAMPLING DESIGN
The 2013 FLEMMS utilized the 2003 Master Sample (MS), a multi-stage sampling design,
which involves the selection of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) with probability proportional
to the number of households in the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (2000 CPH) at
the first stage; selection of sample enumeration areas (EAs) also with probability
proportional to the number of household in the 2000 CPH within the sampled PSUs at the
second stage; and selection of sample housing units, with equal probability within sampled
EAs at the third stage. All households in a sampled housing unit were interviewed, except
when there were more than three households in the housing unit. For such housing unit, three
households were selected using simple random sampling.
The entire MS is comprised of about 52,000 households divided into four sub-samples or
independent replicates. The 2013 FLEMMS utilized two replicates, or a national sample of
approximately 26,000 households drawn from 1,600 PSUs (barangays). A minimum of 3 and
a maximum of 30 housing units were selected from each EA in this survey.
However, provinces from Region VIII were excluded due to the devastation brought by
typhoon Yolanda. Many families were in the relocation areas during the conduct of
enumeration of the 2013 FLEMMS.
2.2 SURVEY FORMS
FLEMMS Form 1 or Household Questionnaire is a 6-page booklet, divided into 6 different

parts as follows:
a. Geographic identification and other information

b. Section A – Demographic Characteristics
c. Section B – Literacy and Education
d. Section C – Employment Characteristics
e. Section D – Department of Transportation and Communications – Office for
Transportation Security Information Campaign
f. Section E – Household Characteristics/Amenities
FLEMMS Form 2 or the self-administered Individual Questionnaire was intended to measure
the basic and functional literacy of the eligible respondent (ER) aged 10 to 64 years.
Aside from the English version of FLEMMS Form 2, the questionnaire was printed in seven
(7) different languages and 24 dialects in order to determine the language or dialect that the
ER preferred to use in accomplishing the FLEMMS Form 2. More so, in choosing the
eligible respondent, the encircled eligible respondent in Form 1 has been the reference in
giving the self-administered Individual Questionnaire. This was to ensure that all eligible
respondents were surveyed.
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SURVEY COVERAGE
AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS 3
3.1 COVERAGE AND RESPONSE RATE
The survey covered 20,695
A total of 25,645 sample households were selected, in
sample households
the 2013 FLEMMS. Of this number, 21,738 were
nationwide – representing a
considered eligible households out of which 20,695
were successfully interviewed, resulting in a response
response rate of 95.2%. A
rate of 95.2 percent. total of 61,410 individuals
accomplished the self‐
Across regions, NCR had the highest response rate administered questionnaire
(98.1%) followed by CAR and MIMAROPA (97.1% (Form 2) on basic and
each). The lowest was recorded in ARMM (86.7%) functional literacy.
[Table A.1].
Table A.1 Response rates for sample households and members 10 to 64 years old by region, Philippines: 2013
Household Individual
Household Eligible Individual
Region
Sample Eligible Responding response household Responding response
1 2
households households households rate population individuals rate
Philippines 25,645 21,738 20,695 95.2 69,433 61,410 88.4
NCR 2,895 2,583 2,534 98.1 8,911 8,212 92.2

CAR 1,111 972 944 97.1 3,016 2,668 88.5
I ‐ Ilocos 1,502 1,312 1,233 94.0 4,044 3,459 85.5
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 1,294 1,113 1,040 93.4 3,206 2,850 88.9
III ‐ Central Luzon 2,152 1,785 1,696 95.0 5,857 5,201 88.8
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 2,657 2,286 2,190 95.8 7,155 6,181 86.4
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 867 680 660 97.1 2,092 1,931 92.3
V ‐ Bicol 1,541 1,280 1,219 95.2 4,143 3,711 89.6
VI ‐ Western Visayas 1,840 1,495 1,433 95.9 4,635 4,112 88.7
VII ‐ Central Visayas 1,850 1,472 1,395 94.8 4,671 4,046 86.6
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 1,214 993 947 95.4 3,035 2,806 92.5
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 1,311 1,083 1,043 96.3 3,533 3,246 91.9
XI ‐ Davao 1,494 1,274 1,216 95.4 3,931 3,139 79.9
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 1,455 1,227 1,154 94.1 3,903 3,129 80.2
XIII ‐ Caraga 1,173 973 942 96.8 3,093 2,854 92.3
ARMM 1,289 1,210 1,049 86.7 4,208 3,865 91.8
Notes: 1 Responding households / Eligible households.
2 Responding individuals / Eligible household population.
Moreover, there were 69,433 eligible respondents for the 2013 FLEMMS Form 2, of which,
61,410 successfully responded to the survey resulting in response rate of 88.4 percent.
Zamboanga Peninsula had the highest individual response rate with (92.5%) followed by
MIMAROPA and Caraga (92.3% each). The lowest was SOCCSKSARGEN with 80.2
percent.
3.2 HOUSEHOLDS COMPOSITION
Respondent households to this survey were predominantly headed

Four out of every
by male (79.2%) with the highest proportion reported in ARMM
five household (91.7%). Female headed households accounted for just one-fifth
heads were (20.8%) of the total sample households. Across regions, NCR had
males. the highest proportion (24.7%) of female headed households while
ARMM had the lowest proportion (8.3 %).
Table A.2 also shows the distribution of households by number of usual members. More than
one-third (37.1%) of the sample households had 4 to 5 usual members. It was followed by
households with 2 to 3 usual members (27.3%) and households with 6 to 7 usual household
members (20.1%). Across regions, ARMM had the highest proportion (49.0%) of households
with 6 or more usual members. In contrast, CAR reported the highest proportion (10.4%) of
households with only one usual member.
Table A.2 Percent distribution of household by sex of household head, and household size,
by region, Philippines: 2013
Sex of household head Number of usual members Number of

Region
Male Female 1 2‐3 4‐5 6‐7 8‐9 10+ households
Philippines
Number ('000) 16,957 4,449 1,361 5,837 7,947 4,300 1,429 531 21,406
In percent 79.2 20.8 6.4 27.3 37.1 20.1 6.7 2.5
NCR 75.3 24.7 5.6 27.4 38.8 19.1 6.6 2.5 3,027
CAR 80.9 19.1 10.4 24.1 36.4 19.2 7.1 2.8 392
I ‐ Ilocos 78.4 21.6 6.8 28.1 36.3 20.5 5.5 2.8 1,149
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 82.6 17.4 8.4 30.3 39.1 17.1 4.1 1.0 799
III ‐ Central Luzon 78.4 21.6 5.0 26.8 38.5 21.7 4.9 3.1 2,495
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 77.1 22.9 7.1 28.6 38.7 17.7 5.6 2.3 3,264
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 81.6 18.4 7.3 30.4 34.9 18.6 7.5 1.2 667
V ‐ Bicol 78.6 21.4 6.4 25.4 31.8 24.1 9.9 2.5 1,206
VI ‐ Western Visayas 78.7 21.3 7.5 28.5 33.4 20.7 7.3 2.5 1,668
VII ‐ Central Visayas 76.6 23.4 6.4 27.4 36.7 19.8 6.5 3.2 1,640
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 81.1 18.9 5.6 31.2 36.4 18.5 6.0 2.4 807
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 80.9 19.1 6.4 24.8 36.2 22.7 8.0 1.8 1,016
XI ‐ Davao 82.8 17.2 6.9 29.5 37.5 17.9 6.5 1.7 1,122
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 85.6 14.4 6.8 24.1 39.0 19.1 8.4 2.7 1,037
XIII ‐ Caraga 82.2 17.8 5.3 26.9 38.1 19.9 8.1 1.7 552
ARMM 91.7 8.3 0.8 14.4 35.8 32.4 12.1 4.5 564
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3.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLD POPULATION
3.3.1 Sex and Marital Status
The estimated household population for all regions totaled 94.5 million as of 2013. By sex,
household population was almost equally divided between male (50.4%) and female (49.6%).
CAR and MIMAROPA, were the only regions with more female than male population.
Table A.3 Percent distribution of household population by sex and marital status, by region, Philippines: 2013
Sex Marital status
Married/ Divorced/
Region
Living Widow/ Separated/ Household
Male Female Single Together Widower Annullled Unknown population
Philippines
Number ('000) 47,636 46,877 53,657 35,971 3,526 1,349 11 94,514
In percent 50.4 49.6 56.8 38.1 3.7 1.4 *
NCR 50.4 49.6 56.5 37.9 3.4 2.1 ‐ 12,583

CAR 49.1 50.9 57.7 37.9 3.6 0.8 * 1,718
I ‐ Ilocos 51.0 49.0 54.7 39.7 4.5 1.1 ‐ 4,990
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 50.4 49.6 53.6 41.7 3.8 0.9 ‐ 3,383
III ‐ Central Luzon 50.9 49.1 54.7 39.8 4.0 1.6 * 10,951
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 50.4 49.6 54.9 39.6 3.4 2.2 ‐ 14,061
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 49.8 50.2 57.8 37.4 3.4 1.4 ‐ 2,931
V ‐ Bicol 51.4 48.6 60.6 35.0 3.6 0.7 ‐ 5,725
VI ‐ Western Visayas 51.0 49.0 57.6 37.0 4.5 0.9 0.1 7,490
VII ‐ Central Visayas 50.7 49.3 57.3 37.4 4.2 1.2 ‐ 7,231
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 50.5 49.5 57.1 37.8 3.6 1.5 ‐ 3,649
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 51.0 49.0 58.3 36.9 3.7 1.1 ‐ 4,607
XI ‐ Davao 51.0 49.0 56.1 38.4 4.0 1.4 * 4,770
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 51.2 48.8 58.7 36.7 3.5 1.1 * 4,474
XIII ‐ Caraga 51.2 48.8 57.3 38.0 3.4 1.3 ‐ 2,562
ARMM 51.3 48.7 63.7 33.4 2.3 0.6 ‐ 3,389
Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a figure less than 0.05 percent
As to marital status, more than one-half (56.8%) of household population were single; 38.1
percent were married or living together. Only a small proportion of the population (5.0%)
reported themselves as separated, widowed or divorced.
3.3.2 Age of the household population
Almost one third of the population were in the age group 0 to 14 (32.4%) while less than 10
percent (7.1%) were 60 years old and over. This indicates that the Philippines has a young
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population. ARMM had the highest proportion of youth (aged 0 to 19 years) in its population
at 53.1 percent across regions (Table 3.1).
3.3.3 Highest educational attainment
Only 2.5 percent of the 81.9 million population 6 years old and over had no grade completed
while 11.6 percent were elementary graduate. On the other hand, almost 50 percent (45.4 %)
graduated from high school and/or attained tertiary education. Among those who reached
elementary level only, ARMM had the highest percentage (33.8) followed by Zamboanga
Peninsula (29.5%) and SOCCSKSARGEN with 28.2 percent. ARMM was lowest in terms of
level of education attained.
NCR stood out with the highest percentage of college graduates and/or post graduates
(18.9%) and lowest percentage of no grade completed (1.0%) [Table 3.2].
Figure 3.1 Percent distribution of household
population 6 years old and over by highest
educational attainment, Philippines: 2013
College graduate/
11.3
higher
College level 9.3
Post secondary
education 4.5
level/graduate
High School
20.3
Graduate
High School
15.1
Level
Elementary
11.6
Graduate
Elementary
22.6
level
Pre‐school 2.9
No grade
2.5
completed

3.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS
The estimated population 10 to 64 years old respondents totaled 69.4 million. The large
majority of the population resides in the regions of CALABARZON, NCR and Central
Luzon (Table A.4).
3.4.1 Sex and Marital Status
Of the 69.4 million respondents, 50.6 percent were males and 49.4 percent were females
(Table A.4 and Figure 3.2).
Figure 3.2 Percent distribution of respondents 10 ‐64 years old by sex
and marital status, Philippines: 2013
50.6 49.4 49.4

46.2
2.5 1.9
Male Female Married/ Single Widow/ Divorced/

Living Widower Separated/
Together Annullled
NCR had the lowest percentage of male respondents with 48.9 percent. MIMAROPA and
Caraga regions had the highest male respondents (51.8% each). NCR had the highest
percentage of female respondents (51.1%), followed by ARMM (50.5%) and
CALABARZON (50.1%).
With regard to marital status, 46.2 percent were single, 49.4 percent were married or living
together, and the rest (4.4%) were either widowed/widower, divorced/separated or annulled.
Cagayan Valley had the highest percentage of the respondents who were married (53.8%)
and lowest percentage who were single (42.7%).

Table A.4 Percent distribution of respondents 10‐64 years old by sex and marital status, by region, Philippines: 2013
Sex Marital status
Region Married/ Divorced/ Respondents

Living Widow/ Separated/ aged 10‐64
Male Female Single Together Widower Annullled Unknown years
Philippines
Number ('000) 35,155 34,283 32,088 34,304 1,751 1,285 10 69,438
In percent 50.6 49.4 46.2 49.4 2.5 1.9 *
NCR 48.9 51.1 47.6 47.2 2.5 2.7 ‐ 9,742

CAR 51.3 48.7 48.4 48.5 2.1 0.9 * 1,272
I ‐ Ilocos 50.9 49.1 44.7 51.5 2.4 1.4 ‐ 3,622
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 51.4 48.6 42.7 53.8 2.4 1.1 ‐ 2,514
III ‐ Central Luzon 50.7 49.3 43.8 51.5 2.6 2.1 ‐ 8,126
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 49.9 50.1 43.8 51.1 2.3 2.8 ‐ 10,463
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 51.8 48.2 45.5 50.4 2.2 2.0 ‐ 2,076
V ‐ Bicol 51.5 48.5 49.6 47.5 2.1 0.9 ‐ 3,984
VI ‐ Western Visayas 51.4 48.6 48.5 47.4 2.8 1.1 0.1 5,438
VII ‐ Central Visayas 50.8 49.2 48.0 47.9 2.6 1.5 ‐ 5,252
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 51.3 48.7 45.6 49.8 2.6 2.0 ‐ 2,621
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 51.3 48.7 47.7 48.3 2.6 1.3 ‐ 3,341
XI ‐ Davao 51.5 48.5 45.1 50.0 2.9 1.9 0.1 3,519
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 51.4 48.6 46.1 49.6 2.9 1.3 * 3,260
XIII ‐ Caraga 51.8 48.2 46.5 49.4 2.3 1.8 ‐ 1,830
ARMM 49.5 50.5 49.8 47.1 2.3 0.8 ‐ 2,379

3.4.2 Age of respondents
The age group 10 to 14 had the highest percentage of respondents (14.1%), followed by age
group 15 to 19 with 13.8 percent. The smallest percentage of respondents was 60 to 64 years
old (3.5%). Majority of the respondents (51.8%) were below 30 years of age (Table A.5).
ARMM had the highest proportion of respondents in age group 10 to 14 (19.1%), while NCR
had lowest (11.6%). For age group 60 to 64, ARMM also had the lowest percentage (1.9%)
while Ilocos region had the highest percentage (4.3%).


Table A.5 Percent distribution of respondents 10‐64 years old by five‐year age group and region, Philippines: 2013
Age group Household
Region
10‐14 15‐19 20‐24 25‐29 30‐34 35‐39 40‐44 45‐49 50‐54 55‐59 60‐64 Total population
Philippines
Number ('000) 9,823 9,593 8,856 7,737 6,909 6,215 5,555 4,908 4,121 3,283 2,439 69,438
In percent 14.1 13.8 12.8 11.1 9.9 9.0 8.0 7.1 5.9 4.7 3.5 100.0 100.0
NCR 11.6 12.3 13.5 12.9 11.1 9.4 8.2 7.1 6.0 4.6 3.3 100.0 9,742
CAR 13.4 14.7 14.4 11.7 9.5 8.2 7.5 6.9 5.9 4.5 3.3 100.0 1,272
I ‐ Ilocos 13.6 13.2 12.2 11.0 9.7 8.9 8.1 7.3 6.3 5.3 4.3 100.0 3,622
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 13.6 13.7 12.5 10.7 9.8 9.0 8.1 7.5 6.4 5.1 3.6 100.0 2,514
III ‐ Central Luzon 13.5 13.1 12.4 11.1 10.2 9.2 8.5 7.3 6.1 4.9 3.8 100.0 8,126
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 13.4 12.9 12.5 11.6 10.7 9.4 8.3 7.1 6.0 4.7 3.4 100.0 10,463
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 16.6 14.9 12.1 10.2 9.2 8.6 7.6 6.8 5.8 4.6 3.5 100.0 2,076
V ‐ Bicol 17.3 15.2 11.8 9.6 8.8 8.2 7.6 6.8 5.8 4.8 3.8 100.0 3,984
VI ‐ Western Visayas 14.2 14.2 12.6 10.5 9.1 8.4 7.8 7.3 6.4 5.4 4.1 100.0 5,438
VII ‐ Central Visayas 14.1 14.1 12.8 11.0 9.6 8.7 7.7 7.1 6.0 5.0 3.8 100.0 5,252
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 15.7 15.2 12.6 10.3 9.2 8.7 7.7 6.9 5.7 4.6 3.3 100.0 2,621
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 14.9 14.7 13.1 10.6 9.4 8.6 7.8 7.0 5.9 4.7 3.3 100.0 3,341
XI ‐ Davao 13.9 14.1 13.4 11.1 9.8 8.9 7.8 7.0 6.0 4.8 3.4 100.0 3,519
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 15.2 14.8 13.4 11.1 9.8 9.1 7.9 6.6 5.2 4.0 2.9 100.0 3,260
XIII ‐ Caraga 15.7 15.1 12.9 10.1 8.8 8.3 7.7 7.1 6.0 4.8 3.6 100.0 1,830
ARMM 19.1 16.7 12.2 10.2 10.0 9.0 7.6 6.2 4.1 3.0 1.9 100.0 2,379
3.4.3 Highest educational attainment
The majority of the respondents were high school graduates (23.7%) or undergraduates
(17.9%). Fairly large share was also noted for those who completed college education
(11.7%) or college undergraduates (10.8%). The rest were elementary graduates (12.1%),
elementary undergraduates (12.2%) and without formal schooling (1.5%).
NCR again stood out as the region with the highest proportion of respondents (18.7%) with
college or post graduate degrees. It was followed by CAR (15.4%), Ilocos (12.5%), Cagayan
Valley (12.0%) and Central Visayas (12.0%). The lowest proportion was noted in ARMM
(4.7%). Low proportions also prevailed in MIMAROPA (7.7%) and SOCCSKSARGEN
(7.8%).

Between males and females, 48.1 percent of male respondents had high school diploma or
attended college or post college degree. Correspondingly, the proportion were higher among
among female respondents (54.7%) [Table 3.3.2 and Table 3.3.3].

HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS AND AMENITIES
4
4.1 HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
The physical characteristics of households are important

Almost 4 in every 5
indicators of the general socio-economic condition of the
households have flush population. In the 2013 FLEMMS, respondents were
toilet facilities not asked about their main source of drinking water, type of
shared with other toilet facility, access to electricity and main housing
materials. Tables in this chapter show the percent
households.
distribution of households by housing characteristics.
4.1.1 Source of Drinking Water
The most common sources of drinking water

among households were water piped into the Table B.1 Percent distribution of households by
source of drinking water, Philippines: 2013
dwelling (29.1%), bottled water or refilling
station (25.9%) and protected well or tube Source of drinking water Percent
well (22.8%) [Table B.1].
Community water system
Piped into dwelling 29.1
NCR (47.8%) and CALABARZON (47.1%) Piped into yard/plot 4.0
have the largest portion of households which Piped into public tap 6.0
use water piped into the dwelling. More than
Point source
five in every ten households in Ilocos and Protected well 22.8
Cagayan Valley have protected wells same Open dug well 2.4
with around 4 out of every 10 households in
Develop spring 5.4
SOCCKSARGEN, Western Visayas,
Undeveloped spring 2.2
MIMAROPA and ARMM. River/stream/pond/lake 0.3
Bottled water/refilling station 25.9
The use of bottled water (access to refilling Rain water 0.3
Tanker truck/peddler 1.6
stations) was both common in NCR at 46.3
percent and Central Visayas at 40.5 percent Total 100.0
(Table 4.1). Number (in '000) 21,406

4.1.2 Household Toilet Facility
More than three in every four households Table B.2 Percent distribution of households by type of

have flush toilet facilities for its own use. toilet/latrine facilities, Philippines: 2013
This kind of toilet facility is the most widely Type of toilet/latrine facility Percent

used in all regions ranging from 58.8 percent
Flush toilet
in SOCCKSARGEN to 87.0 percent in
Own toilet 76.8
Central Luzon. The exception is ARMM
Shared toilet 13.2
where only 34.9 percent of households have
private flush toilet. Pit toilet/latrine
Closed pit 4.0
More than three in every ten households in Open pit 2.2
ARMM used closed pit toilet/latrine while Drop/overhang 0.3

14.3 percent used an open pit toilet. Pail system 0.1
Fourteen percent of households in Central No toilet/field/bush 3.5
Visayas and 10.9 percent in Bicol reported
Total 100.0
without toilet facility (Table 4.2).
Number (in '000) 21,406
4.1.3 Housing Characteristics
Over 90 percent of the households in the country have electricity. Eighty eight percent of
households have galvanized iron/aluminum roofing while more than half (51.5%) have
cemented main flooring and about two-thirds (62.6%) of households have cemented main
wall (Table B.3).
4.2 HOUSEHOLD POSSESSIONS
Over 4 in every 5 Over 4 in every 5 households owned cellular phones and

households own cellular almost the same proportion of households have
phones and almost the television. Ownership of motorcycles and tricycles were
same proportion of reported by 28.8 percent of the households.
households have
television.
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Table B.3 Percent distribution of households by presence of Table B.4 Percentage of households possessing
eletricity and housing materials, Philippines: 2013 various household amenities and means of
transportation, Philippines: 2013
Housing characteristic Percent
Possession Percent
Electricity
Yes 90.8 Household effects
No 9.2 Aircon 10.5
Washing machine 34.6
Main flooring material
Stove with oven/gas range 13.0
Natural Floor Earth/Sand 8.4
Refrigerator/freezer 40.5
Wood Planks 7.8
Palm/Bamboo 9.1
Personal computer 27.3
Parquet or Polished Wood 1.0 Cellular phone 82.1
Vinyl Linoleum 4.3 Landline/wireless 8.0
Ceramic Tiles 16.4 Audio component/stereo set 19.8
Cement 51.5 Video cassette recorder/player 8.1
Carpet 0.5 Karaoke/videoke 11.4
Marble 1.0 CD/VCD/DVD player 50.5
Other * Television 78.4
Radio 40.5
Total 100.0
Means of transport
Main roof material Tractor 1.4
Thatch/Palm Leaf (Nipa) 7.2
Motorized banca/boat 2.5
Sod/Grass (Cogon) 1.5
Car/jeep/van 9.4
Rustic Mat 0.1
Motorcycle/tricycle 28.8
Palm/Bamboo 0.4
Wood Planks 0.1 Bicycle/Pedicab 16.2
Makeshift/Cardboard 0.2
Galvanized Iron/Aluminum 88.0 Number (in '000) 21,406
Wood 0.3
Calamine/Cement Fiber 0.2
Ceramic Tiles 0.1
Cement 1.3
Roofing Shingles 0.4

No roof *

Total 100.0
Main wall material
Cane/palm/trunks 1.9
Dirt *
Bamboo 13.7
Stone with mud 0.1
Uncovered adobe 0.1
Plywood 7.8
Makeshift/cardboard/reused material 1.5
Cement/cement blocks 62.6
Stone with lime/cement 1.9
Bricks 0.1
Covered adobe *
Wood planks/shingles 9.3
Galvanized iron/aluminum 1.1
Other *

Total 100.0
Number (in '000) 21,406
Household Characteristics and Amenities | 19

4.3 SOCIO‐ECONOMIC STATUS
Figure 4.1 shows housing amenities of the top 70% and bottom 30% of households. Survey
results showed that 76.9 percent of households among the top 70% stratum have access to
electricity compared to 23.1 percent among the bottom 30% stratum. More than 4 in every 5
households from the top 70% stratum have flush toilets for their own use as compared to 1
household from the bottom 30% stratum. Among the top 70% stratum, 83.9 percent of
households have cemented flooring which is 30 percent more than the national average.
Four in every five households among the top 70% stratum have access to electricity, owned
flush toilet and have cemented flooring.
Note: Main sources of drinking water include piped into dwelling, protected well and
bottled water (refilling station).
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EDUCATION 5
5.1 HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
The total number of population 6 years old and over was

One in every four
estimated at 81.9 million in 2013, an increase of almost 2
Filipino males 6 years
million from 79.9 million in 2008. Of this number, 22.6
old and over ever percent attended elementary in both sexes. One out of every
attended elementary four Filipino males attended elementary while one in every
education while one five for females.
in every five for
females. Results further showed that there was a decrease of 2.4
percentage points in the population of students 6 years old
and over who have no formal education from 7.8 percent in 2008. This suggests that the
government program of targeting education for all Filipinos were somewhat achieved.
Those who have graduated from elementary school but did not proceed to a secondary level
comprised 3.5 percent (11.6% to 15.1%). Fifteen percent have reached but did not finish high
school level while 20.3 percent have finished high school. Percentage of high school
graduate has increased for the last five years for both sexes (17.8% in 2008 to 20.3% in
2013).
Table C.1 Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest educational
attainment and sex, Philippines: 2013
Both Sexes Male Female
Highest educational attainment
2013 2008 2013 2008 2013 2008
Philippines ('000)
Number ('000) 81,907 79,941 41,181 40,088 40,726 39,853
In percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No Grade Completed/Preschool 5.4 7.8 5.6 8.1 5.1 7.5

Elementary level 22.6 24.8 24.7 26.8 20.5 22.7
Elementary Graduate 11.6 12.9 11.5 12.9 11.6 12.9
High school level 15.1 15.9 15.3 15.8 14.8 15.9
High School Graduate 20.3 17.8 19.6 17.1 20.9 18.4
Post Secondary 4.5 3.8 4.7 3.9 4.3 3.7
College level 9.3 8.0 9.0 7.5 9.7 8.4
College Graduate or higher 11.3 9.2 9.5 7.8 13.1 10.8
Likewise, 20 percent either have Figure 5.1 Percent distribution of population 6 years
reached but did not complete old and over by highest educational
college (9.3%) or have actually attainment, Philippines: 2013
finished college or any higher level
of education (11.3%). Among high No Grade
school graduates, 9.3 percent 5.4
Completed/Preschool
continued up to at least college Elementary level 22.6
level while 11.3 percent finished
college (Figure 5.1). Elementary Graduate 11.6
High school level 15.1
Education differential for male and
female was less apparent in all High School Graduate 20.3
levels except in college where
Post Secondary 4.5
female population were more
educated than males. A higher College level 9.3
percentage of females (13.1%) than
College Graduate or higher 11.3
males (9.5%) have completed
college or higher level of education.
Same is true in the college
attendance where females
Figure 5.2 Percent distribution of population 6 years
comprised 9.7 percent, a little old and over by highest educational attainment and
higher than males with 9.0 percent. sex, Philippines: 2013
More males attended elementary
(24.7%) than females (20.5%) 5.6
No Grade Completed/Preschool
5.1
[Figure 5.2].
24.7
Elementary level
20.5
Across regions, Ilocos and
CALABARZON had the highest Elementary Graduate
11.5
proportion of population with some 11.6
years of attendance in high school 15.3

High school level
or high school graduate (39.3% and 14.8 Male
39.0%, respectively). Central Luzon 19.6 Female
High School Graduate
came next (38.1%) while the NCR 20.9
ranked third (37.6%). Figures for 4.7
Post Secondary
these four regions exceeded the 4.3
national figure (35.4%). The figures 9.0
for the rest of the regions fell below College level
9.7
the national average with ARMM
9.5
reporting the lowest proportion College Graduate or higher
13.1
(26.4%) [Figure 5.3].
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Figure 5.3 Percentage of population 6 years old and
over who have reached high school or graduated
from high school by region, Philippines: 2013
Philippines 35.4
National Capital Region 37.6
Cordillera Administrative Region 32.3
I ‐ Ilocos 39.3
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 33.6
III ‐ Central Luzon 38.1
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 39.0
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 33.1
V ‐ Bicol 34.9
VI ‐ Western Visayas 32.8
VII ‐ Central Visayas 33.2
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 30.3
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 34.9
XI ‐ Davao 33.8
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 31.1
XIII ‐ Caraga 34.2
ARMM 26.4
Figure 5.4 shows the percentage of the population in each region who completed at least first
year of college education. NCR recorded the highest proportion (33.1%) well above the
national average of 20.6 percent. CAR came next (25.6%), followed by Cagayan Valley
(22.5%). SOCCSKSARGEN and Caraga both have 17.1 percent each. In contrast, ARMM
registered the lowest proportion (11.6%) along with Bicol and MIMAROPA (14.0% and
14.7%, respectively).
Education | 23

Figure 5.4 Percentage of population 6 years old and
over who have some college or higher level of
education by region, Philippines: 2013
Philippines 20.6
I ‐ Ilocos 20.2
V ‐ Bicol 14.0
XI ‐ Davao 17.5
ARMM 11.6
5.2 ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL
Respondents were asked if household members 6 to 24

Seven out of every ten
years old, excluding those who were overseas contract
workers or overseas Filipino workers, were attending Filipinos in MIMAROPA,
school. Central Visayas, and
ARMM aged 6 to 24 years
Results showed that 68.3 percent of the estimated 36
were attending school.
million population 6 to 24 years old were attending school
during the school year covering June 2013 to March 2014.
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Figure 5.5 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old
who are currently attending school
by region, Philippines: 2013
Philippines 68.3
I ‐ Ilocos 69.2
V ‐ Bicol 73.3
XI ‐ Davao 66.2
ARMM 66.9
5.3 NET ENROLLMENT RATIO (NER)
Nine out of every ten Filipino children The Net enrollment ratio (NER) for

6 to 11 years old enrolled in primary school age children was placed
at 92.6 percent for the school year
elementary grades.
covered in this survey. The NERs for the
population in the secondary school ages
Figure 5.6 Net enrollment ratio by age group and those in the tertiary school ages
and sex, Philippines: 2013
were much lower. More than six out of
92.6 91.8 93.5 Both every 10 persons of secondary school
Male ages, or persons 12 to 15 years old, were
71.2
64.9
58.9
Female enrolled in high school.
54.2 51.8 56.7
Only 20.7 percent of persons 16 to 24

20.7 18.8 22.7 years old, attended college. The NER
among females was generally higher
than males in all levels (Figure 5.6).
Philippines 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
(Primary) (Secondary) (Tertiary)
Education | 25

Ilocos region topped the regions in terms of NER for primary school age children (96.9%). It
was followed by Cagayan Valley (96.1%), Bicol (95.1%) and Western Visayas (94.2%).
ARMM posted the lowest NER with 84.2 percent.
The highest NER for the secondary school age population was recorded in Central Luzon
(74.0%) while the lowest, in SOCCSKSARGEN (52.2%). The tertiary NER was highest in
ARMM (26.3%) and lowest in Caraga (14.3%). At the national level, females were higher in
NER in all levels of education with 12.3 percent higher in secondary school than males
(58.9%) [Table C.2].
Table C.2 Net enrollment ratio by age group and sex, Philippines: 2013
Both sexes Male Female
Region
Total 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24 Total 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24 Total 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
Philippines 54.2 92.6 64.9 20.7 51.8 91.8 58.9 18.8 56.7 93.5 71.2 22.7
NCR 55.0 92.0 72.0 25.9 55.0 89.7 71.1 25.7 54.9 94.4 73.0 26.1
CAR 53.9 93.8 67.1 22.5 50.0 94.7 56.8 19.4 57.9 93.0 78.5 25.8
I ‐ Ilocos 57.4 96.9 73.3 20.7 55.2 96.4 65.8 19.4 59.7 97.6 81.2 22.0
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 58.1 96.1 72.3 23.7 55.8 95.4 67.0 22.3 60.6 96.8 78.0 25.2
III ‐ Central Luzon 56.3 92.9 74.0 21.5 54.4 92.0 69.7 19.7 58.5 93.9 78.5 23.4
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 54.2 93.0 67.9 19.6 52.1 92.0 59.8 18.2 56.5 94.2 76.7 21.0
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 52.9 91.4 60.4 15.2 47.7 90.7 49.2 10.5 58.5 92.1 71.2 20.4
V ‐ Bicol 57.5 95.1 64.3 19.4 54.2 94.9 58.0 16.1 61.2 95.3 71.1 23.1
VI ‐ Western Visayas 52.1 94.2 58.1 19.5 48.7 92.7 52.6 16.7 55.8 95.6 63.7 22.7
VII ‐ Central Visayas 54.9 92.7 63.2 22.8 52.2 92.3 56.7 21.3 57.7 93.2 69.1 24.5
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 51.9 92.1 55.7 18.1 48.7 92.5 46.3 15.3 55.2 91.6 65.3 21.2
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 52.1 92.0 62.1 15.8 48.4 91.6 56.3 11.5 55.9 92.5 68.4 20.5
XI ‐ Davao 48.4 92.1 54.1 15.2 46.8 91.7 47.9 15.6 50.0 92.5 60.5 14.7
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 49.8 89.6 52.2 19.5 47.0 88.7 47.0 16.7 52.7 90.5 57.8 22.5
XIII ‐ Caraga 51.9 92.4 61.8 14.3 47.7 91.2 53.7 12.1 56.4 93.7 70.2 16.9
ARMM 56.1 84.2 59.3 26.3 54.2 84.3 50.5 25.4 57.9 84.0 66.9 27.1
5.4 MODE OF TRAVEL
Survey results reported that more than half (52.4%) of the population 6 to 24 years old went
to school by walking (accessible with transport system). Students who took
tricycle/motorcycle/pedicab in going to school comprised 37.4 percent. However, there were
still 6.2 percent of students or approximately 2.4 million students who walked to school
because of the absence of transport system in the area (Figure 5.7).
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Figure 5.7 Percent of population 6 to 24 years old
who are currently attending school by mode of
travel to school, Philippines: 2013
Walking Accessible (with
52.4
transport system)
Tricycle/ Motorcycle/Pedicab 37.4
PUJ/FX/ VAN/BUS 18
Walking (no transportation) 6.2
Private Motor Vehicle (Car) 2.6
School Service 1.3
Banca 0.6
LRT/MRT 0.4
Horse Riding 0.1
Almost two out of every three students in ARMM (65.8%) went to school by walking and so
with the students in CAR and MIMAROPA (62.7% and 62.6%, respectively). A little more
than one out of every ten students in Bicol (12.4%), CAR (12.2%), ARMM (12.2%), Caraga
(11.9%), Zamboanga Peninsula (11.4%), and MIMAROPA (11.3%) have to walk to school
because of the absence of transportation in the area. More than half of the students in Ilocos
went to school by tricycle/motorcycle/pedicab (54.8%) while three out of ten students in
NCR (30.0%) and ARMM (30.4%) go to school by PUJ/FX/Van/Bus (Table C.3).
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Table C.3 Percent distribution of population 6 to 24 years old who are currently attending school by mode of travel to school by
region, Philippines: 2013
Mode of travel
Population Walking
6 to 24 Accessible Walking Private
Region
years old (With no Motor Tricycle/
('000) transport transport‐ PUJ/FX/ School Vehicle LRT/ Motorcycle Horse Other
system) ation VAN/BUS Service (Car) MRT /Pedicab Riding Banca means
Philippines 24,758 52.4 6.2 18.0 1.3 2.6 0.4 37.4 0.1 0.6 *
NCR 3,020 39.7 ‐ 30.0 4.7 2.9 2.4 31.1 ‐ 0.1 ‐
CAR 455 62.7 12.2 25.1 0.3 3.9 ‐ 8.6 ‐ ‐ ‐
I ‐ Ilocos 1,249 50.4 3.4 13.9 0.4 2.5 ‐ 54.8 ‐ ‐ 0.1
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 878 55.8 2.1 14.5 0.1 1.4 ‐ 39.4 ‐ 0.4 ‐
III ‐ Central Luzon 2,724 42.3 6.6 20.4 2.1 4.5 0.1 35.9 ‐ 0.8 ‐
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 3,481 47.3 3.0 24.0 2.1 1.9 0.2 35.0 ‐ 0.5 ‐
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 835 62.6 11.3 4.5 ‐ 2.2 ‐ 31.6 ‐ 0.6 ‐
V ‐ Bicol 1,717 56.3 12.4 10.7 ‐ 0.9 0.3 39.4 ‐ 1.5 ‐
VI ‐ Western Visayas 1,963 60.3 6.5 15.4 0.2 2.6 ‐ 48.9 ‐ 0.9 ‐
VII ‐ Central Visayas 1,945 59.4 7.0 17.1 0.4 2.3 ‐ 37.5 ‐ 0.4 ‐
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 1,027 61.0 11.4 7.2 1.8 4.0 ‐ 22.2 ‐ 0.2 ‐
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 1,237 61.2 5.3 15.7 0.3 2.3 ‐ 26.2 ‐ ‐ ‐
XI ‐ Davao 1,233 48.5 6.2 16.0 0.3 4.7 ‐ 49.3 ‐ 0.1 0.1
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 1,223 52.9 3.6 5.9 0.3 2.3 ‐ 46.6 ‐ ‐ ‐
XIII ‐ Caraga 714 57.0 11.9 5.9 0.9 3.1 ‐ 33.3 ‐ 1.3 ‐
ARMM 1,056 65.8 12.2 30.4 0.1 0.6 ‐ 44.1 3.2 2.3 ‐
Notes: Numbers may not sum to the total with any means of tranportation because more than one means of
transportation could be reported for each individual. An asterisk denotes a figure is less than 0.05 percent
5.5 REASON FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL
The 2013 FLEMMS results show that of the total

One out of every three of population 6 to 24 years old, 24.8 million were
school age 6 to 24 years who currently attending school while 11.5 million were
are not attending school not attending school. The primary reason of those not
attending school was employment or looking for
reported employment/
work with 28.8 percent, followed by family income
looking for work as their not sufficient to send child to school with 15.7
primary reason. percent and lack of interest as the third primary
reason with 14.9 percent (Figure 5.8 and Table C.4).
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Figure 5.8 Percent distribution of population 6 to
24 years old who are not attending school by
reason for not attending, Philippines: 2013
Employment/Looking for Work 28.8
Family income not sufficient to
15.7
send child to school
Lack of Personal Interest 14.9
Marriage 12.9
Finished Schooling 10.0
High Cost Of Education 7.5
Housekeeping 3.8
Illness/Disability 3.0
Cannot Cope with School Work 0.9
Too Young to Go to School 0.6
Schools Are Very Far 0.4
Problem with School Record 0.3
Problem with Birth Certificate 0.2
Others 0.8

For age group 6 to 11, the primary reason for not attending school was the lack of personal
interest (24.9%) followed by illness/disability (20.4%) and too young to go to school
(19.1%). Lack of personal interest and insufficient family income were also the main reason
for not attending school among population 12 to 15 years old (Table C.4).

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Table C.4 Percent distribution of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending
school by reason for not attending by age group, Philippines: 2013
Age group
Reason for not attending
6‐24 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
Philippines 11,480 326 584 10,570

Number (in '000)
Schools are very far 0.4 4.1 0.6 0.3

No school within the barangay 0.2 1.7 0.4 0.1
No regular transportation * 0.1 ‐ *
High cost of education 7.5 3.4 4.5 7.8
Illness/disability 3.0 20.4 10.3 2.1
Housekeeping 3.8 0.7 1.1 4.1
Marriage 12.9 ‐ 1.4 13.9
Employment/looking for work 28.8 0.3 7.7 30.9
Lack of personnal interest 14.9 24.9 46.1 12.9
Cannot cope with school work 0.9 4.4 3.9 0.6
Finished schooling 10.0 ‐ ‐ 10.9
Problem with school record 0.3 1.5 1.8 0.2
Problem with birth certificate 0.2 2.7 1.2 0.1
Too young to go to school 0.6 19.1 0.2 *
Family income not sufficient to send 15.7 11.8 19.8 15.6
child to school
Others 0.6 4.9 1.0 0.5
Note: An asterisk denotes a figure is less than 0.05 percent

Reasons for not attending school varies little across regions (Table C.5). In particular,
“employment/ looking for work” was cited the most in Central Visayas (44.8%),
CALABARZON (41.4%), NCR (36.9%), and Central Luzon (30.4%).
On the other hand, “low family income” was the most apparent in MIMAROPA (24.6%),
Caraga (24.2%), Northern Mindanao (20.7%), Ilocos (20.1%) and ARMM (20.1%).

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Table C.5 Percent distribution of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending school by reason for
not attending by region, Philippines: 2013
Reasons for not attending school
Populati
No No
on 6 to
school regular High Ill‐
Region 24 years
Schools w/in trans‐ Cost of ness/
old
are the port‐ educat‐ Dis‐ House‐
( in '000)
Total very far brgy ation ion ability keeping Marri‐age
Philippines 11,480 100.0 0.4 0.2 * 7.5 3.0 3.8 12.9
NCR 1,537 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ 5.3 2.4 3.9 12.8
CAR 226 100.0 1.0 ‐ ‐ 6.9 2.0 2.1 18.9
I ‐ Ilocos 556 100.0 ‐ ‐ 0.2 9.7 4.2 3.8 10.7
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 383 100.0 ‐ 0.2 0.5 7.3 3.4 6.3 14.2
III ‐ Central Luzon 1,335 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ 7.8 3.0 4.3 14.5
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 1,727 100.0 0.1 0.1 ‐ 6.7 2.4 3.5 11.9
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 355 100.0 0.6 2.1 ‐ 2.9 4.9 3.0 11.7
V ‐ Bicol 626 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ 10.5 5.0 2.4 14.0
VI ‐ Western Visayas 869 100.0 1.0 ‐ ‐ 6.3 4.4 2.9 10.3
VII ‐ Central Visayas 831 100.0 0.6 ‐ ‐ 6.4 2.4 4.6 9.8
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 448 100.0 1.2 ‐ ‐ 8.6 2.9 3.9 12.8
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 609 100.0 1.1 ‐ ‐ 8.7 3.1 4.2 12.9
XI ‐ Davao 629 100.0 0.8 ‐ ‐ 8.9 2.7 4.6 17.7
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 568 100.0 1.1 ‐ 0.1 8.2 3.0 3.2 15.8 ‐
XIII ‐ Caraga 325 100.0 0.9 0.2 ‐ 6.4 3.1 4.1 14.2
ARMM 455 100.0 1.1 2.1 0.1 14.9 1.3 4.1 9.3

Table C.5 ‐ Concluded
Reasons for not attending school
Too Family
Employ‐ Lack of Cannot Finish‐ Problem Problem young income
Region
ment/ person‐ cope with ed with with birth to go not
Looking nal school school‐ school certifi‐ to sufficient
for work interest work ing record cate school to send
Philippines 28.8 14.9 0.9 10.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 15.7
NCR 36.9 8.5 0.7 16.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 11.8
CAR 16.5 20.6 0.6 16.5 0.2 0.2 ‐ 13.1
I ‐ Ilocos 16.0 19.0 0.8 15.0 ‐ 0.1 ‐ 20.1
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 24.4 11.8 0.9 12.6 ‐ ‐ 0.2 17.9
III ‐ Central Luzon 30.4 11.0 0.5 9.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 17.6
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 41.4 10.9 0.1 8.8 0.2 ‐ 0.5 12.3
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 15.7 25.7 0.9 5.7 0.5 ‐ 0.6 24.6
V ‐ Bicol 17.9 19.0 2.2 8.1 0.6 0.2 ‐ 19.5
VI ‐ Western Visayas 27.6 17.1 0.3 9.7 ‐ 0.1 0.2 19.7
VII ‐ Central Visayas 44.8 14.6 0.5 4.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 8.1
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 24.9 17.5 1.6 12.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 13.3
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 16.5 19.5 1.3 11.0 0.2 ‐ 0.5 20.7
XI ‐ Davao 26.0 16.5 0.7 10.6 ‐ 0.1 0.5 10.3
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 25.5 17.5 0.9 5.3 0.5 0.8 0.5 17.4 ‐
XIII ‐ Caraga 16.8 20.8 0.4 8.2 ‐ 0.2 0.2 24.2
ARMM 10.3 23.0 4.7 2.8 0.1 ‐ 6.0 20.1
Note: An asterisk denotes a figure is less than 0.05 percent

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5.6 OUT‐OF‐SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUTH (OSCY)

Survey results showed one in every ten or
One in every 10 Filipino children and
about 4 million children and youth was
youth 6 to 24 years old was out‐of‐
out-of-school.
school
OSCY was most prevalent in regions of
Mindanao where the proportion of OSCY Figure 5.9 Percentage of population 6 to
24 years old who are out‐of‐school by
to population 6 to 24 years old exceeded region, Philippines: 2013
the national average of 10.6 percent with
the exception of Northern Mindanao Philippines 10.6
(9.8%). The highest figure was in ARMM
(14.4%) followed by SOCCSKSARGEN National Capital Region 10.3
(12.3%) and Davao (12.2%). Cordillera Administrative

7.1
Region
I ‐ Ilocos 9.9

In contrast, the lowest proportion of OSCY
were observed in CAR (7.1%) followed by II ‐ Cagayan Valley 8.7
Bicol (8.6%) and Cagayan Valley (8.7%).
In general, the proportion of OSCY was IVA ‐ CALABARZON 9.7

higher among those aged 15 to 24 years
than among those aged 6 to 14 years and
also among females (10.0%) than males V ‐ Bicol 8.6
(7.9%) [Table C.5]. VI ‐ Western Visayas 10.1

IX ‐ Zamboanga
11.3
Peninsula
XI ‐ Davao 12.2
ARMM 14.4
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Survey results revealed that the most common reason for being OSCY was marriage (22.9%)
followed by family income not sufficient to send child to school (this refers to all
educational expenses other than tuition fee) and lack of personal interest with 19.2 percent
and 19.1 percent, respectively (Figure 5.10).
Figure 5.10 Percentage of population 6 to
24 years old who are out‐of‐school by
reason for not attending school,
Philippines: 2013
Marriage 22.9
Family income not sufficient
19.2
to send child to school
Lack of Personnal Interest 19.1
Housekeeping 9.1
High Cost Of Education 9.0
Employment/Looking for
5.5
Work
Too Young to Go to School 1.7
Cannot Cope with School
1.3
Work
Problem with School Record 0.7
Schools Are Very Far 0.7
Problem with Birth
0.4
Certificate
Finished Schooling 0.4
No School Within The
0.3
Barangay
No Regular Transportation 0.0
Others 1.4
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Table C.6 Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old who are out‐of‐school by age group,
sex and region, Philippines: 2013
Proportion of
Region Population out‐of‐school Age group Sex
(in '000) to population 6‐14 15‐24 Male Female
Philippines 36,238 10.6 3.5 17.5 7.9 13.3
NCR 4,556 10.3 2.4 16.9 9.9 10.8
CAR 681 7.1 2.1 11.4 4.2 10.0
I ‐ Ilocos 1,806 9.9 1.7 18.0 7.5 12.6
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 1,261 8.7 2.5 14.5 4.3 13.3
III ‐ Central Luzon 4,060 11.6 3.5 19.5 8.8 14.5
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 5,209 9.7 3.5 15.9 8.0 11.5
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 1,189 11.2 3.4 19.9 6.9 15.7
V ‐ Bicol 2,344 8.6 2.3 16.0 6.2 11.2
VI ‐ Western Visayas 2,832 10.1 3.1 16.9 7.8 12.6
VII ‐ Central Visayas 2,776 10.6 4.0 17.1 8.6 12.7
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 1,475 11.3 3.8 19.0 7.2 15.6
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 1,846 9.8 2.6 17.0 6.4 13.4
XI ‐ Davao 1,862 12.2 4.2 19.7 6.3 18.4
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 1,791 12.3 4.9 19.7 10.0 14.8
XIII ‐ Caraga 1,039 11.3 2.5 20.4 7.4 15.5
ARMM 1,511 14.4 10.9 18.7 10.3 18.5

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LITERACY 6
6.1 BASIC OR SIMPLE LITERACY
Basic or simple literacy is the ability of a person to read and write with understanding a
simple message in any language or dialect.
In 2013, 96.5 percent of 74 million Filipinos 10 years old and

Almost all
over were basically literate. The proportion of basically literate Filipinos 10 years
females was higher (97.0%) than their male counterparts old and over were
(96.1%). basically literate.
The basic literacy rate in 2013 (96.5%) represents an improvement from 95.6 percent
recorded in 2008.
Table D.1 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by sex, by age group, Philippines: 2008 and 2013
2013 2008
(In thousands) (In Percent) (In thousands) (In Percent)
Population 10 years old Population 10 years old and
Age Group and over Basic literacy rate over Basic literacy rate
Both Both Both Both
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Sexes Sexes Sexes Sexes
Philippines 73,740 36,978 36,762 96.5 96.1 97.0 70,818 35,495 35,323 95.6 95.1 96.1
10 ‐ 14 9,823 5,063 4,760 97.4 96.4 98.5 11,710 6,029 5,681 96.6 95.7 97.5
15 ‐ 19 9,593 4,898 4,695 98.3 97.7 99.0 10,638 5,259 5,379 97.8 96.9 98.6
20 ‐ 24 8,856 4,487 4,369 97.9 97.1 98.6 7,379 3,810 3,569 97.7 97.2 98.3
25 ‐ 29 7,737 3,909 3,828 97.8 97.4 98.3 7,212 3,628 3,583 97.2 97.0 97.3
30 ‐ 39 13,124 6,646 6,478 96.8 96.1 97.4 12,506 6,236 6,271 95.9 95.4 96.4
40 ‐ 49 10,463 5,293 5,170 95.9 95.6 96.2 9,551 4,847 4,704 94.9 94.4 95.4
50 ‐ 59 7,404 3,687 3,717 95.1 94.6 95.6 6,151 3,071 3,081 93.6 93.4 93.8
60 and over 6,741 2,995 3,745 91.5 91.9 91.3 5,671 2,615 3,056 87.6 87.4 87.7

Among the regions, NCR (99.5%), Ilocos (98.2%), Cagayan Valley (97.9%), Central Luzon
(98.2%), and CALABARZON (98.4%) posted basic literacy rate higher than the national
figure (96.5%). ARMM had the lowest literacy rate with 86.1 percent along with
SOCCSKSARGEN (90.8%).
.
Figure 6.1 Basic literacy rate of population 10 years
old and over by region, Philippines: 2013
Philippines 96.5
NCR 99.5
CAR 94.9
I ‐ Ilocos 98.2
V ‐ Bicol 96.0
XI ‐ Davao 95.2
ARMM 86.1

6.2 FUNCTIONAL LITERACY

Among the 69 million population 10 to 64 years old, 35
Nine out of every ten million were males and 34 million were females. Nine out
Filipinos 10 to 64 of ten Filipinos were functionally literate (90.3%). The
years of age were functional literacy rate among females (92.0%) was higher
functionally literate. than among males (88.7%) [Table 9].
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Table D.2 Percentage of population 10‐64 years old who are classified into the
different literacy levels by age group and sex, Philippines: 2013
Literacy levels
Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Age Group and
Can read, High
Sex
Cannot Can Can read, write, school
read and read and write and compute and graduate Under‐
write write compute comprehend or higher termined
Both Sexes 5.1 93.6 90.3 74.7 51.3 1.3

10 ‐ 14 6.4 91.1 83.2 54.8 ‐ 2.5
15 ‐ 19 2.8 96.3 93.7 76.6 41.1 0.9
20 ‐ 24 2.7 96.6 95.1 86.9 74.9 0.6
25 ‐ 29 3.2 95.9 93.8 84.8 73.1 0.9
30 ‐ 39 5.1 93.9 91.5 79.2 65.1 1.0
40 ‐ 49 6.5 92.2 89.3 74.3 57.5 1.3
50 ‐ 59 7.4 91.0 87.5 70.4 51.2 1.6
60 ‐ 64 9.6 88.0 83.6 62.9 43.1 2.4
Male 6.1 92.3 88.7 71.6 48.1 1.5
10 ‐ 14 8.0 89.1 81.3 51.6 ‐ 2.9
15 ‐ 19 3.8 95.0 91.9 71.8 36.0 1.2
20 ‐ 24 3.7 95.5 93.3 83.0 69.1 0.8
25 ‐ 29 3.8 94.8 92.4 81.9 68.3 1.3
30 ‐ 39 6.4 92.4 89.4 75.8 60.4 1.2
40 ‐ 49 7.5 91.0 87.7 72.0 55.4 1.5
50 ‐ 59 8.2 90.2 86.7 69.0 50.8 1.6
60 ‐ 64 10.2 87.2 82.5 62.5 45.2 2.6
Female 4.0 94.9 92.0 77.9 54.6 1.0
10 ‐ 14 4.8 93.1 85.2 58.2 ‐ 2.1
15 ‐ 19 1.8 97.7 95.6 81.6 46.4 0.5
20 ‐ 24 1.7 97.9 97.0 90.9 80.8 0.4
25 ‐ 29 2.5 96.9 95.2 87.8 78.0 0.6
30 ‐ 39 3.8 95.4 93.5 82.7 69.8 0.8
40 ‐ 49 5.4 93.5 90.8 76.6 59.5 1.1
50 ‐ 59 6.7 91.8 88.3 71.7 51.6 1.6
60 ‐ 64 9.1 88.7 84.7 63.4 41.1 2.1

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Figure 6.2 shows that the functional literacy rate in 2013 (90.3%) was higher compared with
86.4 percent in 2008. There are more females who were functionally literate than males.
Figure 6.2 Functional literacy rate of population 10

to 64 years old by sex , Philippines: 2008 and 2013
2013 2008
92.0
90.3
88.7 88.7
86.4
84.2
Both Sexes Male Female
Majority of regions in Luzon posted functional literacy rates higher than the national average.
Northern Mindanao had the highest functional literacy rate (94.0%) among regions of
Mindanao. ARMM had the lowest functional literacy rate (72.1%).
Figure 6.3 Functional literacy rate of
population 10 to 64 years old by
Philippines 90.3
NCR 95.3
CAR 91.2
I ‐ Ilocos 93.0
V ‐ Bicol 87.1
XI ‐ Davao 86.0
ARMM 72.1

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Functional literacy of a person increases with level of education. Almost all persons 10 to 64
years old who had reached high school were functionally literate. Eight out of ten persons 10
to 64 years old were elementary graduate and 7 out of 10 were in elementary level.
Table D.3. Percentage of population 10‐64 years old who are classified into the different literacy levels by
highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2013
Literacy levels
a b d
Level 0 Level 1 Level 3Level 2 Level 4
Can read,
Populati write, High
on 10‐64 Cannot Can read, compute school
Highest educational attainment years old read and Can read write and and com‐ graduate Undeter‐
c
and Region ('000) write and write compute prehend or higher mined
Philippines ('000) 69,438 5.1 93.6 90.3 74.7 51.3 1.3
No Grade Completed 1,027 97.2 2.8 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.0

Preschool 35 85.4 14.6 10.5 4.5 0.0 0.0
Elementary level 11,845 15.9 80.9 71.4 40.0 0.0 3.3
Elementary Graduate 8,486 4.5 92.5 85.5 48.6 0.0 3.1
High School level 12,408 1.8 96.1 91.3 59.5 0.0 2.0
High School Graduate or higher 35,637 * 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. An asterisk denotes a figure less than 0.05 percent.
Due to sample size limitation, 100.0 percent here does not imply complete absence of iliteracy
but implies a very high literacy rate.
a Population aged 10‐64 years who can read and write only.
b Population aged 10‐64 years who can read, write and compute or have numerical skill.
c Population who could not be classified into any of the levels of functional literacy based on the criteria used
d Population who graduated from high school or completed higher level of education are, in this tabulation,
automically considered functionally literate

Figure 6.4 shows that four out of every five persons 10 to 64 years old who were at the
bottom 30% stratum and nine out of 10 among the top 70% stratum were functionally
literate.
Data on functional literacy on socio-economic status by region shows that the functional
literacy rate was lower in the bottom 30% compared to the top 70% stratum. Cagayan Valley
posted the highest functional literacy rate among regions.
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Figure 6.4 Functional literacy rate of population
10 to 64 years old by socio‐economic status, by
Philippines 78.8
94.8
NCR 89.4
95.7
CAR 84.0
94.1
I ‐ Ilocos 83.9
95.5
98.0
93.7
96.6
94.2
V ‐ Bicol 79.9
92.3
92.1
91.6
94.9
97.6
XI ‐ Davao 74.3
94.7
93.3
95.8
ARMM 66.7
86.6
Bottom 30% Top 70%
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MASS MEDIA 7
7.1 EXPOSURE TO MASS MEDIA
Mass media is one of the tools to disseminate information,

Four in every five
provides entertainment, and a tool that allows global interaction
Filipinos watched through social media. Access to information is essential in
television. increasing people’s knowledge and awareness of what is taking
place around them that may eventually affect their perceptions and behavior. In the 2013
FLEMMS, exposure to different forms of mass media was assessed by answering the self-
administered questionnaire by indicating how often a respondents reads a newspaper,
magazine, comics, books, posters, signs, brochures or flyers; watches or listens to television,
radio, movies, or plays; checks email or surfs the internet; writes reports or correspondence;
and makes calculations.
Majority of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old were exposed to television (81.0%), radio (65.6%),
newspaper (60.7%) and magazine (60.6%). In this survey, exposure to the mass media means
that respondent accessed the specific forms of mass media everyday or at least once a week
or seldom in the last 12 months preceding the survey (Figure 7.1).
Figure 7.1 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who were
exposed to specific forms of mass media by frequency of
exposure, Philippines: 2013
Everday At least once a week Seldom
Television 65.0 6.6 9.4
Radio 26.3 15.1 24.2
Magazines 12.3 18.4 30.0
Newspaper 9.8 18.0 32.8
Posters 5.8 12.9 31.3
Make Calculations 17.1 11.6 20.4
Attend Meetings 3.5 12.0 32.1
Surf The Internet (Social Media) 16.2 13.5 14.2
Movies 5.5 8.5 28.8
Surf The Internet (Research Work) 13.9 13.4 14.8
Write A Report 3.26.0 21.6

Television was the most popular form of mass media with 65.0 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64
years old watching television everyday while 26.3 percent listened to radio. Almost one in
every ten Filipinos read magazine (12.3%) and newspaper (9.8%) everyday.
Sixteen percent of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old surfed the internet for social interaction
(facebook, twitter, etc) everyday. Another 13.9 percent accessed the internet to do research
work or study.
Among the Filipinos 10 to 64 years old, females were more exposed to specific forms mass
media than males. In particular, about 83.0 percent of females 10 to 64 years old watched
television compared to 79.1 percent of males.
Figure 7.2 Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who
were exposed to specific forms of mass media by
sex, Philippines: 2013
Male Female
Television 79.1 83.0
Radio 64.1 67.3
Magazines 56.2 65.2
Newspaper 58.4 62.8
Posters 45.1 55.0
Make Calculations 46.0 52.2
Attend Meetings 44.7 50.6
Surf The Internet (Social Media) 40.8 47.0
Movies 40.9 44.8
Surf The Internet (Research Work) 39.3 45.1
Write A Report 28.1 33.6

The figures in Table 7.2 also suggests that there is no significant differences across ages in
terms of exposure to specific forms of mass media except for surfing the internet for social
media and research work. Younger Filipinos had more exposure to the internet than the older
ones. Almost two in every three Filipinos 15 to 19 years old had exposure to internet: surf the
internet for social media/interaction (67.8%) and surf the internet for research work (65.3%),
compared with only 24.2 percent and 24.0 percent of those aged 40 to 49 years, respectively.
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Mass media exposure increases with both educational level and socio-economic status of the
respondent. Specifically, 83.3 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old with college degree or
higher watched television everyday, compared with 2.0 percent for persons with no grade
completed/preschool. In addition, 21.2 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old with college
degree or higher read newspaper, compared with less than one percent of Filipinos 10 to 64
years old with no grade completed/preschool (Table 7.3).
In terms of socio-economic status, there were more Filipinos 10 to 64 years old in the top
70% stratum who were exposed to mass media compared to bottom 30% stratum, however,
this varies in terms of frequency of exposure. In particular, 41.6 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64
years old in the bottom 30% stratum surfed the internet for social interaction everyday,
compared with 26.2 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old in the top 70% stratum. On the
other hand, 15.9 percent of Filipinos 10 to 64 years old in the top 70% stratum surfed the
internet for social interaction at least once a week compared with 9.8 percent of Filipinos 10
to 64 years old in the bottom 30% stratum (Table 7.4).
The 2013 FLEMMS also revealed that exposure to specific forms of mass media was
generally higher among persons who were functional literate. It ranges from 96.4 percent for
those who watched television to 97.9 percent for those who surfed the internet for social
interaction. Functional literacy rates were about the same for females and males who had
exposure to a specific form of mass media.
Table E.1 Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by
specific forms of mass media exposed to, by sex, Philippines: 2013
Sex
Form of Mass Media Both Sexes Male Female
Philippines 69,438 35,155 34,283
Newspaper 97.0 96.7 97.4

Magazines 96.9 96.5 97.4
Posters 97.7 97.3 98.1
Television 96.4 95.8 96.9
Radio 96.7 96.2 97.2
Movies 97.6 97.3 97.9
Surf the internet (Research Work) 97.8 97.6 98.0
Surf the internet (Social Media) 97.9 97.5 98.2
Attend Meetings 97.4 97.1 97.7
Write a Report 97.1 96.8 97.4
Make Calculations 97.2 96.8 97.6
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STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 1. Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by age group, sex and
Age Group and Region Both Sexes Male Female
Philippines ('000) 81,907 41,181 40,726

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.0 10.2 9.7
10 ‐ 14 12.0 12.3 11.7
15 ‐ 19 11.7 11.9 11.5
20 ‐ 24 10.8 10.9 10.7
25 ‐ 29 9.4 9.5 9.4
30 ‐ 39 16.0 16.1 15.9
40 ‐ 49 12.8 12.9 12.7
50 ‐ 59 9.0 9.0 9.1
60 and over 8.2 7.3 9.2
National Capital Region ('000) 11,127 5,430 5,698

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 8.4 8.9 7.9
10 ‐ 14 10.2 10.7 9.7
15 ‐ 19 10.7 10.7 10.7
20 ‐ 24 11.8 11.7 12.0
25 ‐ 29 11.3 11.2 11.3
30 ‐ 39 18.0 18.3 17.7
40 ‐ 49 13.4 13.4 13.4
50 ‐ 59 9.2 9.1 9.4
60 and over 7.0 6.1 7.8
Cordillera Administrative Region (' 1,498 756 742

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.5 8.8 10.2
10 ‐ 14 11.4 11.6 11.2
15 ‐ 19 12.5 12.6 12.4
20 ‐ 24 12.2 12.3 12.1
25 ‐ 29 9.9 10.3 9.6
30 ‐ 39 15.0 15.5 14.5
40 ‐ 49 12.2 12.5 12.0
50 ‐ 59 8.8 8.9 8.8
60 and over 8.4 7.6 9.3
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 4,345 2,186 2,159
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.3 9.8 8.9
10 ‐ 14 11.3 11.7 11.0
15 ‐ 19 11.0 11.4 10.7
20 ‐ 24 10.1 10.4 9.9
25 ‐ 29 9.2 9.3 9.0
30 ‐ 39 15.6 15.8 15.3
40 ‐ 49 12.9 13.0 12.8
50 ‐ 59 9.6 9.5 9.8
60 and over 10.9 9.1 12.7
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,956 1,504 1,451

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.1 9.3 9.0
10 ‐ 14 11.6 11.8 11.3
15 ‐ 19 11.7 11.9 11.4
20 ‐ 24 10.6 10.8 10.5
25 ‐ 29 9.1 9.2 9.0
30 ‐ 39 15.9 16.1 15.8
40 ‐ 49 13.3 13.4 13.2
50 ‐ 59 9.8 9.7 9.9
60 and over 8.9 7.8 10.0
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Table 1 ‐ Continued

III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 9,548 4,821 4,727
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.6 10.2 8.9
10 ‐ 14 11.5 11.8 11.2
15 ‐ 19 11.1 11.3 10.9
20 ‐ 24 10.6 10.6 10.5
25 ‐ 29 9.5 9.5 9.5
30 ‐ 39 16.5 16.6 16.5
40 ‐ 49 13.4 13.4 13.3
50 ‐ 59 9.3 9.2 9.5
60 and over 8.5 7.4 9.7
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 12,219 6,070 6,150
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.7 10.2 9.2
10 ‐ 14 11.5 11.9 11.1
15 ‐ 19 11.1 11.3 10.9
20 ‐ 24 10.7 10.7 10.7
25 ‐ 29 9.9 9.8 10.0
30 ‐ 39 17.2 17.2 17.1
40 ‐ 49 13.2 13.3 13.1
50 ‐ 59 9.1 9.1 9.2
60 and over 7.6 6.5 8.6
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,495 1,278 1,217
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

6 ‐ 9 11.4 11.2 11.7
10 ‐ 14 13.8 14.0 13.7
15 ‐ 19 12.4 12.6 12.2
20 ‐ 24 10.0 10.2 9.9
25 ‐ 29 8.5 8.6 8.5
30 ‐ 39 14.8 15.1 14.5
40 ‐ 49 12.0 12.3 11.8
50 ‐ 59 8.6 8.7 8.6
60 and over 8.3 7.4 9.2
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 4,860 2,470 2,390

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 11.9 11.9 12.0
10 ‐ 14 14.2 14.5 13.9
15 ‐ 19 12.5 13.0 11.9
20 ‐ 24 9.7 10.1 9.3
25 ‐ 29 7.9 8.1 7.7
30 ‐ 39 13.9 14.0 13.9
40 ‐ 49 11.8 11.8 11.8
50 ‐ 59 8.7 8.5 9.0
60 and over 9.3 8.0 10.6
VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 6,523 3,299 3,225
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.5 9.5 9.5
10 ‐ 14 11.8 12.1 11.5
15 ‐ 19 11.8 12.2 11.5
20 ‐ 24 10.5 10.9 10.1
25 ‐ 29 8.7 9.0 8.4
30 ‐ 39 14.6 15.0 14.3
40 ‐ 49 12.6 12.7 12.5
50 ‐ 59 9.8 9.6 10.0
60 and over 10.5 9.0 12.2
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VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 6,286 3,158 3,128
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

6 ‐ 9 10.0 10.0 10.0
10 ‐ 14 11.8 12.2 11.5
15 ‐ 19 11.8 12.1 11.5
20 ‐ 24 10.7 10.8 10.5
25 ‐ 29 9.2 9.3 9.0
30 ‐ 39 15.3 15.5 15.1
40 ‐ 49 12.4 12.5 12.3
50 ‐ 59 9.2 9.1 9.3
60 and over 9.6 8.5 10.7
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 3,113 1,586 1,527
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

6 ‐ 9 10.9 10.8 11.0
10 ‐ 14 13.2 13.3 13.1
15 ‐ 19 12.8 12.9 12.6
20 ‐ 24 10.6 10.7 10.6
25 ‐ 29 8.7 8.8 8.6
30 ‐ 39 15.0 15.1 15.0
40 ‐ 49 12.3 12.4 12.2
50 ‐ 59 8.7 8.7 8.6
60 and over 7.7 7.2 8.2
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,962 2,022 1,940

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.7 10.8 10.6
10 ‐ 14 12.6 12.6 12.5
15 ‐ 19 12.4 12.5 12.4
20 ‐ 24 11.0 11.2 10.9
25 ‐ 29 8.9 9.1 8.8
30 ‐ 39 15.2 15.3 15.1
40 ‐ 49 12.5 12.5 12.5
50 ‐ 59 9.0 8.9 9.0
60 and over 7.8 7.1 8.4
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 4,134 2,116 2,018

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.0 9.9 10.1
10 ‐ 14 11.8 11.9 11.7
15 ‐ 19 12.0 11.8 12.1
20 ‐ 24 11.4 11.5 11.3
25 ‐ 29 9.4 9.6 9.3
30 ‐ 39 15.9 16.2 15.6
40 ‐ 49 12.6 12.7 12.5
50 ‐ 59 9.1 9.1 9.2
60 and over 7.7 7.3 8.2
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,820 1,954 1,867

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.5 10.5 10.6
10 ‐ 14 13.0 13.0 12.9
15 ‐ 19 12.6 12.5 12.8
20 ‐ 24 11.4 11.5 11.3
25 ‐ 29 9.5 9.6 9.5
30 ‐ 39 16.1 16.2 16.0
40 ‐ 49 12.4 12.5 12.2
50 ‐ 59 7.9 8.0 7.8
60 and over 6.6 6.2 7.0

Table 1 ‐ Concluded
XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 2,197 1,129 1,069

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 11.1 11.0 11.1
10 ‐ 14 13.0 13.1 13.0
15 ‐ 19 12.6 12.8 12.3
20 ‐ 24 10.8 11.1 10.5
25 ‐ 29 8.4 8.6 8.2
30 ‐ 39 14.3 14.3 14.2
40 ‐ 49 12.3 12.3 12.3
50 ‐ 59 9.0 8.9 9.1
60 and over 8.6 7.9 9.4
ARMM ('000) 2,822 1,403 1,419

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 13.5 13.9 13.2
10 ‐ 14 16.1 16.3 15.9
15 ‐ 19 14.0 14.1 14.0
20 ‐ 24 10.3 9.8 10.7
25 ‐ 29 8.6 8.2 9.1
30 ‐ 39 16.0 15.4 16.7
40 ‐ 49 11.7 12.0 11.3
50 ‐ 59 5.9 6.4 5.5
60 and over 3.8 4.0 3.5
Note: Data excludes Region VIII for this survey round.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2013 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

Table 2. Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by highest educational attainment,
sex and region, Philippines: 2013
Highest educational attainment and Region Both Sexes Male Female
Philippines ('000) 81,907 41,181 40,726
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

No Grade Completed/Preschool 5.4 5.6 5.1
Elementary level 22.6 24.7 20.5
Elementary Graduate 11.6 11.5 11.6
High school level 15.1 15.3 14.8
High School Graduate 20.3 19.6 20.9
Post Secondary 4.5 4.7 4.3
College level 9.3 9.0 9.7
College Graduate or higher 11.3 9.5 13.1
National Capital Region ('000) 11,127 5,430 5,698
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 1,498 756 742
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 4,345 2,186 2,159
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,956 1,504 1,451
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0


III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 9,548 4,821 4,727

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 12,219 6,070 6,150
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,495 1,278 1,217
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 4,860 2,470 2,390
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 6,523 3,299 3,225

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 6,286 3,158 3,128
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 3,113 1,586 1,527

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,962 2,022 1,940
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

XI ‐ Davao ('000) 4,134 2,116 2,018
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,820 1,954 1,867

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 2,197 1,129 1,069
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

ARMM ('000) 2,822 1,403 1,419

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 3. Percent distribution of population 6 years old and over by age group, highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2013
Population 6 No grade College
Age group and region
years old and completed/ Elementary Elementary High school High school Post graduate or
over Preschool level graduate level graduate secondary College level higher
Philippines ('000) 81,907 4,394 18,525 9,475 12,338 16,593 3,710 7,641 9,230
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.0 67.1 28.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 12.0 3.2 32.2 19.9 14.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.7 2.3 3.8 7.2 33.6 14.1 4.0 19.3 0.1
20 ‐ 24 10.8 2.3 2.9 5.3 8.8 15.8 19.2 23.7 16.2
25 ‐ 29 9.4 2.2 2.8 5.2 7.2 14.0 16.1 13.0 19.8
30 ‐ 39 16.0 5.2 6.9 13.2 13.2 23.2 25.7 18.5 27.3
40 ‐ 49 12.8 5.2 6.9 16.7 10.4 17.5 21.1 12.2 16.0
50 ‐ 59 9.0 4.1 6.3 15.2 7.1 9.7 10.2 8.6 11.9
60 and over 8.2 8.4 10.0 17.4 4.9 5.7 3.6 4.8 8.8
National Capital Region ('000) 11,127 374 1,539 739 1,444 2,734 608 1,584 2,106
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6 ‐ 9 8.4 89.4 38.7 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 10.2 1.4 41.5 33.3 16.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 10.7 1.7 2.5 5.5 31.3 13.0 4.7 16.9 0.2
20 ‐ 24 11.8 1.7 1.6 3.6 8.9 12.6 17.5 20.5 16.8
25 ‐ 29 11.3 0.6 1.4 3.7 6.7 13.6 17.0 13.8 19.6
30 ‐ 39 18.0 2.0 2.8 9.5 14.1 23.3 25.4 19.4 27.4
40 ‐ 49 13.4 0.9 3.2 13.4 10.3 18.4 21.7 13.7 16.0
50 ‐ 59 9.2 0.2 3.3 14.3 7.1 12.2 9.2 9.6 10.8
60 and over 7.0 2.1 4.8 16.5 4.6 6.9 4.5 6.0 9.2
Cordillera Administrative Region (' 1,498 94 334 141 232 251 62 171 213
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.5 49.1 28.7 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.4 2.0 31.7 22.4 13.6 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.5 0.5 3.4 7.8 36.6 15.8 3.1 22.1 0.2
20 ‐ 24 12.2 2.9 3.5 4.0 9.7 16.7 18.4 27.6 18.9
25 ‐ 29 9.9 3.7 3.0 5.9 6.9 15.1 13.1 14.8 18.5
30 ‐ 39 15.0 2.8 6.5 13.1 12.0 19.7 28.4 16.2 27.7
40 ‐ 49 12.2 6.4 7.3 15.2 12.1 15.6 16.5 8.4 18.6
50 ‐ 59 8.8 8.6 7.4 17.3 4.9 9.4 13.7 6.6 9.5
60 and over 8.4 23.9 8.5 14.4 4.2 7.7 6.9 4.3 6.7


I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 4,345 158 797 590 646 1,059 218 378 500
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.3 77.0 35.6 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.3 1.6 33.7 17.1 18.7 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.0 2.0 1.8 6.3 30.7 13.8 4.8 18.6 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.1 1.2 2.4 5.0 6.9 15.3 15.2 19.2 15.5
25 ‐ 29 9.2 0.9 1.8 4.2 7.3 12.1 16.7 11.2 20.7
30 ‐ 39 15.6 3.1 2.9 9.6 14.4 21.3 24.6 21.5 27.5
40 ‐ 49 12.9 1.1 4.1 15.1 9.2 19.6 22.5 13.5 14.0
50 ‐ 59 9.6 2.8 4.6 15.8 6.3 10.4 11.5 12.2 12.5
60 and over 10.9 10.3 13.1 26.9 6.4 7.5 4.7 3.8 9.8
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,956 114 691 395 452 542 94 326 341

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.1 65.8 28.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.6 1.3 27.8 16.4 18.4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.7 2.2 2.8 4.7 33.0 15.6 1.8 20.9 0.3
20 ‐ 24 10.6 2.2 2.5 3.8 7.7 14.4 13.9 25.2 21.1
25 ‐ 29 9.1 3.6 2.8 5.3 6.6 13.4 10.4 14.7 19.0
30 ‐ 39 15.9 6.4 7.1 13.1 12.2 23.4 31.8 16.6 28.5
40 ‐ 49 13.3 3.1 8.3 20.8 10.2 17.3 24.6 11.9 13.7
50 ‐ 59 9.8 5.3 8.8 17.7 6.5 9.9 13.0 7.4 9.9
60 and over 8.9 10.2 11.7 18.3 5.5 5.9 4.6 3.3 7.6
III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 9,548 437 1,823 1,345 1,381 2,255 436 872 999
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.6 80.2 30.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.5 2.2 31.8 19.0 18.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.1 1.4 2.3 5.0 33.1 12.8 3.4 21.4 0.1
20 ‐ 24 10.6 1.6 2.1 5.5 7.8 15.3 18.4 22.1 16.6
25 ‐ 29 9.5 3.5 1.4 5.4 7.2 13.2 16.2 13.5 20.8
30 ‐ 39 16.5 2.7 6.4 14.2 10.7 24.8 25.6 19.0 27.6
40 ‐ 49 13.4 1.9 5.0 18.0 10.8 19.1 23.6 11.0 15.7
50 ‐ 59 9.3 2.2 6.6 15.3 8.0 9.2 10.3 7.8 12.2
60 and over 8.5 4.4 13.5 17.6 4.2 5.6 2.5 5.2 7.1

IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 12,219 563 2,295 1,312 1,700 3,070 802 1,109 1,368
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.7 79.1 32.3 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.5 5.7 35.1 21.6 16.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.1 3.0 3.3 5.5 31.3 13.0 4.7 19.6 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.7 1.8 2.0 4.8 8.0 14.4 21.0 20.7 15.6
25 ‐ 29 9.9 1.6 2.1 4.0 6.3 13.8 15.1 14.4 21.3
30 ‐ 39 17.2 2.3 4.0 14.6 14.8 24.1 28.9 19.9 26.1
40 ‐ 49 13.2 1.5 5.7 18.6 9.7 19.0 17.7 11.6 15.4
50 ‐ 59 9.1 1.5 5.2 13.8 8.2 10.5 9.4 9.0 12.4
60 and over 7.6 3.5 10.3 17.1 4.7 5.1 3.2 4.9 9.2

IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,495 185 679 323 463 363 116 171 194
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 11.4 56.3 26.6 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 13.8 3.4 32.9 14.1 15.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.4 2.6 4.1 8.3 36.2 14.1 1.3 17.5 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.0 6.9 3.4 7.3 10.1 15.5 16.3 29.2 9.8
25 ‐ 29 8.5 5.5 3.2 4.8 7.2 18.6 8.8 10.8 18.4
30 ‐ 39 14.8 7.2 6.4 12.7 11.4 19.3 34.5 21.2 37.4
40 ‐ 49 12.0 8.4 6.6 15.7 9.5 16.4 26.4 13.7 16.1
50 ‐ 59 8.6 5.2 6.8 18.7 6.1 9.0 8.9 5.6 9.7
60 and over 8.3 4.6 10.0 18.4 4.4 7.0 3.7 2.1 8.7
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 4,860 247 1,268 755 886 813 209 318 364
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 11.9 78.1 30.5 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 14.2 2.9 33.5 16.9 14.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.5 2.3 3.0 7.1 33.8 16.4 3.3 21.9 ‐
20 ‐ 24 9.7 2.7 1.6 5.5 9.4 16.1 20.7 28.4 15.3
25 ‐ 29 7.9 1.0 2.5 4.5 8.7 12.6 15.9 9.6 20.1
30 ‐ 39 13.9 2.2 6.6 12.7 12.1 22.0 28.3 14.4 27.8
40 ‐ 49 11.8 2.3 5.7 16.9 10.1 17.7 21.1 11.1 15.6
50 ‐ 59 8.7 1.6 5.6 17.5 5.3 10.4 8.2 8.5 11.3

60 and over 9.3 6.9 11.1 18.8 5.6 5.0 2.6 6.1 9.9

VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 6,523 327 1,656 711 1,008 1,134 420 491 777
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 9.5 61.8 25.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.8 4.3 30.7 18.7 11.4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.8 2.5 3.5 8.0 36.3 14.5 3.7 21.1 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.5 2.5 2.9 3.9 8.4 16.3 15.7 28.6 16.3
25 ‐ 29 8.7 1.3 2.4 4.9 7.2 12.0 19.0 12.5 18.1
30 ‐ 39 14.6 6.1 6.8 9.7 12.3 21.5 20.2 15.2 29.1
40 ‐ 49 12.6 6.5 7.6 15.2 10.3 19.0 23.5 10.0 13.1
50 ‐ 59 9.8 2.5 7.9 18.0 7.7 10.0 12.7 8.1 11.2
60 and over 10.5 12.5 13.0 21.5 6.3 6.7 5.2 4.6 12.3
VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 6,286 357 1,713 779 956 1,131 156 572 621
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.0 64.2 23.4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.8 1.9 27.7 16.2 14.1 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 11.8 1.6 4.0 6.6 34.9 14.2 3.5 20.0 0.1
20 ‐ 24 10.7 2.8 2.7 4.7 7.1 19.9 19.9 25.6 17.3
25 ‐ 29 9.2 1.2 3.0 4.8 7.5 16.1 13.6 13.3 21.0
30 ‐ 39 15.3 4.6 8.8 14.0 12.7 25.6 23.1 15.4 24.4
40 ‐ 49 12.4 7.3 9.1 18.2 10.0 13.3 23.6 12.8 16.1
50 ‐ 59 9.2 3.3 8.8 17.7 7.8 6.0 13.4 7.6 11.7
60 and over 9.6 12.9 12.5 17.8 5.9 4.8 2.9 5.2 9.4
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 3,113 201 917 364 504 438 83 265 340

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.9 64.3 22.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 13.2 4.0 30.8 16.5 12.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.8 1.4 6.0 10.6 34.7 16.4 7.5 18.2 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.6 1.0 3.8 5.3 8.9 19.7 23.6 25.9 16.3
25 ‐ 29 8.7 1.8 3.8 5.9 7.6 16.0 13.4 10.5 18.6
30 ‐ 39 15.0 4.2 9.0 13.3 15.0 22.5 23.5 22.6 22.3
40 ‐ 49 12.3 4.2 8.4 18.9 11.2 14.2 19.0 10.8 19.7
50 ‐ 59 8.7 8.1 7.1 12.6 6.6 7.1 9.7 8.6 14.1
60 and over 7.7 11.0 8.2 16.8 4.0 4.2 3.3 3.4 9.1

X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,962 220 1,056 450 686 698 141 310 401
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.7 75.9 24.4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 12.6 1.2 30.9 20.8 11.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.4 2.4 4.5 7.9 32.6 17.1 4.4 17.6 ‐
20 ‐ 24 11.0 0.4 4.6 5.2 10.3 18.8 19.6 26.1 13.7
25 ‐ 29 8.9 0.5 3.4 6.2 7.4 15.6 19.2 10.1 17.2
30 ‐ 39 15.2 4.2 8.1 13.7 15.4 20.3 23.6 16.9 27.8
40 ‐ 49 12.5 3.0 8.4 14.2 11.6 14.7 21.8 15.2 18.5
50 ‐ 59 9.0 3.5 6.2 17.6 6.6 8.4 9.0 8.4 15.0
60 and over 7.8 8.8 9.6 14.4 5.0 5.2 2.4 5.8 7.8
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 4,134 264 1,109 483 676 725 153 369 355
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

6 ‐ 9 10.0 60.5 22.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 11.8 3.8 29.2 18.3 9.7 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.0 2.6 5.3 7.5 34.3 12.6 4.5 16.6 0.3
20 ‐ 24 11.4 2.7 3.9 6.9 9.2 19.3 30.4 21.0 17.5
25 ‐ 29 9.4 2.5 3.8 4.6 7.7 15.5 16.4 14.7 21.3
30 ‐ 39 15.9 7.5 9.7 12.6 14.7 24.7 19.2 20.3 24.3
40 ‐ 49 12.6 5.2 8.5 19.5 12.5 14.0 16.5 12.4 17.1
50 ‐ 59 9.1 4.8 7.8 13.4 7.3 8.5 10.5 10.0 14.1
60 and over 7.7 10.4 8.8 17.3 4.7 5.3 2.5 4.9 5.4
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,820 353 1,079 407 562 625 141 336 317
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 10.5 45.1 22.6 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 13.0 3.4 30.9 21.5 11.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.6 3.7 7.0 12.8 34.7 14.0 2.0 17.1 ‐
20 ‐ 24 11.4 3.2 4.1 7.8 11.4 16.7 23.4 30.5 13.7
25 ‐ 29 9.5 3.2 4.4 7.7 7.8 16.2 20.1 12.7 18.0
30 ‐ 39 16.1 10.5 10.6 13.8 13.1 22.9 25.9 17.9 29.6
40 ‐ 49 12.4 10.0 8.7 13.0 10.7 16.6 19.0 10.3 20.1
50 ‐ 59 7.9 8.9 5.0 10.2 6.7 8.8 6.5 8.9 13.5
60 and over 6.6 11.8 6.7 13.2 4.6 4.7 3.1 2.6 5.1

XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 2,197 117 614 281 384 367 60 164 211

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 11.1 72.4 25.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 13.0 2.3 30.6 18.6 11.3 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 12.6 0.9 3.8 9.3 35.5 17.2 2.5 14.9 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.8 1.8 4.0 5.9 9.9 20.2 22.4 22.8 14.7
25 ‐ 29 8.4 1.2 3.4 4.6 7.1 13.8 15.4 13.1 19.5
30 ‐ 39 14.3 3.7 8.4 11.2 12.2 20.8 22.2 19.8 26.9
40 ‐ 49 12.3 7.6 7.0 17.4 11.3 14.8 22.3 15.0 16.0
50 ‐ 59 9.0 2.8 6.2 16.0 7.6 8.2 13.0 9.6 13.3
60 and over 8.6 7.3 10.6 17.0 5.1 5.1 2.3 4.8 9.5
ARMM ('000) 2,822 383 954 399 358 386 13 205 122

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
6 ‐ 9 13.5 38.6 24.6 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
10 ‐ 14 16.1 4.2 30.8 21.2 16.4 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 14.0 2.6 4.7 14.1 40.8 20.3 5.0 29.3 ‐
20 ‐ 24 10.3 2.7 5.3 8.8 11.8 18.1 4.3 31.9 13.1
25 ‐ 29 8.6 4.0 5.1 11.2 7.6 16.6 19.2 7.7 21.4
30 ‐ 39 16.0 12.5 11.3 23.4 11.9 22.9 37.5 14.3 31.3
40 ‐ 49 11.7 14.3 10.2 12.4 7.2 13.6 13.8 11.8 19.3
50 ‐ 59 5.9 10.3 4.8 5.5 3.6 6.0 20.1 4.1 10.7
60 and over 3.8 10.8 3.4 3.3 0.7 2.5 ‐ 0.9 4.2

Table 4. Percentage of population 6 to 24 years old by level currently attending, age group and
Level currently attending Population Age Group
and region 6‐24 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
Philippines ('000) 36,238 11,937 8,194 16,108

Not currently attending 31.7 2.7 7.1 65.6
Attending 68.3 97.3 92.9 34.4
Kindergarten/Prep/Nursery 2.1 4.5 ‐ ‐
Elementary 54.1 95.2 29.8 1.4
High school 29.6 0.3 69.9 35.4
Post secondary 0.5 ‐ ‐ 2.0
College 13.7 ‐ 0.2 60.9
Post gradruate ‐ ‐ ‐ 0.2
National Capital Region ('000) 4,556 1,370 923 2,263

Attending 66.3 97.7 95.3 35.4
Elementary 49.0 94.1 24.1 1.1
High school 28.5 0.6 75.6 23.5
College 19.7 ‐ 0.3 73.8
Post gradruate ‐ ‐ ‐ 0.1
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 681 215 137 328

Attending 66.8 99.0 91.2 35.5
Elementary 51.9 94.8 26.0 1.2
High school 28.5 ‐ 73.6 32.0
College 16.5 ‐ 0.4 63.9
Post gradruate 0.2 ‐ ‐ 0.8
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 1,806 588 416 802

Attending 69.2 99.6 94.5 33.8
Elementary 52.7 97.3 22.2 0.6
High school 31.1 0.3 77.6 30.3
College 13.6 ‐ 0.2 62.2
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 1,261 400 305 556

Attending 69.7 99.0 92.8 35.9
Elementary 50.6 97.0 21.0 0.4
High school 32.3 0.4 77.9 31.2
College 15.6 ‐ 1.1 67.2
Post gradruate ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐


and region 6‐24 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 4,060 1,308 928 1,824

Attending 67.1 97.0 93.8 32.1
Elementary 51.5 95.8 20.9 0.9
High school 31.8 0.2 79.0 30.3
College 14.6 ‐ 0.1 67.6
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 5,209 1,736 1,126 2,346

Attending 66.8 98.0 92.0 31.7
Elementary 54.3 94.9 25.9 0.7
High school 29.1 0.6 73.8 31.9
College 13.5 ‐ 0.2 63.0
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 1,189 415 294 480

Attending 70.2 97.4 93.4 32.4
Elementary 57.4 93.9 35.3 1.7
High school 30.7 ‐ 64.7 50.5
College 8.8 ‐ ‐ 46.9
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 2,344 839 581 924

Attending 73.3 98.7 93.6 37.4
Elementary 56.7 96.4 31.3 1.4
High school 30.4 0.1 68.7 42.8
College 10.5 ‐ ‐ 52.2
VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 2,832 915 638 1,279

Attending 69.3 98.1 91.4 37.7
Elementary 55.1 96.0 36.5 1.6
High school 29.6 ‐ 63.5 43.8
College 12.9 ‐ ‐ 52.6


and region 6‐24 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 2,776 915 631 1,230

Attending 70.1 96.2 94.5 38.1
Elementary 54.2 96.4 32.8 2.1
High school 29.6 0.1 67.0 37.5
College 14.6 ‐ 0.2 60.2
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 1,475 507 332 635

Attending 69.6 96.4 93.7 35.6
Elementary 58.5 95.5 40.3 3.7
High school 27.7 ‐ 59.4 43.6
College 11.4 ‐ 0.3 51.4
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 1,846 619 429 797

Attending 67.0 98.2 93.6 28.4
Elementary 57.3 93.7 33.1 2.5
High school 29.1 0.2 66.4 40.6
College 10.5 ‐ 0.5 56.1
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 1,862 582 443 838

Attending 66.2 96.7 91.8 31.5
Elementary 57.3 95.3 40.9 1.7
High school 29.4 0.4 58.9 45.9
College 10.4 ‐ 0.2 48.4
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 1,791 592 413 787

Attending 68.3 96.5 88.8 36.3
Elementary 56.6 92.9 41.3 3.7
High school 26.8 0.1 58.7 39.0
College 13.0 ‐ ‐ 55.5


and region 6‐24 6‐11 12‐15 16‐24
XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 1,039 356 240 443

Attending 68.7 98.3 94.7 30.9
Elementary 57.3 94.1 34.7 0.8
High school 30.6 0.2 65.3 50.7
College 9.0 ‐ ‐ 46.8
ARMM ('000) 1,511 580 356 574

Attending 69.9 89.2 87.2 39.7
Elementary 55.6 94.4 31.4 0.9
High school 27.1 0.6 68.1 31.6
Post secondary ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
College 14.7 ‐ 0.5 67.5

Table 5. Percent distribution of population 6 to 24 years old who are not attending school
by reason for not attending and region, Philippines: 2013
Population 6‐24 years old who are
Reason for not attending school and region
not attending school
Philippines ('000) 11,480
Total 100.0
Schools are very far 0.4
No school within the barangay 0.2
No regular transportation ‐
High cost of education 7.5
Housekeeping 3.8
Marriage 12.9
Employment/Looking for work 28.8
Lack of personal interest 14.9
Cannot cope with school work 0.9
Finished schooling 10.0
Problem with school record 0.3
Problem with birth certificate 0.2
Too young to go to school 0.6
Family income not sufficient to send child to school 15.7
Others 0.6
National Capital Region ('000) 1,537
Total 100.0
Schools are very far ‐
No school within the barangay ‐
Housekeeping 3.9
Marriage 12.8
Others 0.4
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 226
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 2.1
Marriage 18.9
Too young to go to school ‐
Others 1.3

Reason for not attending school and Region
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 556
Total 100.0
No regular transportation 0.2
Housekeeping 3.8
Marriage 10.7
Problem with school record ‐
Others 0.4
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 383
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 6.3
Marriage 14.2
Problem with birth certificate ‐
Others 0.4
III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 1,335
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.3
Marriage 14.5
Others 0.8

IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 1,727
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 3.5
Marriage 11.9
Others 1.1
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 355
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 3.0
Marriage 11.7
Others 1.2
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 626
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 2.4
Marriage 14.0
Others 0.7

VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 869
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 2.9
Marriage 10.3
Others 0.5
VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 831
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.6
Marriage 9.8
Others 0.9
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 448
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 3.9
Marriage 12.8
Others 0.2

X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 609
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.2
Marriage 12.9
Others 0.5
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 629
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.6
Marriage 17.7
Others 0.5
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 568
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 3.2
Marriage 15.8
Others ‐

XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 325
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.1
Marriage 14.2
Others 0.4
ARMM ('000) 455
Total 100.0
Housekeeping 4.1
Marriage 9.3
Others 0.2

Table 6. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by sex, age group and region,
Philippines: 2013
(In thousands) (In Percent)
Age Group and Region Population 10 years old and over Basic literacy rate
Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female
Philippines ('000) 73,740 36,978 36,762 96.5 96.1 97.0
10 ‐ 14 9,823 5,063 4,760 97.4 96.4 98.5

15 ‐ 19 9,593 4,898 4,695 98.3 97.7 99.0
20 ‐ 24 8,856 4,487 4,369 97.9 97.1 98.6
25 ‐ 29 7,737 3,909 3,828 97.8 97.4 98.3
30 ‐ 39 13,124 6,646 6,478 96.8 96.1 97.4
40 ‐ 49 10,463 5,293 5,170 95.9 95.6 96.2
50 ‐ 59 7,404 3,687 3,717 95.1 94.6 95.6
60 and over 6,741 2,995 3,745 91.5 91.9 91.3
National Capital Region ('000) 10,197 4,947 5,250 99.5 99.4 99.7
10 ‐ 14 1,134 582 552 99.3 99.1 99.6
15 ‐ 19 1,196 583 612 99.7 99.7 99.6
20 ‐ 24 1,317 633 684 99.5 99.3 99.7
25 ‐ 29 1,254 609 645 99.6 99.3 100.0
30 ‐ 39 2,002 992 1,010 99.6 99.4 99.9
40 ‐ 49 1,490 726 764 99.6 99.6 99.7
50 ‐ 59 1,028 492 536 99.9 100.0 99.8
60 and over 777 330 447 98.7 99.2 98.3
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 1,356 690 666 94.9 94.8 94.9
10 ‐ 14 171 88 83 98.9 98.3 99.6
15 ‐ 19 187 95 92 99.5 98.9 100.0
20 ‐ 24 183 93 90 96.9 95.6 98.3
25 ‐ 29 149 78 71 96.5 97.3 95.7
30 ‐ 39 224 117 107 98.3 97.8 98.8
40 ‐ 49 183 94 89 95.0 94.8 95.2
50 ‐ 59 132 67 65 89.1 87.7 90.6
60 and over 126 57 69 77.6 80.7 74.9
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 3,940 1,972 1,968 98.2 98.2 98.2
10 ‐ 14 493 256 237 99.3 99.3 99.3
15 ‐ 19 480 250 230 99.2 98.9 99.4
20 ‐ 24 441 227 214 98.7 98.8 98.6
25 ‐ 29 398 203 194 98.2 98.4 98.0
30 ‐ 39 676 345 331 98.9 98.3 99.5
40 ‐ 49 561 285 276 98.9 98.5 99.4
50 ‐ 59 419 207 212 98.0 98.0 97.9
60 and over 473 200 273 93.8 94.0 93.7
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,686 1,365 1,321 97.9 97.4 98.4
10 ‐ 14 342 177 165 99.6 99.6 99.5
15 ‐ 19 345 179 166 98.8 99.1 98.5
20 ‐ 24 314 163 152 99.0 98.5 99.4
25 ‐ 29 269 139 130 97.8 97.9 97.6
30 ‐ 39 471 242 229 98.1 96.9 99.4
40 ‐ 49 392 201 191 98.2 97.4 99.0
50 ‐ 59 290 147 144 97.3 97.0 97.6
60 and over 262 118 145 93.1 90.7 94.9

III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 8,636 4,329 4,306 98.2 98.0 98.4
10 ‐ 14 1,095 567 528 98.9 98.5 99.3
15 ‐ 19 1,062 546 516 99.0 98.5 99.5
20 ‐ 24 1,009 513 496 98.7 98.1 99.4
25 ‐ 29 906 457 449 98.7 98.3 99.1
30 ‐ 39 1,580 798 782 98.3 98.1 98.5
40 ‐ 49 1,278 647 631 98.4 98.0 98.8
50 ‐ 59 890 443 447 97.3 98.1 96.5
60 and over 815 358 458 95.6 96.0 95.3
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 11,032 5,450 5,582 98.4 98.1 98.6

10 ‐ 14 1,407 725 682 97.0 96.1 98.0
15 ‐ 19 1,351 683 668 98.6 97.9 99.5
20 ‐ 24 1,308 649 659 99.0 98.6 99.5
25 ‐ 29 1,215 597 617 98.7 98.2 99.1
30 ‐ 39 2,098 1,044 1,054 98.8 98.8 98.7
40 ‐ 49 1,612 807 805 99.0 99.1 98.9
50 ‐ 59 1,118 550 568 98.6 98.6 98.5
60 and over 924 395 530 96.2 97.2 95.5
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,210 1,135 1,074 93.8 92.8 94.8

10 ‐ 14 345 178 167 96.9 96.6 97.3
15 ‐ 19 310 161 149 97.5 95.8 99.3
20 ‐ 24 251 130 120 92.9 93.8 91.9
25 ‐ 29 213 110 103 93.6 92.0 95.3
30 ‐ 39 369 192 177 94.7 94.7 94.7
40 ‐ 49 300 157 143 90.8 90.4 91.2
50 ‐ 59 216 111 105 89.9 85.9 94.2
60 and over 206 95 111 90.7 88.3 92.8
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 4,281 2,177 2,104 96.0 94.7 97.4
10 ‐ 14 691 359 333 96.4 93.8 99.2
15 ‐ 19 606 321 285 97.8 97.7 97.9
20 ‐ 24 472 250 222 97.0 96.1 98.0
25 ‐ 29 384 200 184 96.4 94.8 98.1
30 ‐ 39 678 346 332 96.3 93.9 98.8
40 ‐ 49 575 293 282 96.1 95.2 96.9
50 ‐ 59 425 211 214 95.6 93.9 97.3
60 and over 450 197 253 91.6 90.6 92.3
VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 5,905 2,985 2,920 95.4 95.0 95.9
10 ‐ 14 770 399 372 96.8 95.6 98.1

15 ‐ 19 773 402 371 97.7 97.3 98.2
20 ‐ 24 687 361 327 97.5 96.7 98.3
25 ‐ 29 569 298 271 98.2 98.0 98.5
30 ‐ 39 955 495 460 95.2 94.3 96.2
40 ‐ 49 824 419 404 94.7 94.3 95.1
50 ‐ 59 638 315 323 94.2 93.5 94.9
60 and over 688 296 392 89.2 89.6 89.0

VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 5,656 2,841 2,814 96.2 95.5 96.9

10 ‐ 14 743 384 359 98.9 98.3 99.4
15 ‐ 19 742 382 360 99.1 99.0 99.1
20 ‐ 24 671 342 329 97.3 95.7 98.8
25 ‐ 29 575 294 282 98.1 97.6 98.6
30 ‐ 39 963 489 474 96.3 94.8 97.7
40 ‐ 49 780 395 385 94.6 93.6 95.6
50 ‐ 59 579 287 292 95.6 95.8 95.3
60 and over 603 269 333 88.7 87.3 89.7
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 2,774 1,415 1,359 96.0 96.1 96.0

10 ‐ 14 411 212 200 97.4 96.9 98.0
15 ‐ 19 398 205 193 98.6 97.8 99.5
20 ‐ 24 331 170 161 98.8 98.4 99.3
25 ‐ 29 271 140 131 97.7 97.3 98.2
30 ‐ 39 468 239 229 97.3 98.0 96.5
40 ‐ 49 384 197 187 95.4 94.4 96.5
50 ‐ 59 270 138 132 90.2 91.2 89.1
60 and over 240 114 126 88.7 91.1 86.5
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,538 1,803 1,735 95.4 94.5 96.2
10 ‐ 14 497 255 242 97.7 96.5 98.9
15 ‐ 19 493 252 240 98.1 96.6 99.6
20 ‐ 24 438 227 211 96.6 95.2 98.1
25 ‐ 29 353 183 170 98.6 97.2 100.0
30 ‐ 39 601 309 292 95.7 94.8 96.6
40 ‐ 49 493 252 242 92.8 92.6 93.0
50 ‐ 59 355 180 175 91.7 89.7 93.6
60 and over 308 144 164 89.6 91.5 87.9
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 3,720 1,906 1,814 95.2 94.1 96.4

10 ‐ 14 488 251 237 95.6 93.5 97.8
15 ‐ 19 495 250 244 97.5 96.8 98.1
20 ‐ 24 471 243 229 97.6 95.7 99.6
25 ‐ 29 390 203 187 97.4 97.3 97.5
30 ‐ 39 658 343 315 94.9 92.6 97.4
40 ‐ 49 520 268 252 94.8 93.7 95.8
50 ‐ 59 378 193 185 92.8 91.8 93.8
60 and over 320 155 165 89.3 90.6 88.1
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,417 1,749 1,669 90.8 90.8 90.9

10 ‐ 14 495 254 241 93.2 90.7 95.8
15 ‐ 19 483 245 238 94.6 92.5 96.7
20 ‐ 24 435 224 212 95.1 94.2 96.1
25 ‐ 29 363 187 176 94.4 96.2 92.4
30 ‐ 39 615 316 298 90.6 90.7 90.4
40 ‐ 49 472 245 227 88.1 90.1 86.0
50 ‐ 59 301 156 145 85.7 83.3 88.4
60 and over 253 122 131 78.1 83.9 72.7

XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 1,954 1,004 950 96.2 95.5 97.0

10 ‐ 14 287 148 138 97.6 96.1 99.1
15 ‐ 19 276 144 132 98.4 97.6 99.2
20 ‐ 24 237 125 112 97.9 97.8 98.1
25 ‐ 29 185 97 87 98.1 97.7 98.4
30 ‐ 39 313 162 151 96.0 94.4 97.7
40 ‐ 49 270 139 131 94.7 94.2 95.3
50 ‐ 59 197 100 97 94.7 93.8 95.6
60 and over 189 89 100 91.5 91.8 91.2
ARMM ('000) 2,439 1,208 1,231 86.1 84.9 87.3

10 ‐ 14 454 228 225 92.7 90.8 94.7
15 ‐ 19 396 198 198 96.8 95.0 98.5
20 ‐ 24 290 138 152 93.5 90.6 96.1
25 ‐ 29 244 114 129 90.6 87.5 93.3
30 ‐ 39 452 216 237 83.9 82.6 85.0
40 ‐ 49 329 168 161 76.7 77.4 76.0
50 ‐ 59 168 90 78 69.5 72.2 66.4
60 and over 106 56 50 53.7 58.5 48.3

Table 7. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by highest educational attainment, age group and sex, Philippines: 2013
College
Age group and No grade Elementary Elementary High school High school Post graduate or
sex completed level graduate level graduate secondary College level higher
Both sexes 5.1 91.3 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
10 ‐ 14 4.2 97.8 100.0 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

15 ‐ 19 6.4 90.9 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
20 ‐ 24 2.8 83.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
25 ‐ 29 10.0 84.9 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
30 ‐ 39 2.5 84.5 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
40 ‐ 49 3.7 84.4 99.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
50 ‐ 59 2.9 84.5 99.7 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
60 and over 7.7 87.9 99.8 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male 5.0 90.1 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10 ‐ 14 1.3 97.0 100.0 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

15 ‐ 19 6.8 90.0 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
20 ‐ 24 0.0 83.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
25 ‐ 29 14.8 84.8 99.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
30 ‐ 39 2.3 84.5 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
40 ‐ 49 4.1 83.3 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
50 ‐ 59 3.6 83.8 99.3 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
60 and over 8.3 85.9 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Female 5.1 92.7 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

10 ‐ 14 9.4 98.8 100.0 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
15 ‐ 19 5.9 93.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
20 ‐ 24 7.5 83.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
25 ‐ 29 3.3 84.9 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
30 ‐ 39 2.7 84.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
40 ‐ 49 3.4 86.1 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
50 ‐ 59 2.2 85.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
60 and over 7.4 89.5 99.8 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Notes: Due to sample size limitation, 100.0 percent here does not imply complete absence of illiteracy but implies a very high literacy rate
Data excludes Region VIII for this survey round.

Table 8. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2013
College
Region
No grade Elementary Elementary High school High school Post graduate or
completed level graduate level graduate secondary College level higher
Philippines 5.8 91.3 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
National Capital Region 30.1 98.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Cordillera Administrative Region 1.3 90.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
I ‐ Ilocos 5.0 93.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 8.0 96.2 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
III ‐ Central Luzon 11.2 94.1 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 6.9 95.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 7.4 88.0 99.3 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
V ‐ Bicol 11.3 87.4 98.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
VI ‐ Western Visayas 2.3 88.3 99.7 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
VII ‐ Central Visayas 8.1 92.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 5.1 94.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 4.0 86.1 99.7 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
XI ‐ Davao 7.6 90.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 1.4 85.7 99.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
XIII ‐ Caraga 1.1 90.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
ARMM 2.7 84.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Notes: Due to sample size limitation, 100.0 percent here does not imply complete absence of illiteracy but implies a very high literacy rate

Table 9. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old and over, by sex, age group and region,
Philippines: 2013
(In thousands) (In percent)
Age group and region Population 10 to 64 years old Functional literacy rate
Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female
Philippines ('000) 69,438 35,155 34,283 90.3 88.7 92.0
10 ‐ 14 9,823 5,063 4,760 83.2 81.3 85.2
15 ‐ 19 9,593 4,898 4,695 93.7 91.9 95.6
20 ‐ 24 8,856 4,487 4,369 95.1 93.3 97.0
25 ‐ 29 7,737 3,909 3,828 93.8 92.4 95.2
30 ‐ 39 13,124 6,646 6,478 91.5 89.4 93.5
40 ‐ 49 10,463 5,293 5,170 89.3 87.7 90.8
50 ‐ 59 7,404 3,687 3,717 87.5 86.7 88.3
60 ‐ 64 2,439 1,172 1,267 83.6 82.5 84.7
National Capital Region ('000) 9,742 4,767 4,975 95.3 94.6 96.0
10 ‐ 14 1,134 582 552 86.8 84.8 88.8
15 ‐ 19 1,196 583 612 95.4 94.2 96.6
20 ‐ 24 1,317 633 684 98.9 98.6 99.1
25 ‐ 29 1,254 609 645 97.7 97.0 98.4
30 ‐ 39 2,002 992 1,010 96.7 95.6 97.7
40 ‐ 49 1,490 726 764 95.7 95.1 96.3
50 ‐ 59 1,028 492 536 95.4 96.2 94.6
60 ‐ 64 322 150 172 90.1 91.9 88.6
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 1,272 653 619 91.2 89.7 92.9
10 ‐ 14 171 88 83 87.4 83.7 91.4

15 ‐ 19 187 95 92 95.8 97.2 94.3
20 ‐ 24 183 93 90 96.0 95.0 96.9
25 ‐ 29 149 78 71 94.1 91.4 97.1
30 ‐ 39 224 117 107 92.8 90.4 95.5
40 ‐ 49 183 94 89 87.6 87.3 87.9
50 ‐ 59 132 67 65 84.9 81.7 88.1
60 ‐ 64 42 20 21 83.5 83.1 83.8
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 3,622 1,845 1,778 93.0 91.2 95.0
10 ‐ 14 493 256 237 86.1 85.8 86.5
15 ‐ 19 480 250 230 94.7 91.5 98.2
20 ‐ 24 441 227 214 94.5 93.4 95.6
25 ‐ 29 398 203 194 95.6 93.0 98.4
30 ‐ 39 676 345 331 94.8 92.6 97.0
40 ‐ 49 561 285 276 94.3 92.9 95.7
50 ‐ 59 419 207 212 90.7 87.3 94.1
60 ‐ 64 155 73 83 93.5 93.9 93.2
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,514 1,291 1,223 97.2 96.4 98.0
10 ‐ 14 342 177 165 97.3 97.5 97.1

15 ‐ 19 345 179 166 98.0 97.0 99.0
20 ‐ 24 314 163 152 98.5 97.1 100.0
25 ‐ 29 269 139 130 97.8 96.6 99.0
30 ‐ 39 471 242 229 96.7 96.0 97.5
40 ‐ 49 392 201 191 96.9 96.3 97.5
50 ‐ 59 290 147 144 96.2 95.3 97.0
60 ‐ 64 91 44 47 94.0 91.4 96.4

III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 8,126 4,118 4,008 92.3 91.0 93.6

10 ‐ 14 1,095 567 528 85.3 84.9 85.8
15 ‐ 19 1,062 546 516 94.4 92.1 96.7
20 ‐ 24 1,009 513 496 95.5 93.5 97.6
25 ‐ 29 906 457 449 93.8 91.7 96.0
30 ‐ 39 1,580 798 782 94.9 92.7 97.2
40 ‐ 49 1,278 647 631 92.7 91.7 93.7
50 ‐ 59 890 443 447 89.6 92.4 86.9
60 ‐ 64 306 147 159 87.0 82.4 91.2
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 10,463 5,222 5,241 95.0 93.7 96.2

10 ‐ 14 1,407 725 682 87.9 85.4 90.6
15 ‐ 19 1,351 683 668 96.1 94.3 98.0
20 ‐ 24 1,308 649 659 97.5 96.2 98.7
25 ‐ 29 1,215 597 617 98.3 97.2 99.2
30 ‐ 39 2,098 1,044 1,054 96.0 94.7 97.3
40 ‐ 49 1,612 807 805 95.4 93.9 96.9
50 ‐ 59 1,118 550 568 94.4 94.7 94.1
60 ‐ 64 355 167 188 91.1 92.7 89.7
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,076 1,076 1,000 86.9 85.3 88.6
10 ‐ 14 345 178 167 82.8 81.0 84.7
15 ‐ 19 310 161 149 92.7 91.7 93.8
20 ‐ 24 251 130 120 88.8 87.6 90.0
25 ‐ 29 213 110 103 88.5 87.9 89.2
30 ‐ 39 369 192 177 89.0 87.3 90.9
40 ‐ 49 300 157 143 82.9 81.6 84.3
50 ‐ 59 216 111 105 83.5 80.0 87.3
60 ‐ 64 73 36 37 85.2 83.3 87.0
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 3,984 2,052 1,932 87.1 83.9 90.5
10 ‐ 14 691 359 333 80.6 77.0 84.6
15 ‐ 19 606 321 285 94.0 92.2 96.0
20 ‐ 24 472 250 222 93.7 90.8 96.9
25 ‐ 29 384 200 184 89.3 83.4 95.8
30 ‐ 39 678 346 332 87.2 83.1 91.5
40 ‐ 49 575 293 282 86.4 83.6 89.4
50 ‐ 59 425 211 214 83.1 82.1 84.1
60 ‐ 64 153 72 81 75.6 68.9 81.6
VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 5,438 2,794 2,645 84.8 83.3 86.4
10 ‐ 14 770 399 372 73.5 72.4 74.6

15 ‐ 19 773 402 371 90.4 89.0 91.9
20 ‐ 24 687 361 327 92.8 91.5 94.2
25 ‐ 29 569 298 271 89.4 87.7 91.2
30 ‐ 39 955 495 460 85.9 82.8 89.2
40 ‐ 49 824 419 404 83.5 81.6 85.5
50 ‐ 59 638 315 323 82.0 82.8 81.2
60 ‐ 64 221 105 117 76.5 72.6 80.0

VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 5,252 2,667 2,585 87.3 84.8 89.8

10 ‐ 14 743 384 359 81.7 80.2 83.4
15 ‐ 19 742 382 360 93.2 90.9 95.7
20 ‐ 24 671 342 329 94.3 92.3 96.3
25 ‐ 29 575 294 282 92.8 91.3 94.3
30 ‐ 39 963 489 474 86.2 82.1 90.5
40 ‐ 49 780 395 385 83.8 80.9 86.8
50 ‐ 59 579 287 292 83.2 82.3 84.1
60 ‐ 64 199 95 103 76.6 69.4 83.2
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 2,621 1,344 1,276 87.5 85.2 89.8

10 ‐ 14 411 212 200 78.2 75.2 81.4
15 ‐ 19 398 205 193 90.5 86.6 94.7
20 ‐ 24 331 170 161 94.4 92.8 96.1
25 ‐ 29 271 140 131 92.5 90.2 95.0
30 ‐ 39 468 239 229 89.8 89.4 90.2
40 ‐ 49 384 197 187 87.5 83.9 91.2
50 ‐ 59 270 138 132 80.9 79.9 82.0
60 ‐ 64 87 43 43 82.5 81.4 83.5
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,341 1,714 1,626 94.0 92.6 95.5
10 ‐ 14 497 255 242 93.9 92.7 95.1

15 ‐ 19 493 252 240 96.1 94.6 97.8
20 ‐ 24 438 227 211 96.3 94.8 97.9
25 ‐ 29 353 183 170 97.6 96.8 98.6
30 ‐ 39 601 309 292 94.6 91.9 97.3
40 ‐ 49 493 252 242 91.7 91.0 92.4
50 ‐ 59 355 180 175 90.1 88.0 92.3
60 ‐ 64 111 56 55 83.5 85.7 81.4
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 3,519 1,811 1,708 86.0 83.8 88.3
10 ‐ 14 488 251 237 78.0 75.7 80.5

15 ‐ 19 495 250 244 91.1 90.1 92.2
20 ‐ 24 471 243 229 91.7 86.5 97.2
25 ‐ 29 390 203 187 90.7 92.9 88.4
30 ‐ 39 658 343 315 86.9 83.8 90.2
40 ‐ 49 520 268 252 82.9 79.6 86.4
50 ‐ 59 378 193 185 82.5 78.7 86.5
60 ‐ 64 119 60 59 78.6 83.3 73.7
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,260 1,675 1,585 82.5 81.0 84.0
10 ‐ 14 495 254 241 75.5 72.9 78.2

15 ‐ 19 483 245 238 88.4 85.2 91.7
20 ‐ 24 435 224 212 91.5 89.2 94.1
25 ‐ 29 363 187 176 89.0 90.6 87.4
30 ‐ 39 615 316 298 82.2 81.4 83.0
40 ‐ 49 472 245 227 77.7 78.5 76.9
50 ‐ 59 301 156 145 75.4 69.0 82.3
60 ‐ 64 95 48 47 69.9 77.9 61.7

XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 1,830 947 882 91.9 90.4 93.6

10 ‐ 14 287 148 138 89.7 86.6 93.0
15 ‐ 19 276 144 132 95.2 94.9 95.5
20 ‐ 24 237 125 112 96.2 94.1 98.6
25 ‐ 29 185 97 87 93.4 93.1 93.8
30 ‐ 39 313 162 151 93.4 91.9 95.1
40 ‐ 49 270 139 131 88.9 87.2 90.6
50 ‐ 59 197 100 97 88.6 86.6 90.6
60 ‐ 64 65 32 33 84.0 82.2 85.7
ARMM ('000) 2,379 1,177 1,203 72.1 69.8 74.2
10 ‐ 14 454 228 225 64.4 61.2 67.7

15 ‐ 19 396 198 198 88.4 86.7 90.0
20 ‐ 24 290 138 152 87.3 82.5 91.7
25 ‐ 29 244 114 129 76.0 73.1 78.6
30 ‐ 39 452 216 237 70.5 69.8 71.2
40 ‐ 49 329 168 161 63.9 63.8 64.1
50 ‐ 59 168 90 78 51.4 50.0 53.0
60 ‐ 64 46 24 22 37.9 40.9 34.5

Table 10. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest educational attainment, age
group and sex, Philippines: 2013
Functional rate Highest educational attainment
Age group and sex of literacy High High school
population 10‐ No grade Elementary Elementary school graduate or
64 years old completed level graduate level higher
Both Sexes 90.3 2.7 71.4 85.5 91.3 100.0

10 ‐ 14 83.2 6.0 78.9 90.0 94.1 ‐
15 ‐ 19 93.7 5.1 72.1 84.4 94.0 100.0
20 ‐ 24 95.1 1.6 63.1 85.5 91.6 100.0
25 ‐ 29 93.8 7.6 63.3 82.5 87.7 100.0
30 ‐ 39 91.5 1.1 62.5 83.5 88.8 99.9
40 ‐ 49 89.3 1.4 61.3 85.1 88.2 100.0
50 ‐ 59 87.5 1.9 63.8 84.9 86.9 99.9
60 ‐ 64 83.6 2.7 63.0 81.9 86.7 100.0
Male 88.7 2.7 69.3 84.8 90.3 100.0

10 ‐ 14 81.3 5.6 77.1 89.1 94.7 ‐
15 ‐ 19 91.9 5.2 70.1 84.4 93.3 100.0
20 ‐ 24 93.3 0.0 61.1 83.5 91.9 100.0
25 ‐ 29 92.4 12.4 65.0 82.1 85.8 100.0
30 ‐ 39 89.4 1.0 61.1 84.0 86.7 99.9
40 ‐ 49 87.7 0.7 59.7 83.4 86.1 99.9
50 ‐ 59 86.7 1.5 62.5 84.9 86.6 100.0
60 ‐ 64 82.5 1.4 58.0 80.5 84.4 100.0
Female 92.0 2.7 74.5 86.3 92.3 100.0

10 ‐ 14 85.2 6.8 81.0 91.0 93.6 ‐
15 ‐ 19 95.6 5.1 77.9 84.3 94.7 100.0
20 ‐ 24 97.0 6.0 68.0 88.3 91.1 100.0
25 ‐ 29 95.2 0.0 60.4 83.1 90.1 99.9
30 ‐ 39 93.5 1.2 65.1 83.0 91.4 100.0
40 ‐ 49 90.8 2.1 63.8 86.8 90.4 100.0
50 ‐ 59 88.3 2.3 65.6 85.0 87.1 99.9
60 ‐ 64 84.7 3.6 68.5 83.0 88.6 100.0

Table 11. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest educational attainment, and region,
Functional rate Highest educational attainment
of literacy High school
population 10‐ No grade Elementary Elementary High school graduate or
Region 64 years old completed level graduate level higher
Philippines 90.3 2.7 71.4 85.5 91.3 100.0
National Capital Region 95.3 31.9 80.4 83.1 89.0 100.0

Cordillera Administrative Region 91.2 0.0 76.4 85.3 92.2 100.0
I ‐ Ilocos 93.0 0.0 74.7 84.9 90.6 100.0
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 97.2 7.0 92.6 96.5 98.6 100.0
III ‐ Central Luzon 92.3 4.7 74.1 86.0 90.0 100.0
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 95.0 3.6 80.4 91.8 94.1 100.0
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 86.9 3.8 68.9 87.2 93.5 100.0
V ‐ Bicol 87.1 2.9 62.4 81.9 91.4 100.0
VI ‐ Western Visayas 84.8 1.5 60.2 71.8 84.1 100.0
VII ‐ Central Visayas 87.3 5.4 68.8 85.2 87.6 100.0
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 87.5 0.0 72.2 84.9 91.4 100.0
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 94.0 0.0 80.2 96.9 98.5 100.0
XI ‐ Davao 86.0 4.1 64.7 85.4 90.3 100.0
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 82.5 0.4 64.3 82.1 94.9 100.0
XIII ‐ Caraga 91.9 0.0 78.8 92.5 94.4 100.0
ARMM 72.1 1.7 56.9 75.5 89.0 98.4

Table 12. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the different literacy levels by age group
and sex, Philippines: 2013
(In percent)
Level 0 Level 1 a Level 2 b Level 3 Level 4
Age group and sex Can read,
Can read, write, High school
Cannot read Can read write and compute and graduate or
Total and write and write compute comprehend higher Undetermined c
Both Sexes 100.0 5.1 93.6 90.3 74.7 51.3 1.3

10 ‐ 14 100.0 6.4 91.1 83.2 54.8 0.0 2.5
15 ‐ 19 100.0 2.8 96.3 93.7 76.6 41.1 0.9
20 ‐ 24 100.0 2.7 96.6 95.1 86.9 74.9 0.6
25 ‐ 29 100.0 3.2 95.9 93.8 84.8 73.1 0.9
30 ‐ 39 100.0 5.1 93.9 91.5 79.2 65.1 1.0
40 ‐ 49 100.0 6.5 92.2 89.3 74.3 57.5 1.3
50 ‐ 59 100.0 7.4 91.0 87.5 70.4 51.2 1.6
60 ‐ 64 100.0 9.6 88.0 83.6 62.9 43.1 2.4
Male 100.0 6.1 92.3 88.7 71.6 48.1 1.5
10 ‐ 14 100.0 8.0 89.1 81.3 51.6 0.0 2.9
15 ‐ 19 100.0 3.8 95.0 91.9 71.8 36.0 1.2
20 ‐ 24 100.0 3.7 95.5 93.3 83.0 69.1 0.8
25 ‐ 29 100.0 3.8 94.8 92.4 81.9 68.3 1.3
30 ‐ 39 100.0 6.4 92.4 89.4 75.8 60.4 1.2
40 ‐ 49 100.0 7.5 91.0 87.7 72.0 55.4 1.5
50 ‐ 59 100.0 8.2 90.2 86.7 69.0 50.8 1.6
60 ‐ 64 100.0 10.2 87.2 82.5 62.5 45.2 2.6
Female 100.0 4.0 94.9 92.0 77.9 54.6 1.0
10 ‐ 14 100.0 4.8 93.1 85.2 58.2 0.0 2.1
15 ‐ 19 100.0 1.8 97.7 95.6 81.6 46.4 0.5
20 ‐ 24 100.0 1.7 97.9 97.0 90.9 80.8 0.4
25 ‐ 29 100.0 2.5 96.9 95.2 87.8 78.0 0.6
30 ‐ 39 100.0 3.8 95.4 93.5 82.7 69.8 0.8
40 ‐ 49 100.0 5.4 93.5 90.8 76.6 59.5 1.1
50 ‐ 59 100.0 6.7 91.8 88.3 71.7 51.6 1.6
60 ‐ 64 100.0 9.1 88.7 84.7 63.4 41.1 2.1
Notes: a Population aged 10‐64 years who can read and write only.

Table 13. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the different literacy levels by region, Philippines: 2013
(In percent)
Level 0 Level 1 a Level 2 b Level 3 Level 4
Region Can read,
Population Cannot Can read, write, High school
10‐64 years read and Can read write and compute and graduate or
old ('000) write and write compute comprehend higher Undetermined c
Philippines 69,438 5.1 93.6 90.3 74.7 51.3 1.3

National Capital Region 9,742 0.9 98.5 95.3 85.3 68.9 0.6
Cordillera Administrative Region 1,272 4.5 94.4 91.2 71.6 52.8 1.1
I ‐ Ilocos 3,622 2.4 95.9 93.0 78.2 57.0 1.7
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 2,514 1.5 98.3 97.2 89.8 49.0 0.2
III ‐ Central Luzon 8,126 2.9 95.6 92.3 77.8 54.2 1.5
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 10,463 2.5 96.7 95.0 84.0 59.2 0.8
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 2,076 8.4 89.6 86.9 67.8 38.7 1.9
V ‐ Bicol 3,984 6.8 90.7 87.1 67.9 41.1 2.5
VI ‐ Western Visayas 5,438 6.3 91.5 84.8 69.6 49.1 2.2
VII ‐ Central Visayas 5,252 7.4 90.9 87.3 65.1 45.0 1.7
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 2,621 5.4 92.8 87.5 63.2 40.5 1.7
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 3,341 4.3 95.5 94.0 82.2 44.0 0.1
XI ‐ Davao 3,519 8.4 89.7 86.0 63.6 43.3 1.9
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 3,260 12.6 85.6 82.5 62.3 41.3 1.9
XIII ‐ Caraga 1,830 5.0 94.5 91.9 68.4 42.5 0.4
ARMM 2,379 20.9 78.2 72.1 51.5 29.2 1.0
Notes: a Population aged 10‐64 years who can read and write only.

Table 14. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old who are classified into the different literacy levels by highest educational attainment and region
(In percent)
a b
Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 d
and region Population 10‐ Cannot Can read, Can read, write, High school
64 years old read and Can read write and compute and graduate or
('000) write and write compute comprehend higher Undetermined c
Philippines ('000) 69,438 5.1 93.6 90.3 74.7 51.3 1.3

No grade completed 1,027 97.2 2.8 2.4 0.8 ‐ ‐
Preschool 35 85.4 14.6 10.5 4.5 ‐ ‐
Elementary level 11,845 15.9 80.9 71.4 40.0 ‐ 3.3
Elementary graduate 8,486 4.5 92.5 85.5 48.6 ‐ 3.1
High school level 12,408 1.8 96.1 91.3 59.5 ‐ 2.0
High school graduate or higher 35,637 * 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ‐
National Capital Region ('000) 9,742 0.9 98.5 95.3 85.3 68.9 0.6

No grade completed 10 78.0 22.0 22.0 ‐ ‐ ‐
Preschool 3 35.9 64.1 64.1 ‐ ‐ ‐
Elementary level 882 5.2 92.2 80.4 50.5 ‐ 2.6

Elementary graduate 685 1.8 96.3 83.1 48.9 ‐ 2.0
High school graduate or higher 6,710 ‐ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ‐
Cordillera Administrative Region ('000) 1,272 4.5 94.4 91.2 71.6 52.8 1.1
No grade completed 23 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
Preschool ‐ 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
High school level 233 0.7 97.9 92.2 50.2 ‐ 1.4
High school graduate or higher 671 ‐ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ‐
I ‐ Ilocos ('000) 3,622 2.4 95.9 93.0 78.2 57.0 1.7
No grade completed 11 91.5 8.5 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
Preschool 2 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

(In percent)
a b d
Population 10‐

64 years old
and region Cannot Can read, Can read, write, High school
('000)
read and Can read write and compute and graduate or
c
write and write compute comprehend higher Undetermined
II ‐ Cagayan Valley ('000) 2,514 1.5 98.3 97.2 89.8 49.0 0.2
No grade completed 21 93.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 ‐ ‐

Preschool ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
III ‐ Central Luzon ('000) 8,126 2.9 95.6 92.3 77.8 54.2 1.5
Preschool 1 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
IVA ‐ CALABARZON ('000) 10,463 2.5 96.7 95.0 84.0 59.2 0.8
Preschool 8 81.2 18.8 18.8 18.8 ‐ ‐
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA ('000) 2,076 8.4 89.6 86.9 67.8 38.7 1.9
Preschool 1 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

(In percent)
Level 0 Level 1 a Level 2 b Level 3 Level 4 d
Population 10‐
64 years old
('000)
write and write compute comprehend higher Undetermined c
V ‐ Bicol ('000) 3,984 6.8 90.7 87.1 67.9 41.1 2.5

Preschool 4 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
VI ‐ Western Visayas ('000) 5,438 6.3 91.5 84.8 69.6 49.1 2.2

Preschool 3 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
VII ‐ Central Visayas ('000) 5,252 7.4 90.9 87.3 65.1 45.0 1.7

Preschool ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula ('000) 2,621 5.4 92.8 87.5 63.2 40.5 1.7
Preschool 3 78.1 21.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

(In percent)
a b d
Population 10‐
64 years old

('000)
c
X ‐ Northern Mindanao ('000) 3,341 4.3 95.5 94.0 82.2 44.0 0.1

Preschool ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
Elementary graduate 412 0.7 99.3 96.9 72.2 ‐ ‐
High school level 698 0.1 99.9 98.5 79.0 ‐ ‐
XI ‐ Davao ('000) 3,519 8.4 89.7 86.0 63.6 43.3 1.9

Preschool 3 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN ('000) 3,260 12.6 85.6 82.5 62.3 41.3 1.9

Preschool 5 85.2 14.8 0.0 ‐ ‐ ‐
XIII ‐ Caraga ('000) 1,830 5.0 94.5 91.9 68.4 42.5 0.4
Preschool 1 100.0 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

(In percent)
a b d
Population 10‐
64 years old
('000)
c
ARMM ('000) 2,379 20.9 78.2 72.1 51.5 29.2 1.0

Preschool ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

High school graduate or higher 705 1.6 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.4 ‐
Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Due to sample size limitation, 100.0 percent here does not imply complete absence of iliteracy but implies a very high literacy rate.
a
Population aged 10‐64 years who can read and write only.
b
Population aged 10‐64 years who can read, write and compute or have numerical skill.
c
Population who could not be classified into any of the levels of functional literacy based on the criteria used
d
Population who graduated from high school or completed higher level of education are, in this tabulation, automically considered functionally literate
An asterisk (*) denotes a figure less than 0.05 percent



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Table 3.1 Percent distribution of household population by five‐year age group, by region: Philippines, 2013
Age group Household
Region
0‐4 5‐9 10‐14 15‐19 20‐24 25‐29 30‐34 35‐39 40‐44 45‐49 50‐54 55‐59 60‐64 65‐69 70‐74 75‐79 80+ Total population
Philippines
Number ('000) 10,657 10,117 9,823 9,593 8,856 7,737 6,909 6,215 5,555 4,908 4,121 3,283 2,439 1,692 1,148 764 697 94,514
In percent 11.3 10.7 10.4 10.1 9.4 8.2 7.3 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.4 3.5 2.6 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 100.0 100.0
NCR 9.6 9.3 9.0 9.5 10.5 10.0 8.6 7.3 6.3 5.5 4.6 3.5 2.6 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 100.0 12,583
CAR 10.7 10.4 9.9 10.9 10.7 8.7 7.0 6.0 5.6 5.1 4.3 3.4 2.4 1.8 1.4 0.9 0.9 100.0 1,718
I ‐ Ilocos 10.9 10.2 9.9 9.6 8.8 8.0 7.1 6.5 5.9 5.3 4.6 3.8 3.1 2.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 100.0 4,990
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 10.5 10.1 10.1 10.2 9.3 8.0 7.3 6.7 6.0 5.6 4.8 3.8 2.7 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.9 100.0 3,383
III ‐ Central Luzon 10.9 10.3 10.0 9.7 9.2 8.3 7.6 6.9 6.3 5.4 4.5 3.6 2.8 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 100.0 10,951

IVA ‐ CALABARZON 11.2 10.4 10.0 9.6 9.3 8.6 7.9 7.0 6.2 5.3 4.5 3.5 2.5 1.6 1.1 0.7 0.6 100.0 14,061
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 12.7 11.9 11.8 10.6 8.6 7.3 6.5 6.1 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.2 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 100.0 2,931
V ‐ Bicol 12.8 12.4 12.1 10.6 8.2 6.7 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.8 100.0 5,725
VI ‐ Western Visayas 10.9 10.3 10.3 10.3 9.2 7.6 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 3.9 3.0 2.3 1.7 1.1 1.1 100.0 7,490
VII ‐ Central Visayas 11.1 10.7 10.3 10.3 9.3 8.0 7.0 6.3 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.6 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.0 0.9 100.0 7,231
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 12.5 11.5 11.3 10.9 9.1 7.4 6.6 6.2 5.6 5.0 4.1 3.3 2.4 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 100.0 3,649
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 11.9 11.3 10.8 10.7 9.5 7.7 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.3 3.4 2.4 1.7 1.2 0.8 0.6 100.0 4,607
XI ‐ Davao 11.3 10.7 10.2 10.4 9.9 8.2 7.2 6.6 5.8 5.1 4.4 3.5 2.5 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.6 100.0 4,770
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 12.2 11.4 11.1 10.8 9.7 8.1 7.1 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 2.9 2.1 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 100.0 4,474
XIII ‐ Caraga 12.2 11.6 11.2 10.8 9.2 7.2 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.1 4.3 3.4 2.5 2.0 1.3 0.9 0.7 100.0 2,562
ARMM 14.1 13.9 13.4 11.7 8.6 7.2 7.0 6.3 5.3 4.4 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 100.0 3,389

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Table 3.2 Percent distribution of household population 6 years old and over by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013
Post
secondary
Region
High High education College
No grade Elementary Elementary School School level/ College graduate/ Household
completed Pre‐school level Graduate Level Graduate graduate level higher Total population
Philippines
Number ('000) 2,031 2,363 18,525 9,475 12,338 16,593 3,710 7,641 9,230 81,907
In percent 2.5 2.9 22.6 11.6 15.1 20.3 4.5 9.3 11.3 100.0
NCR 1.0 2.4 13.8 6.6 13.0 24.6 5.5 14.2 18.9 100.0 11,127
CAR 3.8 2.5 22.3 9.4 15.5 16.8 4.2 11.4 14.2 100.0 1,498
I ‐ Ilocos 1.2 2.5 18.3 13.6 14.9 24.4 5.0 8.7 11.5 100.0 4,345

II ‐ Cagayan Valley 1.6 2.3 23.4 13.4 15.3 18.3 3.2 11.0 11.5 100.0 2,956
III ‐ Central Luzon 1.5 3.1 19.1 14.1 14.5 23.6 4.6 9.1 10.5 100.0 9,548
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 1.7 2.9 18.8 10.7 13.9 25.1 6.6 9.1 11.2 100.0 12,219
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 4.2 3.2 27.2 13.0 18.6 14.5 4.6 6.9 7.8 100.0 2,495
V ‐ Bicol 1.6 3.5 26.1 15.5 18.2 16.7 4.3 6.5 7.5 100.0 4,860
VI ‐ Western Visayas 2.2 2.8 25.4 10.9 15.4 17.4 6.4 7.5 11.9 100.0 6,523
VII ‐ Central Visayas 2.8 2.9 27.3 12.4 15.2 18.0 2.5 9.1 9.9 100.0 6,286
IX ‐ Zamboanga Penin 3.3 3.1 29.5 11.7 16.2 14.1 2.7 8.5 10.9 100.0 3,113
X ‐ Northern Mindana 2.0 3.5 26.7 11.4 17.3 17.6 3.5 7.8 10.1 100.0 3,962
XI ‐ Davao 3.5 2.9 26.8 11.7 16.3 17.5 3.7 8.9 8.6 100.0 4,134
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 5.9 3.4 28.2 10.7 14.7 16.4 3.7 8.8 8.3 100.0 3,820
XIII ‐ Caraga 1.9 3.4 28.0 12.8 17.5 16.7 2.7 7.5 9.6 100.0 2,197
ARMM 11.7 1.9 33.8 14.1 12.7 13.7 0.5 7.3 4.3 100.0 2,822
Table 3.3.1 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (BOTH SEXES) by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013
Post
Region secondary
No High High education College Respondents
grade Pre‐ Elementary Elementar School School level/ College graduate/ aged 10‐64
completed school level y Graduate Level Graduate graduate level higher Total years
Philippines
Number ('000) 1,027 35 11,845 8,486 12,408 16,450 3,603 7,485 8,099 69,438
In percent 1.5 * 17.1 12.2 17.9 23.7 5.2 10.8 11.7 100.0
Age
10 ‐ 14 0.7 0.3 60.9 19.3 18.7 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 100.0 9,823
15 ‐ 19 0.6 ‐ 7.0 6.9 44.3 24.2 1.6 15.3 0.1 100.0 9,593
20 ‐ 24 0.9 * 5.8 5.7 12.7 30.2 7.8 20.8 16.0 100.0 8,856
25 ‐ 29 1.0 ‐ 7.1 6.7 12.2 31.3 7.6 13.0 21.3 100.0 7,737
30 ‐ 39 1.6 * 10.1 10.0 13.3 30.2 7.1 10.6 17.2 100.0 13,124
40 ‐ 49 2.3 ‐ 12.0 15.5 12.7 28.2 7.4 8.9 13.0 100.0 10,463
50 ‐ 59 2.7 * 14.6 19.3 12.1 22.6 5.2 8.9 14.6 100.0 7,404

60 ‐ 64 3.7 ‐ 19.4 22.1 11.7 18.6 3.1 7.7 13.6 100.0 2,439

Region
NCR 0.1 * 9.1 7.0 14.9 28.1 6.3 15.8 18.7 100.0 9,742
CAR 1.8 * 16.7 10.2 18.4 19.5 4.6 13.3 15.4 100.0 1,272
I ‐ Ilocos 0.3 0.1 11.4 13.5 17.7 28.5 5.7 10.4 12.5 100.0 3,622
III ‐ Central Luzon 0.5 * 13.1 15.1 17.1 27.8 5.1 10.4 10.8 100.0 8,126
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 0.6 0.1 12.6 11.0 16.5 29.5 7.4 10.5 11.7 100.0 10,463
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 3.3 * 21.4 13.8 22.8 17.4 5.4 8.1 7.7 100.0 2,076
V ‐ Bicol 0.7 0.1 19.2 16.5 22.4 19.8 5.1 7.8 8.4 100.0 3,984
VII ‐ Central Visayas 1.8 ‐ 22.1 13.0 18.1 21.2 2.8 10.7 10.2 100.0 5,252
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 1.8 0.1 25.3 13.1 19.2 16.5 3.1 9.5 11.4 100.0 2,621
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 1.0 ‐ 21.7 12.3 20.9 20.3 4.2 8.9 10.6 100.0 3,341
XI ‐ Davao 2.5 0.1 22.1 12.5 19.4 19.7 4.4 10.2 9.0 100.0 3,519
XIII ‐ Caraga 1.1 0.1 22.0 13.4 21.0 19.7 3.3 8.9 10.5 100.0 1,830
ARMM 9.2 ‐ 29.4 16.7 15.1 15.7 0.5 8.7 4.7 100.0 2,379

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Table 3.3.2 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (MALE) by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013
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Region secondary
High High education College Respondents
No grade Pre‐ Elementary Elementary School School level/ College graduate/ aged 10‐64
completed school level Graduate Level Graduate graduate level higher Total years
Philippines
Number ('000) 565 24 6,920 4,351 6,396 8,027 1,892 3,614 3,366 35,155
In percent 1.6 0.1 19.7 12.4 18.2 22.8 5.4 10.3 9.6 100.0
48.1
Age
10 ‐ 14 0.9 0.4 63.7 19.2 15.8 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 100.0 5,063
15 ‐ 19 0.8 ‐ 10.1 8.4 44.6 21.7 1.8 12.5 0.1 100.0 4,898
20 ‐ 24 1.2 * 8.1 6.6 14.9 29.8 8.0 19.0 12.4 100.0 4,487
25 ‐ 29 1.2 ‐ 9.0 7.9 13.5 30.1 7.8 12.4 18.0 100.0 3,909
30 ‐ 39 1.9 * 12.9 10.2 14.4 28.3 7.5 10.6 14.1 100.0 6,646
40 ‐ 49 2.1 ‐ 14.4 15.2 12.7 27.1 8.2 9.4 10.9 100.0 5,293
50 ‐ 59 2.7 * 16.6 17.4 12.3 23.9 5.0 9.9 12.1 100.0 3,687
60 ‐ 64 3.1 ‐ 21.1 19.7 10.9 21.5 2.2 8.9 12.5 100.0 1,172
Region
NCR 0.1 * 10.0 7.4 15.7 28.2 6.6 15.6 16.3 100.0 4,767
CAR 1.9 0.0 20.1 10.8 19.3 19.5 4.4 12.1 11.9 100.0 653
I ‐ Ilocos 0.5 0.1 13.1 14.0 18.2 27.9 5.8 10.0 10.4 100.0 1,845
III ‐ Central Luzon 0.5 0.0 14.9 15.5 17.9 26.9 5.6 9.8 8.9 100.0 4,118
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 0.7 0.1 14.8 10.5 17.0 28.8 7.7 10.4 10.0 100.0 5,222
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 3.0 0.1 25.4 13.6 23.1 15.7 5.9 6.9 6.4 100.0 1,076
V ‐ Bicol 0.8 0.1 22.4 16.6 22.7 19.1 4.8 7.5 5.9 100.0 2,052
XI ‐ Davao 2.9 0.1 26.3 13.5 17.2 18.1 4.3 10.0 7.6 100.0 1,811
XIII ‐ Caraga 1.5 0.1 25.6 13.1 21.2 18.9 3.1 8.0 8.5 100.0 947
ARMM 9.9 ‐ 32.5 16.2 14.0 15.0 0.5 7.6 4.2 100.0 1,177
Table 3.3.3 Percent distribution of respondents 10 to 64 years old (FEMALE) by highest educational attainment and by region, Philippines: 2013
Post
Region High High secondary College Respondents
No grade Pre‐ Elementary Elementary School School education College graduate/ aged 10‐64
completed school level Graduate Level Graduate level/ level higher Total years
Philippines
Number ('000) 463 10 4,926 4,134 6,012 8,424 1,711 3,871 4,733 34,283
In percent 1.3 * 14.4 12.1 17.5 24.6 5.0 11.3 13.8 100.0
54.7
Age
10 ‐ 14 0.5 0.2 58.0 19.4 21.9 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 100.0 4,760
15 ‐ 19 0.4 ‐ 3.8 5.3 44.0 26.8 1.4 18.3 0.1 100.0 4,695
20 ‐ 24 0.5 0.0 3.4 4.8 10.5 30.6 7.7 22.8 19.7 100.0 4,369
25 ‐ 29 0.8 ‐ 5.0 5.4 10.8 32.4 7.4 13.6 24.6 100.0 3,828
30 ‐ 39 1.3 0.0 7.1 9.7 12.1 32.2 6.7 10.6 20.4 100.0 6,478

40 ‐ 49 2.5 ‐ 9.5 15.8 12.7 29.3 6.7 8.4 15.2 100.0 5,170
50 ‐ 59 2.6 * 12.6 21.2 11.9 21.3 5.4 7.9 17.1 100.0 3,717
60 ‐ 64 4.3 ‐ 17.7 24.4 12.5 16.0 4.0 6.6 14.6 100.0 1,267
Region
NCR 0.1 * 8.2 6.7 14.1 28.0 5.9 15.9 21.1 100.0 4,975
CAR 1.8 * 13.2 9.7 17.4 19.4 4.8 14.6 19.0 100.0 619
I ‐ Ilocos 0.1 0.0 9.6 13.0 17.1 29.1 5.6 10.7 14.8 100.0 1,778
III ‐ Central Luzon 0.5 * 11.3 14.7 16.2 28.8 4.6 11.0 12.9 100.0 4,008
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 0.6 0.1 10.5 11.4 16.0 30.2 7.1 10.6 13.5 100.0 5,241
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 3.7 0.0 17.0 14.0 22.4 19.2 4.9 9.4 9.2 100.0 1,000
V ‐ Bicol 0.6 * 15.9 16.3 22.0 20.6 5.3 8.2 11.0 100.0 1,932
XI ‐ Davao 2.1 0.1 17.6 11.4 21.8 21.3 4.5 10.5 10.6 100.0 1,708
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 5.9 * 21.7 11.4 17.4 18.8 3.6 11.5 9.6 100.0 1,585
XIII ‐ Caraga 0.7 0.1 18.2 13.6 20.6 20.7 3.6 9.8 12.8 100.0 882
ARMM 8.5 ‐ 26.4 17.1 16.1 16.3 0.5 9.8 5.2 100.0 1,203

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Table 4.1 Percent distribution of households by source of drinking water and by region, Philippines: 2013
Community water system Point Source Rivers/ Bottled Tanker

Piped into Piped into Piped into Protected Open Dug Developed Undevelope Stream/ Water/ Rain Truck/ Number of
Region Dwelling Yard/Plot Public Tap Well Well Spring d Spring Pond/ Lake/ Refilling Water Peddler Total households
Philippines
Number ('000) 6,227 848 1,284 4,879 518 1,156 471 66 5,542 65 350 21,406
In percent 29.1 4.0 6.0 22.8 2.4 5.4 2.2 0.3 25.9 0.3 1.6 100.0 100.0
NCR 47.8 2.3 2.6 0.2 ‐ ‐ ‐ 0.1 46.3 ‐ 0.6 100.0 3,027
CAR 13.8 7.0 4.3 15.4 0.8 21.2 7.8 0.8 28.5 ‐ 0.4 100.0 392
I ‐ Ilocos 14.1 1.4 3.4 54.8 0.4 4.7 ‐ 0.1 21.0 ‐ 0.1 100.0 1,149
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 13.0 0.7 2.3 56.8 1.3 6.2 0.1 0.2 19.2 0.3 ‐ 100.0 799
III ‐ Central Luzon 27.8 5.4 5.1 31.0 0.6 1.2 ‐ 0.1 28.2 0.1 0.5 100.0 2,495
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 47.1 3.3 2.7 9.3 0.9 2.1 1.6 0.3 31.6 ‐ 1.1 100.0 3,264
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 13.0 4.1 3.8 37.1 7.5 9.8 2.3 2.0 17.1 ‐ 3.1 100.0 667
V ‐ Bicol 28.4 3.8 11.4 23.1 6.7 7.1 2.2 0.1 9.9 0.2 7.1 100.0 1,206
VI ‐ Western Visayas 16.5 0.9 5.4 38.3 6.0 5.2 1.4 0.1 22.9 0.2 3.0 100.0 1,668
VII ‐ Central Visayas 17.2 8.9 7.6 15.5 4.1 4.0 1.6 ‐ 40.5 0.1 0.5 100.0 1,640
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 22.9 5.7 20.1 17.2 2.2 11.9 6.2 ‐ 12.8 0.1 0.8 100.0 807
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 32.9 6.4 13.4 12.6 0.9 9.6 4.4 0.1 19.5 ‐ 0.2 100.0 1,016
XI ‐ Davao 31.1 4.2 5.0 22.0 2.0 11.9 7.5 0.0 7.5 1.2 7.6 100.0 1,122
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 20.7 5.5 6.6 39.4 3.7 9.8 4.5 0.2 9.0 ‐ 0.6 100.0 1,037
XIII ‐ Caraga 11.6 6.2 15.8 19.6 0.7 13.6 4.2 3.0 24.6 0.4 0.3 100.0 552
ARMM 16.3 0.5 4.3 35.3 11.6 11.8 8.2 1.9 0.7 6.7 2.8 100.0 564
Table 4.2 Percent distribution of households by toilet facilities and by region, Philippines: 2013
Flush toilet Pit toilet/latrine Drop/ Pail No toilet/ Number of

Region Own Shared Closed pit Open pit Overhang system field/ bush Total households
Philippines
Number ('000) 16,445 2,818 852 460 56 21 753 21,406
In percent 76.8 13.2 4.0 2.2 0.3 0.1 3.5 100.0 100.0
NCR 82.1 17.5 * 0.1 0.3 ‐ * 100.0 3,027

CAR 71.8 10.6 4.2 12.5 ‐ ‐ 0.9 100.0 392
I ‐ Ilocos 79.0 18.6 1.7 0.4 ‐ ‐ 0.3 100.0 1,149
II ‐ Cagayan Valley 85.7 10.1 3.3 0.8 ‐ ‐ 0.1 100.0 799

III ‐ Central Luzon 87.0 11.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 ‐ 0.3 100.0 2,495
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 85.7 10.8 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.1 1.5 100.0 3,264
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 69.0 14.3 6.5 0.7 ‐ 0.1 9.3 100.0 667
V ‐ Bicol 71.4 13.2 2.7 1.1 0.3 0.4 10.9 100.0 1,206
VI ‐ Western Visayas 72.4 9.3 6.4 3.4 ‐ 0.3 8.3 100.0 1,668
VII ‐ Central Visayas 69.3 14.6 1.5 0.7 ‐ 0.1 13.7 100.0 1,640
IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 75.1 9.8 11.2 2.6 0.2 ‐ 1.2 100.0 807
X ‐ Northern Mindanao 77.0 12.5 4.5 4.2 ‐ 0.1 1.6 100.0 1,016
XI ‐ Davao 71.7 17.5 6.8 2.3 0.1 0.2 1.4 100.0 1,122
XII ‐ SOCCSKSARGEN 58.8 16.7 9.6 10.3 0.2 ‐ 4.5 100.0 1,037
XIII ‐ Caraga 82.2 10.1 4.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 1.8 100.0 552
ARMM 34.9 6.8 35.8 14.3 2.5 0.1 5.6 100.0 564

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Table 7.1 Percent distribution of population 10 to 64 years old by exposure to specific forms of mass media,
frequency of exposure and sex, Philippines: 2013
Population 10 to 64
Form of mass media/ years old Sex
Frequency of exposure (in '000) Both sexes Male Female
NEWSPAPER 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 6,778 9.8 10.6 8.9
At least once a week 12,487 18.0 17.0 19.0
Seldom 22,779 32.8 30.8 34.9
Not At All 12,954 18.7 19.3 18.0
Not Reported 12,222 17.6 18.5 16.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 3.9 2.5
MAGAZINES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 8,559 12.3 9.8 14.9
Seldom 20,802 30.0 30.0 29.9
Not At All 10,400 15.0 17.1 12.8
Not Reported 14,701 21.2 22.8 19.5
POSTERS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 4,049 5.8 5.2 6.5
Seldom 21,724 31.3 29.2 33.4
Not At All 15,117 21.8 24.4 19.1
Not Reported 17,389 25.0 26.6 23.5
TELEVISION 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 45,156 65.0 62.5 67.6
Seldom 6,537 9.4 9.6 9.2
Not At All 1,690 2.4 2.4 2.5
Not Reported 9,263 13.3 14.6 12.0
RADIO 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 18,289 26.3 25.5 27.2
Seldom 16,800 24.2 23.8 24.6
Not At All 6,551 9.4 9.2 9.6
Not Reported 15,064 21.7 22.7 20.6
100 | Textual Tables

Table 7.1 ‐ Continued
Population 10 to 64
MOVIES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 3,817 5.5 5.2 5.8
Seldom 19,965 28.8 27.3 30.3
Not At All 19,518 28.1 28.0 28.2
Not Reported 18,006 25.9 27.3 24.5
SURF THE INTERNET (RESEARCH WORK) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 9,681 13.9 13.2 14.7
Seldom 10,277 14.8 13.9 15.7
Not At All 22,451 32.3 33.2 31.4
Not Reported 15,494 22.3 23.6 21.0
SURF THE INTERNET (SOCIAL MEDIA) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 11,232 16.2 15.0 17.4
Seldom 9,848 14.2 13.5 14.9
Not At All 21,196 30.5 31.5 29.6
Not Reported 15,576 22.4 23.8 21.0
ATTEND MEETINGS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,410 3.5 3.5 3.5
Seldom 22,267 32.1 30.0 34.2
Not At All 18,348 26.4 27.1 25.8
Not Reported 15,855 22.8 24.5 21.2
WRITE A REPORT 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,188 3.2 2.8 3.5
Seldom 15,011 21.6 19.8 23.5
Not At All 27,773 40.0 40.5 39.5
Not Reported 18,051 26.0 27.5 24.5
Textual Tables | 101

Table 7.1 ‐ Concluded
Population 10 to 64
MOVIES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 3,817 5.5 5.2 5.8
Seldom 19,965 28.8 27.3 30.3
Not At All 19,518 28.1 28.0 28.2
Not Reported 18,006 25.9 27.3 24.5

Everyday 9,681 13.9 13.2 14.7
Seldom 10,277 14.8 13.9 15.7
Not At All 22,451 32.3 33.2 31.4
Not Reported 15,494 22.3 23.6 21.0

Everyday 11,232 16.2 15.0 17.4
Seldom 9,848 14.2 13.5 14.9
Not At All 21,196 30.5 31.5 29.6
Not Reported 15,576 22.4 23.8 21.0
ATTEND MEETINGS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,410 3.5 3.5 3.5
Seldom 22,267 32.1 30.0 34.2
Not At All 18,348 26.4 27.1 25.8
Not Reported 15,855 22.8 24.5 21.2
WRITE A REPORT 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,188 3.2 2.8 3.5
Seldom 15,011 21.6 19.8 23.5
Not At All 27,773 40.0 40.5 39.5
Not Reported 18,051 26.0 27.5 24.5
MAKE CALCULATIONS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 11,852 17.1 15.0 19.2
Seldom 14,169 20.4 20.1 20.7
Not At All 16,071 23.1 24.0 22.2
Not Reported 17,072 24.6 26.1 23.1

Table 7.2 Percent distribution of population 10 to 64 years old by exposure to specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and age
group, Philippines: 2013
Population 10 to
Form of mass media/ 64 years old Age group
Frequency of exposure (in '000) Total 10‐14 15 ‐ 19 20 ‐ 24 25 ‐ 29 30 ‐ 39 40 ‐ 49 50 ‐ 59 60 ‐ 64
NEWSPAPER 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 6,778 9.8 6.6 6.3 8.7 8.9 11.8 12.3 13.0 11.2
At least once a week 12,487 18.0 13.2 19.3 21.4 21.8 19.9 16.7 14.5 13.4
Seldom 22,779 32.8 30.1 39.5 38.3 36.1 31.3 29.1 28.1 25.2
Not At All 12,954 18.7 26.3 19.7 17.6 16.0 16.5 17.2 17.8 17.2
Not Reported 12,222 17.6 21.3 13.9 12.1 15.1 17.1 20.2 21.2 25.8
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
MAGAZINES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 8,559 12.3 28.0 22.1 11.9 8.1 7.0 6.0 4.7 4.4
Seldom 20,802 30.0 22.2 29.0 35.2 35.4 32.7 29.5 27.5 23.7

Not At All 10,400 15.0 9.2 9.7 12.6 14.9 16.5 19.7 21.4 20.6
Not Reported 14,701 21.2 18.9 12.1 14.4 17.3 23.1 28.1 30.2 35.1
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
POSTERS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 4,049 5.8 5.3 7.5 7.7 7.1 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.3
Seldom 21,724 31.3 28.5 36.9 37.1 35.9 31.0 27.5 25.2 20.4
Not At All 15,117 21.8 24.7 19.2 18.9 18.6 20.7 24.1 25.2 25.8
Not Reported 17,389 25.0 27.0 17.5 17.1 20.8 25.9 30.6 32.5 37.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
TELEVISION 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 45,156 65.0 62.9 69.2 69.0 68.7 64.9 61.9 62.0 55.0
Seldom 6,537 9.4 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.1 9.4 9.1 8.1 7.7
Not At All 1,690 2.4 2.7 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.4 2.8 2.4 3.0
Not Reported 9,263 13.3 14.8 9.3 9.1 10.6 13.3 16.5 17.2 22.2
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1

Population 10 to

RADIO 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 18,289 26.3 17.2 25.9 30.1 29.3 28.2 27.4 26.7 25.9
Seldom 16,800 24.2 27.9 29.2 26.6 25.3 22.3 20.9 19.3 16.2
Not At All 6,551 9.4 12.9 8.3 7.6 8.1 8.8 9.6 10.2 10.6
Not Reported 15,064 21.7 23.9 15.0 15.0 17.8 22.5 26.6 27.8 32.2
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
MOVIES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 3,817 5.5 7.3 8.4 7.0 5.7 4.8 3.6 2.6 2.0
Seldom 19,965 28.8 25.5 35.9 36.5 35.1 28.4 22.8 21.1 16.3
Not At All 19,518 28.1 27.7 23.7 24.1 24.9 28.7 32.5 33.5 33.3
Not Reported 18,006 25.9 27.4 17.9 18.2 21.4 27.2 31.9 33.5 38.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
SURF THE INTERNET (RESEARCH WORK) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 9,681 13.9 12.9 21.3 22.0 19.9 13.3 6.9 4.9 2.5
Seldom 10,277 14.8 16.9 20.7 20.0 16.8 13.5 10.1 8.1 5.7
Not At All 22,451 32.3 29.9 19.1 21.1 26.7 35.6 43.5 46.3 44.7
Not Reported 15,494 22.3 23.3 14.3 14.7 17.7 23.4 28.1 30.6 36.3
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
SURF THE INTERNET (SOCIAL MEDIA) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 11,232 16.2 15.5 25.9 27.7 22.9 14.3 6.6 4.9 2.7
Seldom 9,848 14.2 15.9 19.4 18.1 15.6 13.6 10.6 7.9 5.5
Not At All 21,196 30.5 29.9 17.1 17.8 24.1 33.6 41.7 45.1 43.9
Not Reported 15,576 22.4 22.7 13.8 14.1 17.3 23.6 29.6 31.5 37.4
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
Population 10 to
ATTEND MEETINGS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 2,410 3.5 4.4 4.1 3.3 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.5
Seldom 22,267 32.1 22.9 35.3 36.9 36.2 34.3 30.5 29.4 28.2
Not At All 18,348 26.4 35.2 29.0 28.0 27.3 23.4 22.0 22.4 19.9
Not Reported 15,855 22.8 25.9 16.6 16.9 19.2 22.9 27.4 28.1 31.9
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
WRITE A REPORT 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 2,188 3.2 5.5 4.2 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.9 1.6

Seldom 15,011 21.6 22.7 30.7 27.2 23.5 19.8 16.2 13.6 12.6
Not At All 27,773 40.0 33.9 35.8 42.3 43.9 42.4 41.2 41.5 37.9
Not Reported 18,051 26.0 26.6 18.0 18.5 22.0 27.2 32.2 33.8 38.6
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1
MAKE CALCULATIONS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Everyday 11,852 17.1 13.0 15.1 17.0 18.3 20.0 18.2 17.6 14.6
Seldom 14,169 20.4 20.9 26.4 24.2 22.1 19.1 16.2 15.6 15.1
Not At All 16,071 23.1 27.1 27.6 25.8 22.9 20.3 20.5 19.6 18.7
Not Reported 17,072 24.6 26.9 17.6 17.8 20.9 24.7 29.7 31.1 36.4
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 2.6 1.3 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.4 5.5 7.1

Table 7.3 Percent distribution of population 10 to 64 years old by exposure to specific forms of mass media, frequency of exposure and age
group, Philippines: 2013
Highest grade completed

Population 10 No grade Post College
Form of mass media/ to 64 years old completed/ Elementary High School secondary/ Graduate/
Frequency of exposure (in '000) Total Preschool Level Level College Level Higher
NEWSPAPER 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 6,778 9.8 0.2 5.6 8.7 12.9 21.2
At least once a week 12,487 18.0 0.4 9.3 18.6 25.3 30.0
Seldom 22,779 32.8 0.9 25.1 35.3 40.0 37.4
Not At All 12,954 18.7 1.0 27.7 19.2 12.1 5.4
Not Reported 12,222 17.6 2.0 26.4 18.2 9.7 6.0
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
MAGAZINES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 8,559 12.3 0.3 12.9 10.3 13.1 18.7
Seldom 20,802 30.0 1.0 21.6 32.0 37.4 37.3
Not At All 10,400 15.0 0.8 20.0 16.4 10.4 5.5
Not Reported 14,701 21.2 2.3 28.9 22.7 13.9 8.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
POSTERS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 4,049 5.8 0.5 3.0 4.7 8.9 13.4
Seldom 21,724 31.3 0.7 20.9 32.5 41.2 43.5
Not At All 15,117 21.8 0.7 29.6 23.7 14.7 7.8
Not Reported 17,389 25.0 2.4 34.6 26.8 15.9 10.1
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0

Form of mass media/ to 64 years old completed/ Elementary High School secondary/ Graduate/
TELEVISION 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 45,156 65.0 2.0 49.0 67.8 79.7 83.3
Seldom 6,537 9.4 0.1 12.2 9.7 6.9 6.0
Not At All 1,690 2.4 0.2 4.4 2.2 1.0 0.5
Not Reported 9,263 13.3 2.1 21.9 13.1 6.3 4.0
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
RADIO 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 18,289 26.3 1.0 19.6 26.8 33.3 35.4
Seldom 16,800 24.2 0.6 22.1 24.4 26.4 28.8

Not At All 6,551 9.4 0.3 11.7 9.8 7.5 6.1
Not Reported 15,064 21.7 2.5 29.9 23.1 13.9 9.2
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
MOVIES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 3,817 5.5 0.1 4.0 5.4 6.9 8.5
Seldom 19,965 28.8 0.6 17.2 27.4 40.6 50.2
Not At All 19,518 28.1 1.2 32.8 31.4 23.1 15.1
Not Reported 18,006 25.9 2.6 35.2 27.9 17.0 10.9
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
SURF THE INTERNET (RESEARCH WORK) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 9,681 13.9 0.0 5.1 9.9 24.0 38.6
Seldom 10,277 14.8 0.4 9.1 16.2 20.0 19.0
Not At All 22,451 32.3 1.4 42.1 36.5 21.8 11.5
Not Reported 15,494 22.3 2.6 32.0 23.9 13.2 7.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0


completed/ Elementary High School secondary/ Graduate/

Form of mass media/ to 64 years old
SURF THE INTERNET (SOCIAL MEDIA) 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 11,232 16.2 0.3 6.3 12.7 28.1 39.0
Seldom 9,848 14.2 0.2 8.7 15.5 19.3 18.1
Not At All 21,196 30.5 1.4 40.7 33.8 19.7 11.9
Not Reported 15,576 22.4 2.4 32.4 23.8 12.9 8.1
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
ATTEND MEETINGS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,410 3.5 0.0 3.4 3.5 3.0 4.4
Seldom 22,267 32.1 0.9 21.4 32.3 42.5 47.9
Not At All 18,348 26.4 1.0 30.8 28.4 23.3 16.2
Not Reported 15,855 22.8 2.4 31.8 24.2 14.5 9.5
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
WRITE A REPORT 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 2,188 3.2 0.1 3.0 2.2 3.1 7.5
Seldom 15,011 21.6 0.4 13.1 20.4 30.7 37.6
Not At All 27,773 40.0 1.2 39.0 44.2 41.2 30.7
Not Reported 18,051 26.0 2.7 35.0 28.1 17.1 11.2
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
MAKE CALCULATIONS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 11,852 17.1 0.0 10.9 15.1 23.0 33.6
Seldom 14,169 20.4 0.9 16.8 21.1 24.9 23.2
Not At All 16,071 23.1 0.8 24.9 26.3 21.1 13.4
Not Reported 17,072 24.6 2.7 34.0 26.3 15.7 9.7
Not applicable 2,218 3.2 95.5 5.9 * 0.0 0.0
Table 7.4 Percent distribution of population 10 to 64 years old by exposure to specific forms of mass media,
frequency of exposure and socio‐economic status, Philippines: 2013
Population
Form of mass media/ 10 to 64 years old Socio‐Economic Status
Frequency of exposure (in '000) All group Bottom 30% Top 70%
NEWSPAPER 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 12,954 18.7 24.6 16.3
Seldom 12,487 18.0 10.0 21.1
Not At All 6,778 9.8 5.4 11.5
Not Reported 12,222 17.6 24.2 15.1
MAGAZINES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 10,400 15.0 19.4 13.3
Seldom 12,759 18.4 11.6 21.0
Not At All 8,559 12.3 9.4 13.5
Not Reported 14,701 21.2 26.1 19.3
POSTERS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 15,117 21.8 27.5 19.5
Seldom 8,942 12.9 6.5 15.4
Not At All 4,049 5.8 2.7 7.0
Not Reported 17,389 25.0 31.8 22.4
TELEVISION 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 1,690 2.4 5.9 1.1
Seldom 4,575 6.6 9.1 5.6
Not At All 45,156 65.0 37.4 75.7
Not Reported 9,263 13.3 20.9 10.4
RADIO 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 6,551 9.4 11.0 8.8
Seldom 10,517 15.1 10.4 17.0
Not At All 18,289 26.3 20.2 28.7
Not Reported 15,064 21.7 26.5 19.8

Population
NEWSPAPER 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 12,954 18.7 24.6 16.3
Seldom 12,487 18.0 10.0 21.1
Not At All 6,778 9.8 5.4 11.5
Not Reported 12,222 17.6 24.2 15.1
MAGAZINES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 10,400 15.0 19.4 13.3
Seldom 12,759 18.4 11.6 21.0
Not At All 8,559 12.3 9.4 13.5
Not Reported 14,701 21.2 26.1 19.3
POSTERS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 15,117 21.8 27.5 19.5
Seldom 8,942 12.9 6.5 15.4
Not At All 4,049 5.8 2.7 7.0
Not Reported 17,389 25.0 31.8 22.4
TELEVISION 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 1,690 2.4 5.9 1.1
Seldom 4,575 6.6 9.1 5.6
Not At All 45,156 65.0 37.4 75.7
Not Reported 9,263 13.3 20.9 10.4
RADIO 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 6,551 9.4 11.0 8.8
Seldom 10,517 15.1 10.4 17.0
Not At All 18,289 26.3 20.2 28.7
Not Reported 15,064 21.7 26.5 19.8

Population
MOVIES 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 19,518 28.1 34.5 25.6
Seldom 5,915 8.5 4.5 10.1
Not At All 3,817 5.5 2.9 6.5
Not Reported 18,006 25.9 32.5 23.4

Everyday 22,451 32.3 43.3 28.1
Seldom 9,317 13.4 5.5 16.5
Not At All 9,681 13.9 2.9 18.2
Not Reported 15,494 22.3 29.6 19.5

Everyday 21,196 30.5 41.6 26.2
Seldom 9,369 13.5 5.7 16.5
Not At All 11,232 16.2 3.4 21.1
Not Reported 15,576 22.4 30.4 19.3
ATTEND MEETINGS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 18,348 26.4 27.6 26.0
Seldom 8,341 12.0 7.8 13.7
Not At All 2,410 3.5 2.9 3.7
Not Reported 15,855 22.8 28.5 20.6
WRITE A REPORT 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 27,773 40.0 39.6 40.1
Seldom 4,197 6.0 3.6 7.0
Not At All 2,188 3.2 2.2 3.5
Not Reported 18,051 26.0 32.1 23.6
MAKE CALCULATIONS 69,438 100.0 100.0 100.0

Everyday 16,071 23.1 24.7 22.5
Seldom 8,058 11.6 7.2 13.3
Not At All 11,852 17.1 10.1 19.7
Not Reported 17,072 24.6 31.3 22.0


APPENDIX A
Training, Field Operation,
and Data Processing

RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
There were two levels of training conducted for the 2013 FLEMMS. The first level training
or task force training was for trainers, focal persons, and supervisors. The Task Force
training was conducted in BSA Twin Tower in Pasig on November 13-15, 2013. Fifty-five
persons participated as trainees: 38 from Regional Statistical Offices (consisting of Regional
Statisticians/Designated alternate and selected Provincial Statisticians/Designated alternate),
and 17 Statisticians from Central Office.
The second-level training took place at the Regional Training Centers on November 19-22,
2013. Hired Statistical Researchers (SR) and District Statistics Officers (DSO)/Statistical
Coordination Officers (SCO) who were designated by their Provincial Statistics Officers
(PSO) as field supervisors attended the training. There were a total of 283 SRs in 17 regions
nationwide. The number of SRs hired was depending on the number of regular staff and SCO
and the workload in the province. In hiring the SRs there was a priority, SRs should have
involved in previous Census of Population and Housing (CPH) and Census of Agriculture
and Fisheries, and surveys like FLEMMS, LFS, APIS or FIES.
FIELD OPERATION
Enumeration was conducted from November 25, 2013 to December 20, 2013. The
interviewer (former NSO regular staff, SR) was responsible to interview the sample
households assigned to him/her and collecting information from them in accordance with the
instructions stated in the Interviewer’s Manual and Field Operation Guidelines. The
interviewer was expected to meet a daily output rate of at least 4 households and at least 10
individual questionnaires (FLEMMS Form 2).
Supervision
The RDs and PSOs had supervised the field operation; they were given seven mandays each
for supervision inclusive of travel time. The Regional Statistician or who served as Regional
Focal Person for the 2013 FLEMMS was given ten days of supervision inclusive of travel
time. He/She was expected to supervised the first two weeks of data collection in order to
immediately corrected any error, and provide solution to problems encountered by
interviewers. While in the sample areas, the supervision procedure was carried out. First,
they observed the interview to ensure that it was properly followed the objective of the
survey. Then, scrutinized of completeness and the consistency of entries of accomplished
questionnaires and lastly, discussed with the interviewer the errors committed during the
interview and in filling out the questionnaires, and the correction to be made. While in the
sample area, the supervisors checked the veracity of the large number of reported sample that
are Vacant Housing Units (VHUs) and sample households who reported permanently moved
out of the sample housing unit during the time of enumeration.

Appendices | 115

DATA PROCESSING
A processing manual was prepared to serve as guide in checking the completeness,

consistency and reasonableness of entries in the FLEMMS questionnaires and in preparing
the questionnaires for machine processing. Office processors were trained and instructed to
carefully examine the answers in the questionnaires and to translate the entries into machine-
oriented codes. Instructions for manual processing were properly disseminated in first level
training. There were 34 Regional Supervisors/Alternates were attended on February 27 – 28,
2014. The second level trainings were conducted on the regional level, attended by 81
Provincial Supervisors who attended this level. Also, they were taught how to use the editing
aids such as Interviewer’s Manual, Occupation Codes (PSOC), Post Secondary Course and
Degree Codes (PSCED). General instructions for manual processing include arranging the
questionnaires by folio prior to editing and coding the questions, which should be assigned to
only one editor/coder, unless otherwise necessary like in the case of prolonged absence of the
one assigned.
Manual Processing
Manual processing was conducted at PO, screening the consistency and reasonableness of
information written in the Household Questionnaire (FLEMMS Form 1), coding of specified
entries in the questionnaire, and providing scores for the items in the Individual
Questionnaire (FLEMMS Form 2) which were used in determining the functional literacy
rates. To ensure the completeness of sample households the geographic and household
identification (ID) codes, name of household head and address of the housing unit in the
FLEMMS questionnaires were carefully match manually against MS Form 6(List of sample
household). The processors bundled all FLEMMS accomplished questionnaires by
Barangay/EA and label properly with the 2013 FLEMMS Form 5-Folio cover. After
thorough screening and they check inconsistent entry in the questionnaire during the manual
processing, it was verified in the field and rectified.
Machine Processing
In ROs the Data encoding, key verification and machine editing of 2013 FLEMMS
questionnaires was done. Data encoding included entries in the item “others, specify”, “name
of household head”, and the line number of the respondent. The encoded name of household
head was match with MS Form 6 (List of sample households). These were included in the
data entry system. Raw data files from the regional office that are encoded were submitted
on or before March 4, 2014 and the clean data files submitted on or before March 20, 2014
thru the prescribe email address. Required naming convention of the data files and report that
submitted to the CO was adopted. This is to make a distinction of the data files and reports
submitted for LFS and its rider surveys from those of other surveys.
116 | Appendices

APPENDIX B
Survey Forms

FLEMMS FORM 1
NSCB Approval No. NSO-1238-01
Expires: November 30, 2014
Republic of the Philippines
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and LITERACY COORDINATING COUNCIL
HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE
CONFIDENTIALITY: This survey is authorized by Commonwealth Act No. 591. All data obtained cannot be used
for taxation, investigation, or law enforcement purposes.
Booklet ________ of _______ Booklets
GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION AND OTHER INFORMATION

GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION CODES Name of Household Head:
REGION:
PROVINCE: Name of Respondent: LINE NO.
MUN/CITY:
BARANGAY: Address:
EA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SHSN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL VISIT
HCN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Visit 1 2 3
DESIGN CODES Time:

Began
Replicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ended
Stratum: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Date
PSU No.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Result
Rotation Group: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of Households in the Housing Unit: . . . . .
CODE FOR FINAL VISIT
TOTAL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL ELIGIBLE RESPONDENTS . . . . . . . . Number of Visits .........................
RESULT CODES
01 - Completed Interview 06 - Housing Unit Demolished, Destroyed by Fire,

02 - Refusal Typhoon, Etc.
03 - No Household Member at Home or No Competent 07 - Address Not a Housing Unit
Respondent at Home at Time of Visit 08 - Housing Unit Not Found
04 - Entire Household Absent for Extended Period of Time 09 - Critical Area, Flooded Area
05 - Vacant Housing Unit 10 - Others, Specify
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the data gathered in this questionnaire were obtained/reviewed by me personally and in
accordance with instructions stated in the Interviewer's Manual.
Signature over Printed Name of Interviewer Date Accomplished
Signature over Printed Name of Reviewer Date Reviewed
Appendices | 119

SECTION A - DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

ALL PERSONS 10 YEARS OLD & OVER
L ELIGIBILITY
I Please give me the names of the What is Is What is EN- What is Is
N persons who usually live in your (NAME)'s (NAME) (NAME)'s CIRCLE (NAME)'s (NAME)
E household, starting with the head of relation- male age as EN- LINE marital an
the household. ship or of his/her CIRCLE NO. status? OCW/
N to the female? last LINE NO. IF 10 OFW?
U household birthday? OF YEARS
M head? RES- OLD
B PONDENT AND FOR HH
E 1-MALE 10-64 OVER MEMBER
R YEARS 0-9 YEARS
(Last Name, First Name) 2-FEMALE OLD OLD, 1 - YES
(EN- IN ENTER
CIRCLE COL. 5 CODE 2 - NO
LINE "1"
NO. OF
RES-
PON- ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER
DENT) CODE CODE CODE CODE
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
0 1
01 01 01
02 02 02
03 03 03
04 04 04
05 05 05
06 06 06
07 07 07
08 08 08
PUT AN X MARK IF CONTINUATION SHEET IS USED
RELATIONSHIP TO THE HEAD GRADE/YEAR CURRENTLY ATTENDING/HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

(Codes for Col. 3) (Codes for Col. 12 and 15)
01 - Head 000 - No Grade Completed High School College
02 - Wife/Spouse 001 - Nursery
03 - Son/Daughter 002 - Kinder 310 - 1st Year 810 - 1st Year
04 - Brother/Sister 003 - Preparatory 320 - 2nd Year 820 - 2nd Year
05 - Son-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law 330 - 3rd Year 830 - 3rd Year
06 - Grandson/Granddaughter Elementary 340 - 4th Year 840 - 4th Year
07 - Father/Mother 350 - HS Graduate 850 - 5th Year
08 - Other Relative 210 - Grade I 860 - 6th Year or Higher
09 - Boarder 220 - Grade II Post Secondary If Graduate, Specify course
10 - Domestic Helper 230 - Grade III
11 - Non-Relative 240 - Grade IV 410 - 1st Year
250 - Grade V 420 - 2nd Year 900 - Post Baccalaureate
MARITAL STATUS 260 - Grade VI 430 - 3rd Year
(Codes for Col. 8) 270 - Grade VII If Graduate, Specify course
280 - Elementary Graduate
1 - Single
2 - Married/Living Together
3 - Widow/Widower
4 - Separated/Divorced/Annulled
5 - Unknown
120 | Appendices

SECTION B - LITERACY AND EDUCATION
6 YEARS OLD & OVER 3 - 24 YEARS OLD
EN- Can What is EN- Is What How L

CIRCLE (NAME) (NAME)'s CIRCLE (NAME) grade/ does I
LINE
NO.
read and
write a
highest
educational
LINE
NO.
currently
attending
year is
(NAME)
(NAME)
travel to
N
E
IF 6
YEARS
simple
message
attainment? IF
3-24
school? currently
attending?
school?
N
OLD in any YEARS 1 - YES, U
AND
OVER
language
or dialect?
OLD PUBLIC M
B
2 - YES,
PRIVATE
E
R
1 - YES ENTER
CODE, OR
3 - NO, GO TO
COL. 19
2 - NO
ENTER
SPECIFY
COURSE
BELOW ENTER ENTER ENTER
(10)
CODE
(11)
THE BOX
(12) (13)
CODE
(14)
CODE
(15)
CODE/S
(16) (17)

01 01 01
GO TO COL. 21
02 02
GO TO COL. 21
02

03 03 03
GO TO COL. 21
04 04
GO TO COL. 21
04

05 05 05
GO TO COL. 21
06 06
GO TO COL. 21
06

07 07 07
GO TO COL. 21
08 08
GO TO COL. 21
08

MODE OF TRAVEL
(Codes for Col. 16)
REASONS FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL
(Codes for Col. 19)
A - Walking, Accessible
(With Transport System)
B - Walking, No Transportation
01
02
-
-
Schools Are Very Far
No School Within the Barangay
C - PUJ/FX/VAN/BUS 03 - No Regular Transportation
D - School Service
E - Private Motor Vehicle (Car)
04
05
-
-
High Cost of Education
Illness/Disability
F - LRT/MRT 06 - Housekeeping/Taking Care of Siblings
G - Tricycle/Motorcycle/Pedicab 07 - Marriage/Taking of children
H - Horse Riding 08 - Employment/Looking for Work
I - Banca 09 - Lack of Personal Interest
J - Other Means, Specify 10 - Cannot Cope with School Work
11 - Finished Schooling
12 - Problem with School Record
13 - Problem with Birth Certificate
14 - Too Young to Go to School
15 - Family income not sufficient to send child to school
16 - Other, Specify
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SECTION C - EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS

3-24 YRS OLD 5 YEARS OLD AND OVER 15-30 YEARS
OLD
ENCIRCLE Why is EN- Did What is What is Why was EN-
LINE (NAME) CIRCLE (NAME) (NAME)'s (NAME) (NAME) CIRCLE Has (NAME) been
NO. not LINE have a job/business class of not LINE involved and/or
IF attending NO. job/ during worker? employed? NO. participated in
3-24 school? IF 5 business the last 12 IF any community
YEARS YEARS during months? 15-30 or national
OLD OLD the last 12 YEARS activity intended
AND months? OLD to help other
(LINE OVER people and or
OUT promote
EN- 1 - YES SPECIFY JOB/ improvement of the
CIRCLED BUSINESS of society and/or
LINE NO. 2 - NO, GO TO environment?
IF '1' OR COL. 24
'2' IN 1 - YES
COL. 14)
ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER 2 - NO
CODE CODE CODE CODE
(18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)
01 01 01
GO TO COL. 26
02 02 02
GO TO COL. 26
03 03 03
GO TO COL. 26
04 04 04
GO TO COL. 26
05 05 05
GO TO COL. 26
06 06 06
GO TO COL. 26
07 07 07
GO TO COL. 26
08 08 08
GO TO COL. 26
CLASS OF WORKER REASON FOR NOT BEING EMPLOYED

(Codes for Col. 23) (Codes for Col. 24)
0 - Worked for Private Household 1 - Still Studying/Planning to Continue Studies
1 - Worked for Private Establishment 2 - Inappropriate Skills and/or Insufficient Experience
2 - Worked for Government/ 3 - Lack of Resources to Start Business
Government Corporations 4 - Housekeeping
3 - Self-employed Without Any Paid 5 - Illness/Disability
Employee 6 - Scarcity of Job Opportunities
4 - Employer in Own Family- 7 - Retired/Too Old
Operated Farm or Business 8 - Looking for Job Related to Profession or Training Acquired
5 - Worked with Pay on Own Family- 9 - Other, Specify
Operated Farm or Business
6 - Worked Without Pay on Own
Family-Operated Farm
or Business
122 | Appendices
SECTION D - DOTC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
1 Have you heard or seen any information drive campaign implemented by the Department of
Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in promoting transportation security awareness
among travellers and passengers?
YES NO
1 2
2 Do you have adequate understanding of the transportation security programs being

implemented by the Depatment of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)?
YES NO
1 2
SECTION E - HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS/AMENITIES

1 Is there any electricity in this building/house?
YES NO
1 2
2 Does your household or any member of your household have:

YES NO
a. Aircon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
b. Washing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
c. Stove with oven/Gas Range ..................................... 1 2
d. Refrigerator/Freezer .............................................. 1 2
e. Personal Computer (desktop, laptop, notebook,
netbook, ipad, tablet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
f. Cellular phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
g. Landline/Wireless Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
h. Audio Component/Stereo set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
i Video Cassette Recorder/Player ................................. 1 2
j. Karaoke/Videoke/Magic Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
k. CD/VCD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
l. Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
m. Radio/Radio Cassette Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
3 Does your household or any member of your household own:

YES NO
a) Tractor ......................................................... 1 2
b) Motorized banca/boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
c) Car/Jeep/Van . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
d) Motorcycle/Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
e) Bicycle/Pedicab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
4 What is the main source of drinking water for members of your household?
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
PIPED INTO:
DWELLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RIVER/STREAM/POND/
YARD/PLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 LAKE/DAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PUBLIC TAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 BOTTLED WATER/REFILLING
POINT SOURCE: STATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PROTECTED WELL . . . . . . . . 21 RAINWATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
UNPROTECTED TANKER TRUCK/
(OPEN DUG WELL) . . . . . . . . 22 PEDDLER ..................................... 61
DEVELOPED SPRING . . . . . . . . 31 OTHER 96
UNDEVELOPED SPRING . . . . . . . 32 (SPECIFY)
Appendices | 123

5 What kind of toilet facility does your household use?

FLUSH TOILET DROP/OVERHANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
OWN TOILET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PAIL SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SHARED TOILET .......... 12 NO TOILET/FIELD/
PIT TOILET/LATRINE BUSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CLOSED PIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OTHER 96
OPEN PIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 (SPECIFY)
6 MAIN MATERIAL OF THE FLOOR

RECORD OBSERVATION
NATURAL FLOOR EARTH/SAND .............................................. 11
RUDIMENTARY FLOOR
WOOD PLANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PALM/BAMBOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FINISHED FLOOR
PARQUET OR POLISHED WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
VINYL, LINOLEUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CERAMIC TILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CARPET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MARBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
OTHER 96
(SPECIFY)
7 MAIN MATERIAL OF THE ROOF.

RECORD OBSERVATION
NATURAL ROOFING
NO ROOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
THATCH/PALM LEAF (NIPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SOD/GRASS (COGON) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RUDIMENTARY ROOFING
RUSTIC MAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PALM/BAMBOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
WOOD PLANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
MAKESHIFT/CARDBOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
FINISHED ROOFING
GALVANIZED IRON/ALUMINUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
WOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CALAMINE/CEMENT FIBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CERAMIC TILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ROOFING SHINGLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
OTHER 96
(SPECIFY)
8 MAIN MATERIAL OF THE EXTERNAL WALLS

RECORD OBSERVATION
NATURAL WALLS
CANE/PALM/TRUNKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DIRT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RUDIMENTARY WALLS
BAMBOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
STONE WITH MUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
UNCOVERED ADOBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PLYWOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MAKESHIFT/CARDBOARD/REUSED MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FINISHED WALLS
CEMENT/CEMENT BLOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
STONE WITH LIME/CEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
BRICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
COVERED ADOBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
WOOD PLANKS/SHINGLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
GALVANIZED IRON/ALUMINUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
OTHER 96
(SPECIFY)
124 | Appendices
FLEMMS FORM 2
NSCB Approval No. NSO-1238-02
Expires: November 30, 2014
Republic of the Philippines
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION and LITERACY COORDINATING COUNCIL
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONNAIRE
CONFIDENTIALITY: This survey is authorized by Commonwealth Act No. 591. All data obtained cannot be used for
taxation, investigation, or law enforcement purposes.
GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION AND OTHER INFORMATION
GEOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION CODES Name of Household Head:
REGION:
PROVINCE: Name of Eligible Respondent: LINE NO.
MUN/CITY:
BARANGAY: Address:
EA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SHSN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HCN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL VISIT
Visit 1 2 3
DESIGN CODES
Time
Replicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Began
Stratum: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ended
PSU No.: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date
Rotation Group: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Result
0 1
LANGUAGE OF QUESTIONNAIRE CODES FOR FINAL VISIT
LANGUAGE OF RESPONDENT Result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Number of Visits ....................
01 - English 05 - Waray
02 - Tagalog 06 - Cebuano RESULT CODES
03 - Ilocano 07 - Hiligaynon
04 - Bicolano 08 - Other 01 - Completed
(Specify) 02 - Not At Home
03 - Postponed
04 - Refusal
05 - Partly Completed
06 - Respondent Incapacitated
07 - OCW/OFW
Signature over Printed Name of Interviewer 08 - Cannot Read/Write
09 - Assisted by Other Household Members
10 - Other, Specify
Interviewed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keyed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appendices | 125

DO NOT
INSTRUCTION: PLEASE ANSWER ALL ITEMS OR QUESTIONS BELOW. FILL
1. Full Name:
(First Name) (Surname)
2. Address:
(House Number/Street/Purok) (Barangay) (Town/City) (Province)
3. Complete Date of Birth: (Month, Day, Year)
(Month) (Day) (Year)
4. Put a check  in the box opposite your highest educational attainment and write the
grade/year or level you completed on the line after it.
Post Graduate High School
(Masteral/Doctoral Degree) (Year/Level)
College/University Elementary
(Year/Degree, if Graduate) (Grade/Level)
Post Secondary No Grade

(Technical/vocational) (Year/Level) Completed
5. Did you take any Post Secondary or Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
course/program?
Encircle the number corresponding to your answer.
1 - Yes
2 - No
6. What was the title of the Post Secondary orTechnical Vocational Education and Training
(TVET) course/program?
7. If a kilo of rice costs P35.00, how much will two kilos cost?
8. How much will half a kilo of sugar cost, if one kilo costs P42.00?
9. Read the following paragraph:

The depletion of our forests is one of the most serious environmental problems of the
Philippines. It causes frequent floods and loss of fertile soil. Crops and property are
destroyed and many lives are lost because of frequent floods.
Based on the paragraph you read, what are the effects of forest depletion?
126 | Appendices
ENCIRCLE THE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO YOUR ANSWER ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
10. If your age is from 15 to 30 and currently working or have a job/business in the past 12
months, answer the question below; otherwise skip to Question 11
Have you been able to use or apply the knowledge and skills you've learned from any school,
training center, college, and or university in your profession or work?
1 - Yes
2 - No
11. Are you proud that you are a Filipino?
1 - Yes
2 - No
12. What event are we celebrating every June 12?
1 - Andres Bonifacio's birthday
2 - Dr. Jose Rizal's birthday
3 - Independence Day
4 - Day of Valor
13. What should you do whenever you hear our National Anthem?
1 - Stop, stand straight and put your right hand on your chest and sing "Lupang Hinirang"
2 - Stop, stand straight and put your right hand on your chest and sing "Bayang Magiliw"
3 - Stop, stand straight and raise your right hand
4 - Go on with what you're doing
14. What is your primary sport activity?
(Choose only 1 below):
1 - None/ Not engaged 8 - Billiards 16 - Softball
in any sport activity 9 - Boxing 17 - Swimming
2 - Archery 10 - Chess 18 - Table Tennis
3 - Arnis 11 - Football 19 - Volleyball
4 - Athletics 12 - Futsal 20 - Wrestling
5 - Badminton 13 - Gymnastics 21 - Wushu
6 - Baseball 14 - Lawn Tennis 22 - Other, specify
7 - Basketball 15 - Sepak Takraw
15. How often do you play the sport?
1 - Everyday
2 - 5 to 6 times a week
5 - Ocassional
6 - Never
16. What is the major reason why you play the sport?
1 - To be healthy 4 - To train for competition 7 - Other, specify
2 - To bond with friends 5 - To be known
3 - To bond with family 6 - To develop positive character
17. The government is giving college scholarship to poor but deserving student,
which of the following grant was achieved:
1 - Equal rights
2 - Equal justice
3 - Right to become rich
4 - Right to be powerful
18. Nancy received P50,000. Which of the following should Nancy do for her to double her money:
1 Venture in a business using the money
2 Keep the money in the house
3 Treat the family and friends
4 Buy things not yet needed
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19. Liza is doing something to keep the environment healthy. Which of the following did she do:
1 - Throw the garbage in the river
2 - Burn the garbage during night time
3 - Left the garbage where no one can see it
4 - Recycling the rotten garbage into fertilizer
20. There is a commotion on the street where you live. What will you do?
1 - Watch them fighting
2 - Report the incident to the media
3 - Ask help from the barangay tanod or to the policeman
4 - Bet who will win in the fight
PUT A CHECK MARK  IN THE BOX THAT APPLIES TO YOU.

At least
Not at
In the last 12 months ....... Everyday once Seldom
All
a week
21. How often do you read the following: 4 3 2 1
A. newspaper ..................................
B. magazines, comics, and books .............
C. posters, signs, brochures, and flyers .........
22. How often do you watch or listen to:

D. television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E. radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F. movies, plays, and similar shows ...........
23. How often do you

G. surf the internet for research work and e-mail?
H. surf the internet through facebook, twitter, etc.?
I. attend meetings of organizations? ...........
J. write a report or a correspondence

(writing letters)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
K. make calculations? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signature of Respondent
COMMENTS: FINAL
RESULT
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APPENDIX C
Standard Errors for
Selected Estimates

Table SE1. Sampling errors for basic literacy rate by region, Philippines: 2013
Standard 95% Confidence Design
Category Estimate Error C.V. (%) Lower Upper Effect
Philippines 96.5 0.1 0.1 96.2 96.8 4.955

I ‐ Ilocos 98.2 0.2 0.2 97.8 98.6 1.121
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 98.4 0.2 0.2 98.0 98.7 1.978
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 93.8 1.1 1.2 91.5 96.0 4.831
V ‐ Bicol 96.0 0.5 0.5 95.0 97.0 3.076
XI ‐ Davao 95.2 1.2 1.3 92.9 97.5 11.308
XIII ‐ Caraga 94.9 0.6 0.6 93.7 96.1 1.042
ARMM 86.1 1.6 1.9 82.9 89.4 5.456
Male 96.1 0.2 0.2 95.7 96.4 3.223

Female 97.0 0.1 0.1 96.7 97.3 2.614
Top 70% 98.7 0.1 0.1 98.5 98.8 1.820

Bottom 30% 90.9 0.4 0.4 90.1 91.7 4.408
Population size:
Unweighted: 75,238
Weighted: 73,739,719

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Table SE2. Sampling errors for basic illiteracy rate by region, Philippines: 2013
Standard 95% Confidence Interval Design

Philippines 3.5 0.1 2.9 3.2 3.8 4.955

I ‐ Ilocos 1.8 0.2 11.1 1.4 2.2 1.121
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 1.6 0.2 12.5 1.3 2.0 1.978
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 6.2 1.1 17.7 4.0 8.5 4.831
V ‐ Bicol 4.0 0.5 12.5 3.0 5.0 3.076
XI ‐ Davao 4.8 1.2 25.0 2.5 7.1 11.308
XIII ‐ Caraga 3.8 0.6 15.8 2.6 4.9 2.006
ARMM 13.9 1.6 11.5 10.6 17.1 5.456
Male 3.9 0.2 5.1 3.6 4.3 3.223

Female 3.0 0.1 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.614
Top 70% 1.3 0.1 7.7 1.2 1.5 1.820

Bottom 30% 9.1 0.4 4.4 8.3 9.9 4.408
Population size:
Unweighted: 83,549

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Table SE3. Sampling errors for functional literacy rate by region, Philippines: 2013

Philippines 90.3 0.3 0.3 89.7 90.9 7.047

I ‐ Ilocos 93.0 0.9 1.0 91.3 94.8 4.296
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 95.0 0.4 0.4 94.3 95.7 2.793
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 86.9 1.7 2.0 83.6 90.1 5.085
V ‐ Bicol 87.1 1.1 1.3 85.0 89.2 4.000
XI ‐ Davao 86.0 2.0 2.3 82.1 89.9 11.465
XIII ‐ Caraga 91.9 0.8 0.9 90.3 93.6 1.785
ARMM 72.1 3.1 4.3 66.0 78.1 11.364
Male 88.7 0.4 0.5 88.0 89.4 4.310

Female 92.0 0.3 0.3 91.4 92.5 3.911
Top 70% 94.8 0.2 0.2 94.4 95.1 3.367

Bottom 30% 78.8 0.7 0.9 77.4 80.2 5.917
Exposed to mass media 95.9 0.2 0.2 95.6 96.2 3.881

Not exposed to mass media 78.0 3.3 4.2 71.6 84.4 2.837
Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Table SE4. Sampling errors for functional literacy level 0 by region, Philippines: 2013

Philippines 5.1 0.2 3.9 4.6 5.5 7.302

I ‐ Ilocos 2.4 0.4 16.7 1.6 3.2 2.481
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 2.5 0.3 12.0 2.0 3.0 2.948
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 8.4 1.4 16.7 5.7 11.2 5.319
V ‐ Bicol 6.8 0.7 10.3 5.3 8.2 3.426
XI ‐ Davao 8.4 1.7 20.2 5.0 11.8 13.671
XIII ‐ Caraga 5.0 0.7 14.0 3.7 6.4 1.866
ARMM 20.9 3.1 14.8 14.7 27.0 14.197
Male 8.4 0.3 3.6 7.8 9.0 4.282

Female 5.5 0.2 3.6 5.0 5.9 3.316
Top 70% 1.9 0.1 5.3 1.7 2.1 2.223

Bottom 30% 13.3 0.6 4.5 12.1 14.5 6.352

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Philippines 93.6 0.2 0.2 93.1 94.1 7.120

I ‐ Ilocos 95.9 0.6 0.6 94.7 97.0 3.090
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 96.7 0.3 0.3 96.1 97.3 3.367
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 89.6 1.5 1.7 86.7 92.6 4.994
V ‐ Bicol 90.7 0.9 1.0 88.9 92.5 4.085
XI ‐ Davao 89.7 1.9 2.1 86.1 93.4 13.249
XIII ‐ Caraga 94.5 0.7 0.7 93.1 96.0 1.929
ARMM 78.2 3.1 4.0 72.1 84.3 13.596
Male 92.3 0.3 0.3 91.7 92.9 4.492

Female 94.9 0.2 0.2 94.5 95.4 3.722
Top 70% 97.2 0.1 0.1 97.0 97.4 2.557

Bottom 30% 84.3 0.6 0.7 83.1 85.6 6.074

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Philippines 90.3 0.3 0.3 89.7 90.9 7.047

I ‐ Ilocos 93.0 0.9 1.0 91.3 94.8 4.296
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 95.0 0.4 0.4 94.3 95.7 2.793
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 86.9 1.7 2.0 83.6 90.1 5.085
V ‐ Bicol 87.1 1.1 1.3 85.0 89.2 4.000
XI ‐ Davao 86.0 2.0 2.3 82.1 89.9 11.465
XIII ‐ Caraga 91.9 0.8 0.9 90.3 93.6 1.785
ARMM 72.1 3.1 4.3 66.0 78.1 11.364
Male 88.7 0.4 0.5 88.0 89.4 4.310

Female 92.0 0.3 0.3 91.4 92.5 3.911
Top 70% 94.8 0.2 0.2 94.4 95.1 3.367

Bottom 30% 78.8 0.7 0.9 77.4 80.2 5.917

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Philippines 74.7 0.4 0.5 73.9 75.6 7.090

I ‐ Ilocos 78.2 1.5 1.9 75.2 81.1 4.794
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 84.0 0.8 1.0 82.4 85.5 4.992
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 67.8 2.3 3.4 63.2 72.3 5.088
V ‐ Bicol 67.9 2.0 2.9 63.9 71.8 7.419
XI ‐ Davao 63.6 2.6 4.1 58.4 68.8 10.664
XIII ‐ Caraga 68.4 2.3 3.4 63.9 72.8 4.381
ARMM 51.5 3.3 6.4 45.0 57.9 10.344
Male 71.6 0.5 0.7 70.6 72.6 4.236

Female 77.9 0.4 0.5 77.0 78.8 3.903
Top 70% 82.8 0.3 0.4 82.1 83.5 4.097

Bottom 30% 53.8 0.8 1.5 52.3 55.4 4.893

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Philippines 51.3 0.5 1.0 50.3 52.3 7.276

I ‐ Ilocos 57.0 1.7 3.0 53.7 60.4 4.289
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 59.2 1.3 2.2 56.7 61.7 6.952
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 38.7 2.5 6.5 33.8 43.6 5.485
V ‐ Bicol 41.1 2.1 5.1 36.9 45.3 7.484
XI ‐ Davao 43.3 2.6 6.0 38.3 48.4 9.364
XIII ‐ Caraga 42.5 2.5 5.9 37.5 47.4 4.756
ARMM 29.2 2.4 8.2 24.4 34.0 6.863
Male 48.1 0.6 1.2 47.0 49.1 4.300

Female 54.6 0.5 0.9 53.6 55.7 4.031
Top 70% 61.5 0.4 0.7 60.6 62.4 4.239

Bottom 30% 25.0 0.6 2.4 23.8 26.1 3.496

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410
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Philippines 1.3 0.1 7.7 1.2 1.4 2.443

I ‐ Ilocos 1.7 0.3 17.6 1.0 2.4 2.591
IVA ‐ CALABARZON 0.8 0.1 12.5 0.6 1.0 2.075
IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 1.9 0.4 21.1 1.0 2.8 2.167
V ‐ Bicol 2.5 0.3 12.0 1.9 3.1 1.719
XI ‐ Davao 1.9 0.3 15.8 1.3 2.4 1.781
XIII ‐ Caraga 0.4 0.1 25.0 0.2 0.7 0.620
ARMM 1.0 0.3 30.0 0.4 1.5 2.151
Male 1.5 0.1 6.7 1.4 1.7 2.008

Female 1.0 0.1 10.0 0.9 1.2 1.551
Top 70% 0.9 0.1 11.1 0.8 1.0 1.953

Bottom 30% 2.4 0.2 8.3 2.0 2.7 2.128

Population size:
Unweighted: 61,410

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ISSN 1908‐0905

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, PhD

LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D.

vi | Table of Contents

Tables and Figures | vii

viii | Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures | ix

x | Tables and Figures

In particular, the 2013 FLEMMS has the following specific objectives:

• Level 0 – cannot read and write

School attendance – refers to formal school including vocational or technical schools

Mass media – a medium of communication (such as newspapers, magazines, posters, signs,

Socio-economic status – is constructed using household asset data, including ownership of

Eligible respondent – household members aged 10 to 64 years regardless of educational

FLEMMS Form 1 or Household Questionnaire is a 6-page booklet, divided into 6 different

a. Geographic identification and other information

8 | Sample and Survey Methodology

Philippines 25,645 21,738 20,695 95.2 69,433 61,410 88.4

NCR 2,895 2,583 2,534 98.1 8,911 8,212 92.2

Respondent households to this survey were predominantly headed

Sex of household head Number of usual members Number of

10 |Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics

NCR 50.4 49.6 56.5 37.9 3.4 2.1 ‐ 12,583

Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics |11

12 |Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics

50.6 49.4 49.4

Male Female Married/ Single Widow/ Divorced/

Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics |13

Region Married/ Divorced/ Respondents

NCR 48.9 51.1 47.6 47.2 2.5 2.7 ‐ 9,742

14 |Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics

Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics |15

16 |Sample Coverage and Household Characteristics

The physical characteristics of households are important

The most common sources of drinking water

More than three in every four households Table B.2 Percent distribution of households by type of

This kind of toilet facility is the most widely Type of toilet/latrine facility Percent

ARMM used closed pit toilet/latrine while Drop/overhang 0.3

Over 4 in every 5 Over 4 in every 5 households owned cellular phones and

18 | Household Characteristics and Amenities

Household Characteristics and Amenities | 19

20 | Household Characteristics and Amenities

The total number of population 6 years old and over was

No Grade Completed/Preschool 5.4 7.8 5.6 8.1 5.1 7.5

proportion of population with some 11.6

years of attendance in high school 15.3

I ‐ Ilocos 39.3

II ‐ Cagayan Valley 33.6

III ‐ Central Luzon 38.1

IVA ‐ CALABARZON 39.0

IVB ‐ MIMAROPA 33.1

V ‐ Bicol 34.9

VI ‐ Western Visayas 32.8

VII ‐ Central Visayas 33.2

IX ‐ Zamboanga Peninsula 30.3

X ‐ Northern Mindanao 34.9

XI ‐ Davao 33.8