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2019 FLEMMS

Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

FINAL REPORT

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

HIS EXCELLENCY

PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.

Undersecretary

National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

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FOREWORD The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is pleased to present the results of the 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). This report provides baseline information on education and literacy status of the population. It is intended to be a reliable baseline to inform the formulation and monitoring of a wide range of policies and programs related to education and literacy and as an 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 5 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 2019 FLEMMS is a nationwide household-based survey conducted by the PSA every five years since 1989. As such, FLEMMS is one of the designated statistical activities by virtue of Executive Order 352. Further, the 2019 FLEMMS is sixth in a series of literacy surveys conducted by the PSA following its last round in 2013. The PSA gratefully acknowledges the dedication of the individuals who made the implementation of the 2019 FLEMMS a success. We also wish to extend our gratitude to the household and individual respondents, who participated in this survey round.

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D. Undersecretary

National Statistician and Civil Registrar General Manila, Philippines January 2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ vii

LIST OF TEXTUAL TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................................... viii

LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES ............................................................................................ x

1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................... 1

1.2 SURVEY OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................... 1

1.3 AUTHORITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ....................................................................... 1

2 SURVEY METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................ 3

2.1 SAMPLING DESIGN AND ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY ....................................... 3

2.2 COVERAGE AND RESPONSE RATE ....................................................................... 10

2.3 SURVEY FORMS....................................................................................................... 11

2.4 CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS ............................................................................... 12

2.5 DATA LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................. 15

3 EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................... 17

3.1 HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ................................................................. 17

3.2 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ........................................................................................... 19

3.3 MODE OF TRAVEL.................................................................................................... 19

3.4 REASON FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL ............................................................... 20

4 LITERACY ........................................................................................................................ 22

4.1 BASIC OR SIMPLE LITERACY ................................................................................. 22

4.2 FUNCTIONAL LITERACY .......................................................................................... 23

5 MASS MEDIA ................................................................................................................... 27

5.1 EXPOSURE AND USE OF VARIOUS FORMS OF MASS MEDIA ............................ 27

5.2 MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE OF ENROLLED FILIPINOS 10 TO 30 YEARS OLD ...... 30

5.3 ICT DEVICES, OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE ............. 33

STATISTICAL TABLES ........................................................................................................ 35

APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 65

APPENDIX A: Survey Forms ............................................................................................ 66

APPENDIX B: Standard Errors for Selected Estimates ..................................................... 81

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LIST OF TEXTUAL TABLES AND FIGURES

1 INTRODUCTION

2 SURVEY METHODOLOGY

Table 2.2. Response rates for sample households and members 10 to 64 years old by region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………....

3 EDUCATION

Table 3.1. Percent distribution of population 5 years old and over by highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019 …………………………....

Table 3.2. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by age group, education level, and region, Philippines: 2019 ………………...… Table 3.3 Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by mode of travel to school by region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………….…. Table 3.4. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old not currently attending school by reason for not attending and age group, Philippines: 2019 ……………. Figure 3.1. Percent distribution of population 5 years old and over by highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2019 ………………………………………….

4 LITERACY

Table 4.1. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019 ……………………………………………... Table 4.2a. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by sex and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019 ……………………………………………... Table 4.2b. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old by level of literacy, sex and highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………. Figure 4.1. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by region, Philippines: 2019 (in %) ………………………………………………………………. Figure 4.2a. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by region, Philippines: 2019 (in %) ……………………………………………………………… Figure 4.2b. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2019 (in %) …………………………………... Figure 4.2c. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by urban and rural classification, Philippines: 2019 (in %) ……………………………………

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18 19 20 21 17

22 24 26 23 24 25

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5 MASS MEDIA

Table 5.1a. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old in urban and rural areas by frequency of exposure to various forms of mass media, Philippines: 2019 …... Table 5.1b. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old using the internet by sex and purpose of surfing the internet by region, urban-rural classification, and age group, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………………… Table 5.1c. Count and functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old exposed to various forms of mass media by sex, Philippines: 2019 ……………… Table 5.2a. Proportion of population 10 to 30 years old in urban and rural areas who are currently attending school by frequency of exposure to various forms of mass media, Philippines: 2019 ………………………………………………………. Table 5.2b. Proportion of population 10 to 30 years old who are currently attending school and using the internet by sex, purpose of surfing the internet, region, urban-rural classification, and age group, Philippines: 2019 ……………... Table 5.3a. Proportion of households that own specific ICT devices, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………………………………………. Table 5.3b. Proportion of households by ownership and usage of ICT devices, familiarity, and willingness to open distance learning by region, and urban-rural classification, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………… Figure 5.1. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old exposed to various forms of mass media by sex, Philippines: 2019 (in %) …………………………………….

Figure 5.3. Proportion of households that Own ICT Devices, Philippines: 2019 (in %) ……………………………………………………………………………………

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LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES Table 1. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by age group, education level, and region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………. Table 2. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over by sex, age group, and region, Philippines: 2019 …………………………………………….……………………… Table 3. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019 ………………………………………………………………… Table 4. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over by highest educational attainment, sex, and age group, Philippines: 2019 ………………………………………... Table 5. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over by highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019 …………………………………………………... Table 6. Basic literacy rate of population 15 years old and over by highest educational attainment, employment status, and class of worker, Philippines: 2019 …………………

Table 7. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over in urban and rural barangays belonging to households with and without access to electricity by region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………………………………... Table 8. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by sex, age group and region, Philippines: 2019 …………………………………………….…………………. Table 9. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, region and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019 ……………………………………………………. Table 10. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest educational attainment, sex and age group, Philippines: 2019 …………………………. Table 11. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019 ………………………………….…. Table 12. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, sex, age group and urban-rural classification, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………

Table 13. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………….…….

Table 14. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old level of literacy with minimum set of skills/ competencies in functional literacy levels 2 to 4 and region, Philippines: 2019 ……………………………………………………………………………………………

Table 15. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, age group and region, Philippines: 2019 ………………………………………………………….…….

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND

The 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) is the

sixth 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 five

previous rounds were conducted in 1989, 1994, 2003, 2008 and 2013. The survey was

conducted in line with the government’s thrust to promote education policies and

programs aimed at eradicating illiteracy in the country.

1.2 SURVEY OBJECTIVES

The 2019 FLEMMS is designed to provide a quantitative framework that will serve as

a basis in the formulation of policies and programs on the improvement of literacy and

education status of the population.

The survey has the following specific objectives:

1) to estimate the proportion of the population 10 years old and over who are

basically literate;

2) to estimate the proportion of the population 10 to 64 years old who are

functionally literate and to determine their socio-economic characteristics;

3) to determine the educational skill qualifications of the population in terms of

formal schooling; and,

4) to determine the mass media exposure of the population.

For 2019 FLEMMS, basic literacy rate of population 5 to 9 years old was also

measured, 5 years old being the official school age in the K to 12 curriculum.

1.3 AUTHORITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Section 5 of Republic Act No. 10625 also known as the Philippine Statistical Act of

2013, which was approved on 12 September 2013, states that PSA “shall be primarily

responsible for all national censuses and surveys, sectoral statistics, consolidation of

selected administrative recording systems, and compilation of the national accounts”.

All personnel involved in this survey are required to keep any information obtained

during the survey that pertains to any household or person.

Section 26 (Confidentiality of Information) of Republic Act No. 10625 stipulates

that, “individual data furnished by a respondent to statistical inquiries, surveys, and

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censuses of the PSA shall be considered privileged communication and as such shall

be inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding. The PSA may release aggregated

information from statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses in the form of summaries

or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association,

partnership, institution or business enterprise shall appear”.

Section 27 (Penalties) of Republic Act No. 10625 also states that, “any person,

including parties within the PSA Board and the PSA, who breach the confidentiality of

information, whether by carelessness, improper behavior, behavior with malicious

intent, and use of confidential information for profit, are considered guilty of an offense

and shall be liable to fines as prescribed by the PSA Board which shall not be less than

Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) nor more than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00)

and/or imprisonment of three (3) months but not to exceed one (1) year, subject to the

degree of breach of information.”


2 SURVEY METHODOLOGY

2.1 SAMPLING DESIGN AND ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY

The 2019 FLEMMS, being a household-based survey, used the 2013 Master Sample

(MS) design of which 4 replicates equivalent to a total of 42,768 Secondary sampling

Units (SSUs) or sample housing units were included as samples. Using a two-stage

cluster sampling design, EAs/barangays were selected at the initial sampling stage as

the primary sampling units (PSUs), while the housing units within the selected PSUs

are selected as the secondary sampling units (SSUs).

Sampling Frame

The 2013 MS sampling frame was constructed based on the results of the 2015

Population Census. The EA Reference File (EARF) of the 2015 Census of Population

was used as the PSU frame while the 2015 list of households for each of the PSUs

were used as the SSU frame.

Sampling Domain

To provide subnational or provincial level statistics with precise estimates, the 2013

MS has 117 major domains as follows: 81 provinces (including the newly created

province Davao Occidental); 33 highly urbanized cities (including 16 cities in the

National Capital Region); and 3 other areas (Pateros, Isabela City, and Cotabato City).

Primary Sampling Units

In the 2013 MS Design, each sampling domain (i.e., province/HUC) is divided into

exhaustive and non-overlapping area segments known as Primary Sampling Units

(PSUs) with about 100 to 400 households. A PSU can be:

● a barangay/enumeration area (EA);

● two or more adjacent small barangays/EAs within the same barangay;

● two or more adjacent small barangays of the same city/municipality; or

● a portion or an EA of a multi-EA barangay.


2x2x2 Implicit Stratification and Selection of Sample PSUs

The PSUs are then ordered according to the following: (1) North-South/West-East

Geographic location; (2) Decreasing proportion of households (HH) with Overseas

Worker; and (3) Decreasing wealth Index.

The PSUs are systematically selected with equal probability from the 2015 Census of

Population’s PSU frame of each sampling domain. Take note that least accessible

barangays (LAB) are excluded in the selection and have no chance of being selected.

A barangay is considered as LAB if:

● there is no regular means of transportation (frequency of transportation is at

most once a week);

● the cost of a one-way fare is more than PhP1,000; or

● it takes more than eight (8) hours of walking to reach the barangay.

Replicates

For the 2019 FLEMMS, four (4) replicates are used in all 117 sampling domains. A

replicate is composed of ordered list of PSUs. Most of the provinces, that is, 75 out of

81, has six (6) PSUs per replicate while in HUCs, eight (8) PSUs form a replicate.

Small domains such as Guimaras, Siquijor, Camiguin, Apayao, and Dinagat Islands

had three (3) PSUs per replicate.

Sample Allocation Scheme

For the .2019 FLEMMS, a total of four (4) sample replicates were allotted. However,

the total number of sample SSUs was allotted proportionately to the measure of size

of the PSU. Thus, a PSU with only 100 HHs had less number of sample HHs than

PSUs with 400 HHs but, on the average, there were 12 sample HHs allotted for each

PSU in Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) and an average of 16 sample HHs for every

PSU in the province.


A total national sample of 42,768 sample HHs was allotted for the 2019 FLEMMS.

Domain

Four (4) Sample Replicates (Regional Level Estimate)

Number of Sample PSUs

Number of Sample Housing

Units/HHs

75 Province Domain (16 SSUs per PSU)

24 384

5 small provinces (Batanes, Guimaras, Siquijor, Camiguin, Apayao and Dinagat Islands) (16 SSUs per PSU)

12 192

31 HUCs (12 SSUs per PSU)

32 384

2 small HUCs (12 SSUs per PSU) San Juan City Lucena City

12 20

144 240

3 other urban areas (12 SSUs per PSU) Pateros City of Isabela Cotabato City

12 12 20

144 144 240

National 2,940 42,768

Selection of Sample SSUs

In the second stage, the SSUs (housing units within the PSU) are systematically

selected from the 2015 list of households for each PSU. The total number of sample

SSUs is proportionate to the measure of size of its corresponding PSU.

Generally, all households within the sample housing unit are also considered as

sample households. However, for housing unit with more than three (3) households, a

maximum of three (3) sample households were randomly selected.


Base weight computation

The base weight is computed as the inverse of selection probability

where:

Ap - total number of PSUs in the domain p

ap - total number of sample PSUs in the domain p

pB - total number of housing units in PSU , and replicate in

domain p

pb - total number of sample housing units in PSU , and replicate

in domain p

For housing units with at most three (3) households the base weight is computed as

For housing units with more than three (3) households the base weight is computed

as

p

p

p

p

p

p

pc

Cx

b

Bx

a

Aw =

where:

pC - total number of households in the sample housing unit

pc - 3, the number of sample households in the sample housing unit

Base Weight Adjustment

The base weight was adjusted for unit non-response and was further calibrated to

conform to the known or projected population count. For 2019 FLEMMS, the projected

population count used was November 2019.

p

p

p

p

pb

Bx

a

Aw =

p

p

p

p

pb

Bx

a

Aw =


For unit non-response adjustment (within domain p), the adjustment was computed as:

Applying this to the base weight, we have:

Further calibration was made to conform with known population count, as follows:

Age Group (in years) Sex

Male Female

0 – 14 C1 C2

15 – 24 C3 C4

25 – 34 C5 C6

35 – 44 C7 C8

45 – 54 C9 C10

55 – 64 C11 C12

65 and over C13 C14

where:

pcX - is the projected total population for age-sex class c

- is the weighted estimate of the population for age-sex class c using

the non-response adjusted weight

Hence the final weight (calibrated weight was):

1' ppp A x wwadj =

adjpc

pc

cpX

XA

,

2 ˆ=

adjpcX ,ˆ

cpadjpfinp Axww 2,,

=

non-response adjusted weight

population adjustment

factor


Estimation of Totals

Generally, the estimate for the weighted total for a sampling domain (province/HUC)

considering the number of sample replicates was derived using:

= = =

=l

p

a b

finpp ywY1 1 1

,ˆ

l = 1 to L sample replicates

For each of the sampling domain which considered four (4) sample replicates, the

estimate for the weighted total was derived using:

= = =

=4

1 1 1

,ˆ

p

a b

finpp ywY l = 1 to 4 replicates

For the region

The estimate for the weighted total for the region was derived as the sum of its

weighted provinces/HUCs domain totals:

( ) r

r

m

m

p

pr YYYYY ˆ...ˆˆˆˆ21

1

+++===

where

pY - estimate of total for province/HUC p

mr - total number of provinces/HUCs in the region

For the entire country

( ) n

n

r

r YYYYY ˆ...ˆˆˆˆ21

1

+++===

where

rY - estimate of total for region r

n - total number of regions in the country

Weighted Province/HUC Totals

Weighted Region Totals


Estimation of Proportions

To estimate the weighted proportion ��𝑟 in the rth region

=∑ 𝑚𝑟

𝑝=1 ∑ ∑ ∑ 𝑤𝑝𝜏𝛼,𝑓𝑖𝑛′𝑏𝜏𝛼

𝛽=1𝑎𝜏𝛼=1 𝑥𝑝𝜏𝛼𝛽

4𝜏=1

∑ 𝑚𝑟𝑝=1 ∑ ∑ ∑ 𝑤𝑝𝜏𝛼,𝑓𝑖𝑛

′𝑏𝜏𝛼𝛽=1

𝑎𝜏𝛼=1 𝑦𝑝𝜏𝛼𝛽

4𝜏=1

Where

𝑥𝑝𝜏𝛼𝛽 - is the total number of cases in the sample with a certain attribute x

𝑦𝑝𝜏𝛼𝛽 - is the total number of cases in the sample.

Estimation of Sampling Errors

Sampling error is usually measured in terms of the standard error for a particular

statistic (mean, percentage, etc.), which is the square root of the variance.

If the sample had been selected as a simple random sample, it would have been

possible to use straightforward formulas for calculating sampling errors.

However, the 2019 FLEMMS is the result of a multi-stage design, and it was necessary

to use more complex formulas.

Sampling errors are computed using statistical programs. These statistical programs

use the Taylor linearization method to estimate variances for survey estimates that are

means, proportions, or ratios.

The Taylor linearization method treats any percentage or average as a ratio estimate,

r=y/x, where y represents the total sample value for variable y, and x represents the

total number of cases in the group or subgroup under consideration. The variance of r

is computed using the formula given below, with the standard error being the square

root of the variance:

in which


In 2019 FLEMMS, the 117 province/HUC domains are also treated as natural

stratification while the primary sampling units (PSUs) are treated as clusters.

Data Checking, Coding and Filtering Prior to Estimation of Proportions

Data checking starts in the provinces where field enumeration is undertaken, based on

the set of consistency checks provided in the 2019 FLEMMS Data processing Manual.

The same set of specifications is embedded in the machine data processing system

after the data are encoded in the regions and submitted to the PSA Central Office as

part of checking on the submissions from the field offices.

During data analysis, another layer of checking/data filtering is done through cross-

tabulation of related variables/characteristics, based on unweighted data. Cases with

observed inconsistencies are returned to the field offices for verification. Verified/vetted

information, including the correction of typographical errors/miscoded entries

(particularly those involving multiple-digit codes) are reflected in the individual records.

The updated datafile is then used to come up with the final estimated counts, and

proportions.

2.2 COVERAGE AND RESPONSE RATE

A total of 54,340 sample households were selected, where 41,686 were considered

eligible for interview. Of the eligible households, 40,727 were successfully interviewed,

yielding a 97.7 percent response rate. Across regions, Eastern Visayas had the

highest response rate (99.6%) followed by Davao Region (99.4%). The lowest was

recorded in BARMM (93.3%).

In the interviewed households, 119,818 individuals aged 10 to 64 years old were

identified eligible for self-administration of the Individual Questionnaire. Of the eligible

10 to 64 years old individuals, 113,617 were successfully administered, yielding a 94.8

percent response rate. (Table 2.2)


Table 2.2. Response rates for sample households and members 10 to 64 years old by region, Philippines: 2019

Notes:

1 Responding households / Eligible households. 2 Responding individuals / Eligible household population.

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

2.3 SURVEY FORMS

FLEMMS Form 1 or Household Questionnaire is an 8-page booklet, divided into seven

(7) different parts as follows:

a. Geographic identification and other information

b. Section A – Demographic Characteristics

● Household

● Household Membership

c. Section B – Literacy and Education

d. Section C – Employment Characteristics

e. Section D – Access to Government Information

f. Section E – Household Characteristics

g. Section F – Open Distance Learning

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 old.

In choosing the eligible respondent, the encircled eligible respondents in Form 1 had

been the reference in giving the self-administered Individual Questionnaire. This was

to ensure that all eligible respondents were surveyed.

Household Individual

Sample

households

Eligible

households

Responding

households

Household

response

rate1

Eligible

household

population

Responding

individuals

Individual

response

rate2

Philippines 54,340 41,686 40,727 97.7 119,818 113,617 94.8

National Capital Region (NCR) 9,065 6,212 5,943 95.7 17,755 15,897 89.5

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 3,068 2,349 2,317 98.6 6,095 5,847 95.9

Region I (Ilocos Region) 1,877 1,548 1,524 98.4 4,382 4,246 96.9

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 1,937 1,632 1,606 98.4 4,301 4,183 97.3

Region III (Central Luzon) 4,504 3,284 3,213 97.8 9,281 8,910 96.0

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 2,852 2,090 2,040 97.6 5,980 5,650 94.5

MIMAROPA Region 2,777 2,128 2,104 98.9 5,823 5,551 95.3

Region V (Bicol Region) 2,721 2,229 2,191 98.3 6,710 6,366 94.9

Region VI (Western Visayas) 3,357 2,774 2,727 98.3 7,822 7,608 97.3

Region VII (Central Visayas) 3,089 2,310 2,236 96.8 6,680 6,379 95.5

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 3,253 2,518 2,507 99.6 7,440 7,284 97.9

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 2,037 1,681 1,627 96.8 4,764 4,624 97.1

Region X (Northern Mindanao) 3,175 2,479 2,455 99.0 7,306 7,104 97.2

Region XI (Davao Region) 2,977 2,301 2,288 99.4 6,890 6,580 95.5

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 2,683 2,055 2,018 98.2 5,797 5,389 93.0

Region XIII (Caraga) 2,638 2,036 2,010 98.7 6,242 6,012 96.3

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in

Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)

2,330 2,060 1,921 93.3 6,550 5,987 91.4

Region


2.4 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 was determined based on the respondent’s answer to the question

“Can __ read and write a simple message in any language or dialect?” in FLEMMS

Form 1.

Functional literacy – is a significantly higher level of literacy which includes not only

reading and writing skills 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 at least graduated from high school under the old

curriculum for basic education, or at least junior high school completer under the K-12

curriculum are automatically classified as functionally literate.

Levels of literacy identifies the range of skills and competencies of an individual as

follows:

Literacy Level Range of Skills and Competencies

(Interpretation/Condition)

0 cannot read and write

1 can read and write

2 can read, write and compute (with numerical skill)

3 can read, write, compute and comprehend (with numerical and

comprehension skills)

4 at least high school graduate in the old curriculum

or at least junior high school completer in the K to 12 curriculum

School attendance – means attendance in any educational institution, public or

private, to obtain formal education

Mass media – refers to technology that is intended to reach a mass audience. It is the

primary means of communication used to reach the vast majority of the general public.

The most common platforms for mass media are newspapers, magazines, radio,

television, and the internet.

Household – a social unit consisting of a person living alone or a group of persons

who (1) sleep in the same housing unit; and (2) have common arrangement in 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

members of the household.

Highest educational attainment – refers to the highest grade or year completed

in school, college, or university. This may be any one of the specific grades or

years in elementary, high school, K to 12 Program, and college. It also includes

preschool, special needs and second-chance education, postsecondary, short-

cycle tertiary, college, and post baccalaureate courses.

Work – is any economic 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’s farm on “exchange labor” arrangement. In addition, any

activity that a person does during the reference period in relation to minor activities

such as home gardening, raising of crops, fruits, raising hogs, poultry, fishing, etc.

for home consumption and manufacturing for home use are also considered as

work.

Formal Education – refers to the systematic and deliberate process of

hierarchically structured and sequential learning corresponding to the general

concept of elementary and secondary level of schooling. At the end of each level,

the learner needs a certification in order to enter or advance to the next level

Non-Formal Education – any organized, systematic educational activity carried

outside the framework of the formal system to provide selected types of learning

to a segment of the population, especially the illiterate, unemployed adults and

out-of-school youth is considered non-formal.

Special education (SPED) – refers to the education of persons who are gifted or

talented and those who have physical, mental, social or sensory impairment and

cultural differences (Policies and Guidelines for Special Education, Department of

Education (DepEd). Some public schools have SPED centers. There are also

private institutions that offer SPED.

Home study program, home education program or open high school

program – is offered to school learners who have no time to attend regular school

or classes inside the school premises. This is a program designed to meet the

needs of school learners to pursue their education and serves as an alternative

solution for them to complete or graduate from elementary and high school

studies. Schools offering this type of education program should be accredited by

DepEd.

Madrasah Education Program (MEP) – is an educational institution for Muslims.

Only those accredited by DepEd will be considered as within the formal

educational system.


Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) – a program which aims to provide basic

education support services to IPs, and other learning systems organized by

indigenous communities. These are within the formal educational system if these

are accredited by the DepEd.

Vocational high schools – such as schools of arts and trades or technical high

schools, and rural or agricultural high schools where school attendance is leading

to a high school diploma.

Post-secondary vocational/technical schools – which are within the regular

system of education in universities and colleges (e.g., Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez

Institute of Science and Technology, and Samson College of Science and

Technology)

Alternative Learning System (ALS) - which provides non-formal education such

as that for disabled children, radio-based instruction program (RBI), Parent

Education, Adolescent Reproductive Health, Alternative Learning System for

Differently Abled Persons (ALS-DAP), and Basic Literacy Program.

Open Distance Learning – is a system of learning which combines the

methodology of distance education with the concepts of open learning and flexible

learning.

a. Distance education is a mode of learning in which students and teachers

are physically separated from each other. The personalized and distributed

way of learning makes it easier for learners to study at their own pace using

various media such as the internet, radio, and television.

b. Open learning is an educational system which makes learning accessible

to every individual with minimal restrictions. It emphasizes the flexibility of

learning despite barriers to age, geographical location, time constraints and

economic situation.

Cultural Diversity – refers to the co-existence of a difference in behavior,

traditions and customs. This diversity is embodied in the uniqueness and plurality

of the identities of the groups and societies making up humankind.

Cultural-Sensitivity – is being aware that cultural differences and similarities

between people exist.

Creativity – refers to the invention or origination of any new thing (e.g., a product,

solution, artwork, literary work, joke, etc.) that has value. Creativity is not limited

to arts only as it may include creativity in fields of science and technology,

including agriculture and business and other areas, where an individual feel that

he has used creative endeavors.


Sports – is a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and

often engaged competitively.

Sports Organization – is a social entity involved in the sport industry; it is goal-

directed, organized, and operated exclusively to foster national and international

competition.

Civic Organizations – comprised of people who join together to provide a service

to their community. Nonprofit organizations are considered civic organization as

long as it is formed to serve community interest. Its members are all dedicated to

same goal and sponsor events for the community.

Youth Service – refers to non-military, intensive engagement of young people in

organized activity that contribute to local, national, or world community. It is widely

recognized and valued by society, with minimal or no compensation to the server.

It also provides opportunities for youth development, youth voice and reflection.

This may take the form of a youth program where young people are recruited,

offered leadership opportunities, participate in activities that improve the

community, and are trained and mentored.

Government Information – any records, documents, papers, reports, letters,

contracts, minutes and transcript of official meetings, maps, books, photographs,

data, research materials, films, sound and video recordings, magnetic or other

tapes, electronic data, computer-stored data, or any other like or similar data or

materials recorded, stored, or archived in whatever format, whether offline or

online, which are made, received, or kept in or under the control and custody of

any government office pursuant to law, executive order, and rules and regulations

or in connection with the performance or transaction of official business by any

government office (Executive Order No. 02, series of 2016).

This DOES NOT INCLUDE requests for information on government services

which cover processes or transactions involving applications for any privilege,

right, reward, license, clearance, permit or authorization, concession, or for any

modification, renewal or extension of the enumerated applications or requests

which are acted upon in the ordinary course of business of the agency or office

concerned. Examples include requests for information on the processes in getting

birth and marriage certificates, business permits, barangay clearances, passports,

pension, and retirement benefits, etc. (Republic Act No. 11032 Ease of Doing

Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018).

2.5 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.


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.

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.

It was also noted that the previous FLEMMS which was conducted in 2013 had no

variables for K-12, instead the previous FLEMMS only used the K-10 system of basic

education, as the basis for literacy. Thus, the 2019 FLEMMS made the necessary

adjustments in literacy data results as the Junior and Senior High School level are

added to the basic education program.

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 literacy rate.


3 EDUCATION

3.1 HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

In 2019, there were more female college graduates or higher (13.8%) than male

(9.9%). Among regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) had the most residents

who reached at least college level or higher, followed by Cordillera Administrative

Region (CAR).

Meanwhile, about ten percent only of the population 5 years old and over in the

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reached at least

college level or higher, while more (about 40 percent) were either in the elementary

level or already graduated in elementary in 2019.

Nearly 36 percent of Filipinos aged 5 years old and over already reached junior high

school level, or completed junior high school in the K to 12 curriculum or equivalently

graduated high school in the old curriculum. Likewise, about 20 percent reached

elementary level, while only 9.9 percent graduated in elementary. Moreover, about 12

percent of population aged 5 years old and over graduated in college or pursued

postgraduate studies. (Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1)

Figure 3.1. Percent distribution of population 5 years old and over by highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2019



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Among the estimated 57.7 million Filipinos 3 to 30 years old, more than half were

attending school in 2019. All regions except NCR (53.9%) and BARMM (46.1%) had

around sixty percent of Filipinos 3 to 30 years old were attending school. (Table 3.2)

Table 3.2. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by age group (in years), education level, and region, Philippines: 2019

Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a figure less than 0.1 percent - Data not available Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

3.3 MODE OF TRAVEL

Filipinos 3 to 30 years old attending school in 2019 went to school mostly by riding a

tricycle/motorcycle/pedicab (49.7%), or by walking (though transport system was

accessible) (46.1%). Students riding a PUJ/FX/van/bus comprised the 12.6 percent of

population 3 to 30 years old attending school. Meanwhile, an estimate of 1.6 million

students had to walk to school due to lack of transportation system in their area.

Among regions, students who rode private cars to go to school were mostly in Northern

Mindanao (13.9%) and Caraga (10.3%). More than half of the students (58.8%) in

BARMM walked to school though transport system was accessible in their area. Yet,

16.7% of its students still walked to school due to inaccessibility to any transport

system. (Table 3.3)

Age group

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Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ('000)2,572 280 105 662 407 163 954

Not currently attending 53.9 89.5 34.7 9.3 12.5 26.1 78.0

Attending 46.1 10.5 65.3 90.7 87.5 73.9 22.0

No grade completed / Early childhood education 9.7 100.0 93.5 6.8 - - -

Elementary level 50.4 - 6.5 92.4 36.6 4.2 1.4

Elementary graduate 0.1 - - - 0.3 - -

Junior high school level 26.4 - - 0.8 62.3 68.9 26.5

Junior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - 0.4 0.2

Senior high school level 6.5 - - - 0.8 24.5 27.8

Senior high school graduate * - - - - - 0.1

Post-secondary non-tertiary level 0.1 - - - - - 0.9

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College level 6.3 - - - - 2.1 40.7

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Table 3.3 Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by mode of travel to school and region, Philippines: 2019

Notes: Numbers may not sum to the total with any means of transportation because more than one means of transportation

could be reported for each individual. - Data not available Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

3.4 REASON FOR NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL

The population aged 3 to 30 years old not attending

school in 2019 had been estimated to 24.8 million.

Most of these persons not attending school were

already employed/looking for work (36.6%), and too

young to go to school (16.6%). Moreover,

population aged 3 to 30 years old who did not

attend school due to marriage or were already

taking care of children in 2019 had been estimated

to 3.3 million.

Among age groups, majority of population aged 12 to 17 years old who did not attend school lacked personal interest to do so. Further, the secondary reason of population aged 12 to 15 years old not attending school was their families’ insufficient income to send them to school (14.4%).

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National Capital Region (NCR) 3,737 44.18 4.69 26.28 3.31 4.32 1.74 38.57 0.04 0.48

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 567 55.40 11.80 25.72 0.87 9.10 0.04 24.42 0.12 0.35

Region I (Ilocos Region) 1,542 36.16 0.43 12.30 - 2.25 0.03 57.65 - 0.15

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 1,086 58.38 2.99 8.00 0.01 9.08 0.01 56.84 0.51 0.72

Region III (Central Luzon) 3,442 45.60 3.61 17.43 1.43 5.58 0.41 50.17 0.26 0.37

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 4,436 33.48 0.93 21.63 2.08 5.93 0.17 50.85 0.02 0.65

MIMAROPA Region 1,085 38.32 9.09 7.50 0.23 6.70 0.05 57.17 1.03 0.35

Region V (Bicol Region) 2,124 57.43 6.80 11.14 0.15 2.90 0.06 43.81 0.88 0.74

Region VI (Western Visayas) 2,455 41.26 5.46 20.56 0.09 3.39 0.07 58.17 1.27 0.34

Region VII (Central Visayas) 2,411 49.18 4.31 14.84 0.99 7.76 0.07 35.79 0.23 0.53

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 1,553 55.83 4.32 16.82 0.18 6.75 0.25 44.72 1.16 0.32

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 1,237 57.59 4.15 15.43 0.03 6.05 0.06 63.36 0.07 0.11

Region X (Northern Mindanao) 1,650 55.41 6.88 13.32 0.69 13.92 0.04 49.59 - 0.30

Region XI (Davao Region) 1,652 33.98 4.85 10.10 0.19 6.47 0.08 61.03 0.10 0.14

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 1,588 46.45 3.98 3.07 0.04 8.97 0.06 64.69 0.13 0.50

Region XIII (Caraga) 923 54.46 5.77 5.29 0.88 10.31 - 57.56 1.43 0.29



1,386 58.76 16.70 6.72 0.30 3.69 0.01 39.77 1.60 0.22

Region

Population

3 to 30

years old

('000)

About two in every

five 3 to 30 years

old who are not

attending school in

2019 reported

employment/

looking for work as

their primary

reason for not

attending school.


For population aged 16 to 17 years old not attending school, employment/looking for

work came second (20.4%). (Table 3.4)

Table 3.4. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently not attending school by reason for not attending and age group (in years), Philippines: 2019

Notes: An asterisk (*) denotes a figure less than 0.1 percent - Data not available Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

Age group

3 - 30 3 - 4 5 - 11 12 - 15 16 - 17 18 - 30

Philippines 24,807 3,885 633 431 500 19,359

Schools are very far 0.4 0.5 3.4 1.0 1.0 0.3

No school within the barangay 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.1

No regular transportation 0.2 * 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.1

High cost of education 2.2 0.1 1.4 1.5 4.3 2.6

Illness 0.9 0.3 4.2 3.7 3.4 0.7

Disability 1.3 * 8.2 9.8 4.6 1.1

Housekeeping / Taking care of siblings 4.9 - 0.4 2.0 3.5 6.1

Marriage / Taking care of children 13.4 - - 1.5 9.4 16.9

Employment / Looking for work 36.6 - 0.8 9.2 20.4 46.1

Lack of personal interest 6.3 0.4 13.0 41.9 28.3 6.0

Cannot cope with school work / Failing grades 0.4 * 0.7 4.0 2.0 0.3

Finished schooling 9.6 - - - - 12.3

Problem with school record 0.2 - 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.1

Problem with birth certificate 0.2 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.1

Too young to go to school 16.6 97.8 52.3 - - -

Family income not sufficient to send child to school 5.8 0.2 8.1 14.4 15.4 6.4

Peer pressure 0.3 - 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.2

Bullying 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.2

Addiction to computer games 0.2 - - 2.3 1.5 0.2

Expelled / Suspended 0.1 - - 0.9 0.1 0.1

Other reasons 0.3 0.2 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.2

Reason for not attending school


4 LITERACY

4.1 BASIC OR SIMPLE LITERACY The basic literacy status of an individual was

determined based on the respondent’s answer to the

question “Can ______ read and write a simple

message in any language or dialect?” in FLEMMS

Form 1.

In 2019, 96.5 percent of 86 million Filipinos 10 years

old and over were basic literate. The proportion of

basic literate females was higher (97.1%) than their

male counterparts (95.9%).

The basic literacy rate in 2019 remains the same at 96.5 percent as recorded in 2013.

Table 4.1. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex and age group,

Philippines: 2013 and 2019

Notes: Data not available for Region VIII (Eastern Visayas). FLEMMS 2013 not conducted due to typhoon Yolanda



Among the regions, NCR (99.3%), Ilocos Region (98.1%), Central Luzon (98.2%),

CALABARZON (98.1%), Western Visayas (96.6%), Northern Mindanao (98.2%), and

Davao Region (96.7%) posted basic literacy rate higher than the national figure

(96.5%). BARMM had the lowest literacy rate with 83.2 percent along with

SOCCSKSARGEN (91.9%).

Figure 4.1. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by region, Philippines: 2019 (in %)


4.2 FUNCTIONAL LITERACY

Of the 80 million population 10 to 64 years

old, 73 million were considered functional

literate at 91.6 percent in 2019. The

functional literacy rate among females

(92.9%) was higher than among males

(90.2%).

Generally, functional literacy rates among

the population 10 to 64 years old across

sexes and age groups were higher in 2019

than in 2013. Table 4.2a shows that the functional literacy rate in 2019 (91.6%) was

higher compared with 90.3 percent in 2013.


Table 4.2a. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by sex and age group (in years),

Philippines: 2013 and 2019

Notes: Data not available for Region VIII (Eastern Visayas). FLEMMS 2013 not conducted due to typhoon Yolanda


Majority of regions in Luzon posted functional literacy rates higher than the national

average. Northern Mindanao had the highest functional literacy rate (95.4%) among

regions of Mindanao. BARMM had the lowest functional literacy rate (71.6%).

Figure 4.2a. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by region, Philippines: 2019 (in %)



Functional literacy of a person increases with level of education. Figure 5.2b shows

that Filipinos 10 to 64 years old who had reached at least junior high school completers

in the K-12 curriculum or equivalently high school graduates in the old curriculum were

reported to have extremely high functional literacy rates (100%). Meanwhile, persons

who had no grade completed or received early childhood education were reported to

have the lowest functional literacy rate of 2.7 percent.

Figure 4.2b. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by highest educational attainment, Philippines: 2019 (in %)


About half (53.4%) of Filipinos in the age group 10 to 64 years old had a literacy level

4, or those who have completed at least four years of secondary education (that is, at

least junior high school completer/high school graduate), and most of them were

females. (Table 4.2b)


Table 4.2b. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, sex and highest educational

attainment, Philippines: 2019

Notes: 1. Junior high school completer in K-12 curriculum is equivalent to high school graduate in old curriculum: both entail completion of the

first four years of secondary education

2. A functional literate person is one who can read, write, compute, and comprehend. Also, persons who have completed at least four

years of secondary education are classified as functional literate. Hence, functional literacy rate is the sum of the proportions in literacy

levels 2, 3 and 4.

3. (-) Data not available


Moreover, Filipinos 10 to 64

years old living in urban

areas generally have higher

functional literacy rate than

those living in rural areas.

(Figure 4.2c)

Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Undetermined

Cannot read

and write

Can read

and write

Can read,

write, and

compute

Can read,

write,

compute, and

comprehend

At least junior

high school

completer/

high school

graduate

Undetermined

Philippines 3.6 2.7 13.8 24.3 53.4 2.2 91.6

Sex

Male 4.4 2.8 15.2 24.9 50.1 2.6 90.2

Female 2.7 2.6 12.4 23.7 56.8 1.8 92.9

Highest Educational Attainment

No grade completed/

Early Childhood Education93.6 1.6 1.5 1.1 - 2.2

2.7

Elementary level 12.3 8.0 28.3 43.6 - 7.8 71.9

Elementary graduate 2.6 6.6 33.3 52.4 - 5.2 85.7

Junior high school level 0.9 4.0 30.7 62.1 - 2.3 92.8

Junior high school

completer or higher- - - - 100.0 -

100.0

Functional

Literacy Rate

Sex and Highest Educational

Attainment

Level of Literacy

Figure 4.2c. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old by urban and rural classification, Philippines: 2019 (in %)



5 MASS MEDIA

5.1 EXPOSURE AND USE OF VARIOUS FORMS OF MASS MEDIA

In 2019, Filipinos 10 to 64 years old typically

watched television (96.0%), made calculations

(80.3%) and listened to radio (75.2 %). Surfing the

internet for research work and e-mail (63.6%),

newspaper reading (63.3%), and

correspondence/report writing (43.9%) were the

least forms of mass media they do. By frequency

of exposure, most Filipinos 10 to 64 years old

mostly watched television (66.3%), and surfed the

internet through social media (42.5%) every day.

Also, more than half of Filipinos did not write any

correspondence/report writing in 2019. (Table 5.1a)

Table 5.1a. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old in urban and rural areas by frequency of exposure to various forms of mass media, Philippines: 2019

Proportion (in percent)

Everyday

At least

once a

week

Seldom Not at all

All barangays

Newspaper 63.3 4.3 13.0 45.6 36.5 0.6

Magazines 73.2 10.9 20.7 41.1 26.7 0.6

Posters 69.1 6.5 17.5 44.7 30.7 0.6

Television 96.0 66.3 17.4 11.8 3.9 0.6

Radio 75.2 19.0 20.0 35.7 24.7 0.6

Movies 65.9 13.0 15.4 37.1 33.9 0.6

Internet (Emails/Research work) 63.6 25.2 17.6 20.4 36.2 0.6

Internet (Social media) 73.9 42.5 16.2 14.7 26.0 0.6

Meetings 67.5 4.4 16.8 45.9 32.3 0.6

Report/Correspondence 43.9 3.7 9.6 30.4 55.8 0.6

Calculations 80.3 29.3 24.8 25.8 19.6 0.6

Frequency of ExposureForm of Mass Media

All barangays

ExposedNot

reported

MASS MEDIA is 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, etc.) that is designed to reach the mass of the people.


Table 5.1a. Continued…

Notes: The proportion of Filipinos 10-64 years old exposed to a specific form of mass media is computed as follows:


Filipinos 10 to 64 years old surf the internet more for social media access than for

research work and e-mail. This pattern was also noted between urban and rural areas,

between sexes, and across age groups.

Among regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) had the highest proportion of

Filipinos 10 to 64 years old who used the internet for both purposes, while Bangsamoro

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) had the lowest. Among age

groups, most Filipinos who used internet the most for both purposes were aged 15 to

24 years old. (Table 5.1b)


Everyday

At least

once a

week

Seldom Not at all

Urban barangays

Newspaper 68.6 5.6 14.7 48.0 31.2 0.4

Magazines 74.7 10.9 21.1 42.4 25.2 0.4

Posters 71.5 7.3 18.9 45.0 28.4 0.4

Television 97.3 69.3 17.2 10.4 2.6 0.4

Radio 75.6 18.8 20.3 36.1 24.3 0.4

Movies 71.7 14.2 16.7 40.6 28.2 0.4



Meetings 67.2 5.1 17.6 44.2 32.7 0.4


Calculations 80.4 31.4 24.4 24.3 19.5 0.4

Rural barangays

Newspaper 56.5 2.7 10.8 42.6 43.2 0.8

Magazines 71.2 10.8 20.3 39.5 28.6 0.8

Posters 66.0 5.5 15.8 44.3 33.7 0.8

Television 94.4 62.4 17.7 13.6 5.6 0.8

Radio 74.7 19.3 19.7 35.2 25.1 0.8

Movies 58.4 11.5 13.8 32.6 41.3 0.8



Meetings 67.8 3.6 15.7 48.0 32.0 0.8


Calculations 80.2 26.5 25.4 27.7 19.6 0.8

Frequency of ExposureForm of Mass Media

All barangays

ExposedNot

reported


Table 5.1b. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old using the internet by sex and purpose of surfing the internet by region, urban-rural classification, and age group, Philippines: 2019


Filipinos 10 to 64 years old who are exposed to different forms of mass media

registered high functional literacy rates. Among different forms of mass media,

functional literacy rate ranged from 92.6 percent for those who listened to radio to 97.1

percent for those who used internet for research work and email. Generally, females

posted higher functional literacy rate than males across different forms of mass media

exposed to. (Table 5.1c)

Email/

Research

Social

Media

Email/

Research

Social

Media

Email/

Research

Social

Media

Philippines 63.6 73.9 60.8 70.8 66.5 77.1

National Capital Region (NCR) 82.4 90.0 81.5 88.6 83.3 91.4

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 63.1 72.5 58.2 67.8 68.1 77.2

Region I (Ilocos Region) 60.6 73.2 56.7 69.5 64.6 77.1

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 57.6 65.9 55.3 63.6 60.0 68.5

Region III (Central Luzon) 68.7 78.8 66.0 75.8 71.5 81.9

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 70.8 83.2 68.2 80.2 73.6 86.1

MIMAROPA Region 56.9 67.2 52.8 62.8 61.2 71.9

Region V (Bicol Region) 54.9 63.9 50.9 59.5 59.2 68.5

Region VI (Western Visayas 62.5 71.3 59.1 67.7 66.0 75.1

Region VII (Central Visayas) 65.3 73.3 63.9 70.7 66.7 75.9

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 55.1 65.1 50.9 60.7 59.6 69.8

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 41.5 59.1 39.2 55.2 43.9 63.2

Region X (Northern Mindanao 62.1 70.4 59.6 67.4 64.7 73.6

Region XI (Davao Region) 56.4 66.3 53.2 62.3 59.7 70.5

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 51.4 62.8 48.2 60.6 54.8 65.2

Region XIII (Caraga) 56.4 67.3 52.4 63.2 60.7 71.8


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) 39.2 52.9 37.5 52.1 40.8 53.7

Urban-Rural Classification

Urban 72.4 82.5 70.0 79.8 74.8 85.2

Rural 52.3 62.8 49.4 59.4 55.5 66.4

Age Group

10-14 69.6 76.5 66.5 73.2 72.8 79.9

15-19 87.1 93.1 84.2 91.4 90.1 94.9

20-24 82.1 91.8 80.5 90.7 83.8 93.0

25-29 74.3 86.3 72.2 84.6 76.5 88.2

30-39 63.4 76.9 59.2 72.6 67.7 81.3

40-49 48.2 60.5 45.0 55.8 51.5 65.3

50-59 34.1 43.9 30.8 38.4 37.3 49.2

60-64 24.0 33.3 21.8 29.4 26.0 37.0

Proportion (in percent)Region/

Urban-Rural Classification/

Age Group

Both Sexes Male Female


Table 5.1c. Count and functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old exposed to various forms of mass media by sex, Philippines: 2019


Figure 5.1. Proportion of population 10 to 64 years old exposed to various forms of mass media by sex, Philippines: 2019 (in %)


5.2 MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE OF ENROLLED FILIPINOS 10 TO 30 YEARS OLD

Typically, 10- to 30-year-old Filipinos enrolled in school in 2019 were exposed to

watching television (97.2%), reading a magazine (88.8%), and surfing the internet

through social media (86.8%). They were least exposed to correspondence/report

writing (62.7%), meeting attendance (61.9%), and newspaper reading (59.7%).

In terms of usage, they mostly watched television (66.7%), and surfed the internet

through social media (53.5%) every day. Also, two in every five Filipinos 10 to 30 years

old enrolled in school did not read a newspaper in 2019. (Table 5.2a)

Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Newspaper 50,404 24,778 25,626 96.0 95.3 96.6

Magazines 58,190 27,740 30,450 95.1 94.4 95.8

Posters 54,955 26,022 28,933 95.6 94.9 96.2

Television 76,181 38,570 37,611 92.6 91.4 93.8

Radio 59,698 30,264 29,434 92.7 91.4 93.9

Movies 52,388 26,111 26,277 95.0 94.2 95.9

Internet (Emails/Research work) 50,674 24,614 26,060 97.1 96.5 97.5

Internet (Social media) 58,806 28,616 30,190 96.6 96.0 97.1

Meetings 53,663 26,094 27,568 94.6 93.8 95.4

Report/Correspondence 34,959 16,577 18,382 95.9 95.4 96.4

Calculations 63,811 31,855 31,957 93.1 91.8 94.4

Functional Literacy Rate

(in percent)Form of Mass Media

Population Exposed to Mass

Media


Table 5.2a. Proportion of population 10 to 30 years old in urban and rural areas who are currently attending school by frequency of exposure to various forms of mass media, Philippines: 2019

Notes:

1. Question on school attendance in the Household Questionnaire covers population 3 to 30 years old., while

questions on mass media exposure covers population 10 to 64 years old.

2. The proportion of Filipinos 10-30 years old who are currently attending school and are exposed to a specific

form of mass media is computed as follows:



Everyday

At least

once a

week

Seldom Not at all

All barangays

Newspaper 59.7 2.9 11.2 45.5 40.2 0.2

Magazines 88.8 24.9 33.4 30.4 11.2 0.2

Posters 73.0 7.2 21.2 44.5 26.9 0.2

Television 97.2 66.7 19.6 10.8 2.8 0.2

Radio 70.8 11.4 20.5 38.7 29.2 0.2

Movies 73.9 17.9 19.0 36.8 26.1 0.2



Meetings 61.9 4.0 16.5 41.3 38.0 0.2


Calculations 81.3 26.7 27.1 27.3 18.7 0.2

Urban barangays

Newspaper 61.1 3.0 11.0 47.0 38.8 0.2

Magazines 88.0 24.0 32.7 31.1 12.0 0.2

Posters 73.6 7.3 21.8 44.4 26.4 0.2

Television 97.8 69.3 18.8 9.5 2.1 0.2

Radio 69.4 10.7 20.3 38.3 30.5 0.2

Movies 79.0 19.8 19.8 39.3 20.9 0.2



Meetings 62.8 4.5 17.8 40.4 37.2 0.1


Calculations 80.8 27.8 26.3 26.6 19.2 0.1

Rural barangays

Newspaper 57.9 2.6 11.5 43.7 42.0 0.2

Magazines 89.8 25.9 34.1 29.5 10.2 0.2

Posters 72.4 7.1 20.6 44.6 27.5 0.2

Television 96.5 63.5 20.5 12.2 3.5 0.2

Radio 72.4 12.3 20.7 39.2 27.5 0.2

Movies 67.8 15.7 18.1 33.8 32.2 0.2



Meetings 61.0 3.5 14.9 42.4 38.9 0.2


Calculations 81.9 25.4 28.0 28.2 18.1 0.2

Form of Mass Media

ExposedNot

reported

Frequency of Exposure

All barangays


Filipino students 10 to 30 years old used the internet more for social media access than for research work and e-mail. This scenario was also observed in urban and rural areas, between sexes, and among age groups.

Among regions, the NCR had the highest proportion of Filipinos 10 to 30 years old

currently attending school who used the internet for both purposes, while BARMM had

the lowest. Among age groups, most Filipino students who used internet the most for

both purposes were aged 26 to 30 years old. (Table 5.2b)

Table 5.2b. Proportion of population 10 to 30 years old who are currently attending school and

using the internet by sex, purpose of surfing the internet, region, urban-rural classification, and age group, Philippines: 2019

Notes:

1. Question on school attendance in the Household Questionnaire covers population 3 to 30 years old., while questions on mass media exposure covers population 10 to 64 years old.

2. Respondents were allowed to have multiple response, that is, a person uses the Internet for email/research and social media, he/she is counted in both reasons/purposes.


Email/

Research

Social

Media

Email/

Research

Social

Media

Email/

Research

Social

Media

Philippines 81.4 86.8 79.2 84.7 83.7 88.9







MIMAROPA Region 75.6 81.7 72.0 77.7 79.2 85.8


Region VI (Western Visayas 82.4 87.0 80.0 84.5 84.7 89.5




Region X (Northern Mindanao 85.8 88.2 84.5 86.6 87.1 89.9







Urban 87.6 92.9 85.9 91.4 89.3 94.4

Rural 74.1 79.5 71.3 76.9 77.0 82.3

Age Group

10-15 73.2 79.7 70.3 76.7 76.1 82.8

16-20 92.6 96.5 91.0 95.5 94.2 97.5

21-25 94.9 97.5 94.2 97.6 95.7 97.4

26-30 98.2 99.0 99.2 98.6 97.2 99.4

Region/

Urban-Rural Classification/

Age Group


Both Sexes Male Female


5.3 ICT DEVICES, OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE

In 2019, most Filipino households owned cellular phones (86.8%) and televisions

(79.9%). On the other hand, about only two out of five households had a personal

computer, or broadband internet/Fiber internet/DSL. (Table 5.3a and Figure 5.3)

Table 5.3a. Proportion of households that own specific ICT devices, Philippines: 2019

Note: Respondents were allowed to have multiple responses on ICT ownership. That is, if the household owns one a personal

computer, a cellular phone, and a broadband internet, that household is counted in each of the three types of ICT devices Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

Figure 5.3. Proportion of Households that Own ICT Devices, Philippines: 2019 (in %)


Of the households that own at least one ICT device in 2019, 73.8 percent used it for

learning while the rest used it for other purposes.

As regards open distance learning, about seven out of ten households had at least one

(1) member familiar with the learning system. Households in urban areas (70.1%)

were more familiar than households in rural areas (61.1%). Among regions,

households in Central Visayas and CAR had the most and least households familiar

to open distance learning, respectively.

ICT Device Percent

Personal computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, iPad, iPod, tablet) 24.9

Cellular phone 86.8

Television 79.9

Cable (e.g. Skycable, Destiny, Cignal, etc.) 26.4

Radio 40.1

Broadband internet / Fiber internet / DSL 16.5


If given the chance without restrictions, eight of ten households expressed willingness

to engage in open distance learning, familiar or not with the system. Likewise,

households in urban areas (83.4%) were more willing to engage in open distance

learning than those in rural areas (81.1%). Across regions, households in Central

Visayas and CAR had the most and least willingness to engage in the learning system,

respectively. (Table 5.3b)

Table 5.3b. Proportion of households by ownership and usage of ICT devices, familiarity, and willingness to open distance learning by region, and urban-rural classification, Philippines: 2019

Notes:

With owned ICT devices refers to households that own at least one of the following: personal computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, IPad,

IPod, tablet), cellular phone, television, cable, radio or broadband internet, fiber internet/DSL


With owned

ICT devices

Without

owned ICT

devices

For

learning

For other

purposesFamiliar Not farmiliar Willing Not willing

Philippines 96.1 3.9 73.8 26.2 66.2 33.8 82.4 17.6

National Capital Region (NCR) 99.1 0.9 78.4 21.6 59.5 40.5 77.0 23.0

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 96.5 3.5 43.5 56.5 47.3 52.7 62.1 37.9

Region I (Ilocos Region) 96.2 3.8 71.5 28.5 60.1 39.9 80.6 19.4

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 96.5 3.5 71.2 28.8 67.7 32.3 84.2 15.8

Region III (Central Luzon) 97.7 2.3 67.9 32.1 68.5 31.5 75.7 24.3

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 98.0 2.0 82.1 17.9 80.1 19.9 88.2 11.8

MIMAROPA Region 94.1 5.9 69.3 30.7 67.5 32.5 83.8 16.2

Region V (Bicol Region) 94.2 5.8 77.2 22.8 71.9 28.1 87.8 12.2

Region VI (Western Visayas 95.8 4.2 64.1 35.9 54.6 45.4 80.0 20.0

Region VII (Central Visayas) 96.0 4.0 89.2 10.8 83.6 16.4 93.9 6.1

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 94.3 5.7 79.2 20.8 55.7 44.3 89.0 11.0

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 89.7 10.3 59.0 41.0 61.1 38.9 70.2 29.8

Region X (Northern Mindanao 95.0 5.0 80.5 19.5 61.9 38.1 82.4 17.6

Region XI (Davao Region) 94.6 5.4 61.8 38.2 54.5 45.5 83.3 16.7

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 93.2 6.8 66.5 33.5 59.7 40.3 82.0 18.0

Region XIII (Caraga) 93.0 7.0 84.7 15.3 77.4 22.6 89.0 11.0


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) 91.5 8.5 59.4 40.6 54.9 45.1 80.3 19.7


Urban 97.9 2.1 77.6 22.4 70.1 29.9 83.4 16.6

Rural 93.8 6.2 68.7 31.3 61.1 38.9 81.1 18.9

Ownership of ICT

devices

Willingness to Engage in

Open Distance LearningRegion/


Familiarity with

Open Distance Learning


Usage of Owned ICT

devices


STATISTICAL TABLES


Table 1. Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old currently attending school by age group, education level, and region, Philippines: 2019

Age group

3-4 5 6-11 12-15 16-17 18-30

Philippines ('000) 57,681 5,007 2,049 13,287 8,708 4,244 24,388


Attending 57.0 22.4 82.8 97.9 95.1 88.2 20.6



Elementary graduate * - - 0.1 0.1 * -


Junior high school graduate 0.1 - - - 0.2 0.3 0.1

Senior high school level 10.7 - - * 0.9 54.8 27.8

Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - * 0.3 0.2

Post-secondary non-tertiary level 0.2 - - - - * 1.0


Short-cycle-tertiary level 0.1 - - - - 0.01 0.4


College level 9.1 - - - - 1.14 58.9


National Capital Region (NCR) ('000) 6,932 521 223 1,481 969 486 3,252


Attending 53.9 18.0 84.2 97.7 96.1 91.2 19.5



Elementary graduate - - - - - - -



Senior high school level 11.3 - - 0.1 0.9 62.0 21.6

Senior high school graduate * - - - - 0.1 -

Post-secondary non-tertiary level 0.4 - - - - 0.2 2.1


Short-cycle-tertiary level 0.2 - - - - 0.1 1.2


College level 11.4 - - - - 0.9 66.6


Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) ('000) 977 81 33 212 148 77 426


Attending 58.1 30.5 94.0 98.6 96.2 89.1 21.6



Elementary graduate 0.1 - - 0.1 0.1 - -





Post-secondary non-tertiary level - - - - - - -




College level 10.9 - - - - 2.4 65.6


Population

3 to 30

years old



Table 1. Continued…

Age group

3-4 5 6-11 12-15 16-17 18-30

Region I (Ilocos Region) ('000) 2,677 246 94 621 431 209 1,076


Attending 57.6 11.6 81.0 98.9 97.3 91.6 19.7


Elementary level 39.7 - 6.7 92.7 8.9 - -

Elementary graduate * - - * - - -


Junior high school graduate 0.2 - - - 0.2 1.0 -


Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - 0.5 - -



Short-cycle-tertiary level * - - - - - 0.3


College level 9.4 - - - - 0.6 67.8


Region II (Cagayan Valley) ('000) 1,876 170 64 442 289 136 775


Attending 57.9 30.5 95.6 99.0 95.9 85.5 18.3



Elementary graduate * - - 0.1 - - -


Junior high school graduate 0.1 - - - 0.3 0.3 -


Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - 0.7 -



Short-cycle-tertiary level - - - - - - -


College level 9.1 - - - - 1.1 69.0

College graduate or higher * - - - - - 0.1

Region III (Central Luzon) ('000) 6,292 508 200 1,402 923 474 2,786


Attending 54.7 20.6 77.2 98.6 94.7 87.3 18.4





Junior high school graduate 0.1 - - - 0.29 - -


Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - 0.7 0.4





College level 9.6 - - - - 2.8 61.8


Population

3 to 30

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Age group

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Region IV-A (CALABARZON) ('000) 8,287 673 310 1,822 1,210 620 3,652


Attending 53.5 10.1 74.3 98.3 94.1 91.5 17.5





Junior high school graduate 0.1 - - - 0.2 - 0.1



Post-secondary non-tertiary level * - - - - - 0.3




College level 9.3 - - - - 1.9 63.0


MIMAROPA Region ('000) 1,758 167 66 440 290 132 663


Attending 61.7 28.4 87.2 97.8 95.9 93.0 22.4





Junior high school graduate - - - - - - -


Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - - 0.5





College level 8.0 - - - - 1.6 56.9


Region V (Bicol Region) ('000) 3,458 324 122 860 553 264 1,334


Attending 61.4 22.5 84.9 98.4 97.3 87.1 24.9


Elementary level 40.4 - 3.2 94.3 10.4 0.3 -



Junior high school graduate - - - - - - -







College level 8.5 - - - - 0.4 54.3


Population

3 to 30

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Age group

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Region VI (Western Visayas) ('000) 4,113 359 142 966 597 302 1,746


Attending 59.7 38.6 93.1 98.8 96.8 87.7 22.1


Elementary level 39.8 - 2.1 95.2 11.4 0.1 -





Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - - 0.5





College level 8.8 - - - - 0.8 55.1


Region VII (Central Visayas) ('000) 4,201 359 154 969 645 289 1,784


Attending 57.4 27.8 87.1 97.3 93.4 86.5 21.4





Junior high school graduate * - - - 0.1 - -







College level 8.8 - - - - 0.4 55.2


Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) ('000) 2,592 223 95 630 406 200 1,038


Attending 59.9 12.1 78.3 98.4 96.4 87.2 25.6







Senior high school graduate 0.1 - - - - 0.5 -

Post-secondary non-tertiary level * - - - - - 0.3




College level 10.8 - - - - 0.4 63.0


Population

3 to 30

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Age group

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Region XI (Davao Region) ('000) 2,846 267 107 651 440 206 1,176


Attending 58.0 32.1 85.0 98.4 94.3 85.7 20.7












College level 8.0 - - - - 0.2 53.9


Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) ('000) 2,749 261 103 633 414 213 1,125


Attending 57.8 27.0 90.7 98.4 93.3 87.2 20.4



Elementary graduate * - - - 0.2 - -









College level 7.8 - - - - 0.8 53.3


Region XIII (Caraga) ('000) 1,527 144 60 360 238 104 622


Attending 60.5 34.6 85.4 98.4 96.1 89.6 23.6












College level 9.1 - - - - - 57.4


Population

3 to 30

years old




Age group

3-4 5 6-11 12-15 16-17 18-30


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ('000)2,572 280 105 662 407 163 954


Attending 46.1 10.5 65.3 90.7 87.5 73.9 22.0



Elementary graduate 0.1 - - - 0.3 - -









College level 6.3 - - - - 2.1 40.7


Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a figure less than 0.1 percent

- Data not available


Population

3 to 30

years old



Table 2. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over by sex, age group, and region, Philippines: 2019

Population 5 years

old and over

(in thousands)

Basic literacy rate

(in percent)

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Philippines 96,750 48,757 47,993 93.8 93.2 94.5

National Capital Region (NCR) 12,492 6,142 6,349 97.6 97.3 98.0

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,615 822 794 94.0 93.6 94.4

Region I (Ilocos Region) 4,736 2,385 2,352 96.3 95.9 96.6

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 3,271 1,662 1,609 94.3 94.0 94.7

Region III (Central Luzon) 11,044 5,567 5,478 95.8 95.3 96.2

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 14,331 7,148 7,183 95.5 95.1 95.9

MIMAROPA Region 2,782 1,424 1,358 92.4 91.7 93.2

Region V (Bicol Region) 5,375 2,732 2,643 92.2 90.9 93.6

Region VI (Western Visayas 7,089 3,593 3,497 93.8 92.6 95.1

Region VII (Central Visayas) 7,072 3,572 3,500 93.4 92.4 94.5

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 4,171 2,142 2,029 92.0 90.3 93.7

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 3,343 1,699 1,644 90.4 89.9 90.9

Region X (Northern Mindanao 4,438 2,260 2,178 95.2 94.7 95.8

Region XI (Davao Region) 4,684 2,396 2,288 93.8 93.1 94.6

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 4,333 2,206 2,127 88.5 88.1 88.9

Region XIII (Caraga) 2,416 1,240 1,176 93.6 92.5 94.8


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)3,556 1,766 1,790 78.7 78.6 78.9

Age Group

5 - 9 11,067 5,701 5,366 73.2 72.3 74.2

10-14 10,768 5,539 5,229 98.0 97.4 98.7

15-19 10,332 5,274 5,058 98.6 98.1 99.1

20-24 9,733 4,972 4,761 98.2 97.7 98.6

25-29 8,995 4,604 4,391 97.8 97.1 98.5

30-39 15,475 7,888 7,587 97.3 96.5 98.0

40-49 12,114 6,138 5,975 95.7 95.0 96.5

50-59 9,060 4,519 4,541 93.9 92.9 94.8

60 and over 9,207 4,122 5,085 91.6 91.2 91.9

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority , 2019 Functional Literacy , Education and Mass Media Surv ey

Age Group and Region


Table 3. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019

Notes:

- Data not available for Region VIII (FLEMMS 2013 not conducted due to typhoon Yolanda) Green/Red values in 2019 are significantly higher/lower than their corresponding values in 2013 at 5% significance level


Basic literacy rate

(In percent)

Basic literacy rate

(In percent)

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Philippines (in thousands) 96.5 95.9 97.1 96.5 96.1 97.0







MIMAROPA Region 95.7 95.1 96.3 93.8 92.8 94.8


Region VI (Western Visayas) 96.6 95.6 97.6 95.4 95.0 95.9


Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 94.7 93.3 96.2 - - - Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 94.7 94.6 94.8 96.0 96.1 96.0

Region X (Northern Mindanao) 98.2 97.6 98.8 95.4 94.5 96.2






Age Group

10-14 98.0 97.4 98.7 97.4 96.4 98.5

15-19 98.6 98.1 99.1 98.3 97.7 99.0

20-24 98.2 97.7 98.6 97.9 97.1 98.6

25-29 97.8 97.1 98.5 97.8 97.4 98.3

30-39 97.3 96.5 98.0 96.8 96.1 97.4

40-49 95.7 95.0 96.5 95.9 95.6 96.2

50-59 93.9 92.9 94.8 95.1 94.6 95.6

60 and over 91.6 91.2 91.9 91.5 91.9 91.3

Age group

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0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

I (Ilo

cos

Reg

ion)

58.7

92

.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

II (C

agay

an V

alle

y)48

.2

90.8

98

.5

99.3

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

III (C

entra

l Luz

on)

44.7

93

.4

99.4

99

.8

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

IV-A

(CAL

ABAR

ZON

)42

.1

93.7

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

MIM

ARO

PA R

egio

n39

.6

91.5

98

.7

99.6

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

V (B

icol R

egio

n)42

.7

85.7

96

.6

99.8

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VI (W

este

rn V

isaya

s)40

.6

88.3

98

.9

99.8

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VII (

Cen

tral V

isaya

s)42

.5

89.4

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VIII

(Eas

tern

Visa

yas)

38.0

87

.5

97.6

99

.7

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

IX (Z

ambo

anga

Pen

insu

la)

23.0

87

.6

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

X (N

orth

ern

Min

dana

o)44

.8

95.1

10

0.0

99.9

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

XI (D

avao

Reg

ion)

43.3

91

.3

99.3

99

.9

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

XII (

SOC

CSK

SAR

GEN

)23

.5

84.7

97

.8

99.8

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

XIII

(Car

aga)

43.6

91

.0

99.9

99

.8

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Bang

sam

oro

Auto

nom

ous

Reg

ion

in

M

uslim

Min

dana

o (B

ARM

M)

15.4

87

.2

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

10

0.0

100.

0

Not

es:

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

ompl

eter

in K

-12

curr

iculu

m is

equ

ival

ent to

hig

h sc

hool

gra

duat

e in

old

cur

ricul

um:

both

ent

ail c

ompl

etio

n of

the

first

four

yea

rs o

f sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

Due

to s

ampl

ing,

ther

e ar

e cr

ossta

bula

tions

that

sho

w 1

00 p

erce

nt lit

erac

y ra

tes

that

do

not n

eces

saril

y im

ply

com

plet

e ab

senc

e of

illite

racy

but

cou

ld b

e an

indi

catio

n of

a v

ery

high

liter

acy

rate

.

Sour

ce: P

hilip

pine

Sta

tistic

s Au

thor

ity, 2

019

Func

tiona

l Lite

racy

, Edu

catio

n an

d M

ass

Med

ia S

urve

y

Basic

Lite

racy

Rat

e (in

per

cent

)

Reg

ion


Tab

le 6

. B

asic

lite

racy

rat

e o

f p

op

ula

tio

n 1

5 ye

ars

old

an

d o

ver

by

hig

hes

t ed

uca

tio

nal

att

ain

men

t, e

mp

loym

ent

stat

us,

an

d c

lass

of

wo

rker

, Ph

ilip

pin

es:

2019

All

No

grad

e

com

plet

ed/

Ear

ly

Chi

ldho

od

Edu

catio

n

Ele

men

tary

leve

l

Ele

men

tary

grad

uate

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol le

vel

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol

com

plet

er/

Hig

h sc

hool

grad

uate

Sen

ior

high

scho

ol le

vel

Sen

ior

high

scho

ol

grad

uate

Pos

t-

seco

ndar

y

non-

terti

ary

leve

l

Pos

t-

seco

ndar

y

non-

terti

ary

grad

uate

Sho

rt-cy

cle-

terti

ary

leve

l

Sho

rt-cy

cle-

terti

ary

grad

uate

Col

lege

leve

l

Col

lege

grad

uate

or

high

er

Ph

ilip

pin

es96

.1

7.

4

83

.6

99

.0

99

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Em

plo

ymen

t st

atu

s

Em

ploy

ed96

.1

8.

1

83

.6

99

.1

99

.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Une

mpl

oyed

96.1

6.5

83.7

98.6

99.8

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

Cla

ss o

f w

ork

er

Wor

ked

for

priv

ate

hous

ehol

d95

.9

7.

2

84

.8

99

.5

99

.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Wor

ked

for

priv

ate

esta

blis

hmen

t97

.5

9.

6

84

.9

99

.2

99

.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Wor

ked

for

gove

rnm

ent/g

over

nmen

t-

owne

d an

d co

ntro

lled

corp

orat

ion

99.3

9.6

88.6

100.

0

99.8

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

Sel

f-em

ploy

ed w

ithou

t any

pai

d em

ploy

ee93

.3

6.

6

81

.9

98

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Em

ploy

er in

ow

n fa

mily

-ope

rate

d fa

rm

or b

usin

ess

96.4

3.4

84.2

99.4

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

-

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Wor

ked

with

pay

in o

wn

fam

ily-o

pera

ted

farm

or

busi

ness

96.2

-

77

.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Wor

ked

with

out p

ay in

ow

n fa

mily

-ope

rate

d

farm

or

busi

ness

91.9

10.6

82.2

99.1

99.6

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

Not

es:

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

ompl

eter

in K

-12

curr

icul

um is

equ

ival

ent t

o hi

gh s

choo

l gra

duat

e in

old

cur

ricul

um:

both

ent

ail c

ompl

etio

n of

the

first

four

yea

rs o

f sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

Due

to s

ampl

ing,

ther

e ar

e cr

osst

abul

atio

ns th

at s

how

100

per

cent

lite

racy

rat

es th

at d

o no

t nec

essa

rily

impl

y co

mpl

ete

abse

nce

of il

litera

cy b

ut c

ould

be

an in

dica

tion

of a

ver

y hi

gh li

tera

cy r

ate.

- D

ata

not a

vaila

ble

Sou

rce:

Phi

lippi

ne S

tatis

tics

Aut

horit

y, 2

019

Fun

ctio

nal L

itera

cy, E

duca

tion

and

Mas

s M

edia

Sur

vey

Bas

ic L

itera

cy R

ate

(in p

erce

nt)

Em

ploy

men

t Sta

tus

and

Cla

ss o

f Wor

ker

Hig

hest

Edu

catio

nal A

ttain

men

t


Table 7. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over in urban and rural barangays belonging to households with and without access to electricity by region, Philippines: 2019

With Access Without Access With Access Without Access With Access Without Access

Philippines 94.4 82.1 95.9 88.3 92.5 79.1

National Capital Region (NCR) 97.7 96.0 97.7 96.0 - -






MIMAROPA Region 93.9 80.4 94.6 84.2 93.5 79.6











Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)81.4 63.0 86.2 58.1 80.5 63.4

Notes:

- Data not av ailable (There are no rural areas in NCR).


All Barangays Urban RuralRegion

Basic Literacy Rate (in Percent)


Table 8. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over, by sex, age group and region, Philippines: 2019

(In thousands) (In percent)

Population 5 years

old and overBasic literacy rate

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Philippines ('000) 85,683 43,056 42,627 96.50 95.93 97.08

10 - 14 10,768 5,539 5,229 98.04 97.44 98.69

15 - 19 10,332 5,274 5,058 98.58 98.05 99.14

20 - 24 9,733 4,972 4,761 98.17 97.73 98.63

25 - 29 8,995 4,604 4,391 97.79 97.10 98.51

30 - 39 15,475 7,888 7,587 97.27 96.54 98.04

40 - 49 12,114 6,138 5,975 95.74 94.98 96.51

50 - 59 9,060 4,519 4,541 93.88 92.91 94.84

60 and over 9,207 4,122 5,085 91.61 91.25 91.91

National Capital Region (NCR) ('000) 11,279 5,518 5,761 99.30 99.17 99.43

10 - 14 1,222 627 595 99.33 99.07 99.59

15 - 19 1,211 603 608 99.32 99.02 99.62

20 - 24 1,281 640 642 99.66 99.48 99.85

25 - 29 1,232 618 614 99.20 98.69 99.72

30 - 39 2,176 1,077 1,099 99.31 99.13 99.48

40 - 49 1,751 858 893 99.53 99.47 99.59

50 - 59 1,247 596 650 99.41 99.38 99.44

60 and over 1,160 499 661 98.50 98.99 98.13

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) ('000) 1,434 729 705 95.52 95.09 95.96

10 - 14 176 90 86 98.41 97.16 99.72

15 - 19 176 89 87 98.18 97.30 99.09

20 - 24 177 91 85 97.95 97.32 98.63

25 - 29 157 82 75 96.26 96.29 96.22

30 - 39 265 137 128 97.23 96.10 98.44

40 - 49 192 99 93 95.73 94.03 97.55

50 - 59 143 72 70 93.73 92.30 95.20

60 and over 149 68 81 83.71 87.50 80.56

Region I (I locos Region) ('000) 4,218 2,116 2,102 98.14 97.91 98.37

10 - 14 515 267 248 99.43 99.01 99.88

15 - 19 481 249 232 98.99 98.06 100.00

20 - 24 439 226 213 99.14 98.33 100.00

25 - 29 408 209 199 98.24 98.33 98.14

30 - 39 743 380 364 98.75 98.37 99.15

40 - 49 606 309 297 98.46 98.55 98.37

50 - 59 473 238 236 99.04 99.46 98.61

60 and over 554 239 314 93.39 92.72 93.91

Age group and Region




Population 5 years


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region I I (Cagayan Valley) ('000) 2,907 1,474 1,433 96.24 96.06 96.42

10 - 14 353 182 171 98.62 98.79 98.44

15 - 19 331 171 160 97.98 97.01 99.00

20 - 24 315 162 153 99.76 99.53 100.00

25 - 29 292 151 141 97.63 96.54 98.79

30 - 39 523 269 254 97.77 97.11 98.47

40 - 49 419 216 203 96.89 95.46 98.40

50 - 59 331 168 163 91.30 92.10 90.48

60 and over 343 155 188 89.34 91.01 87.95

Region I I I (Central Luzon) ('000) 9,888 4,969 4,918 98.21 97.86 98.57

10 - 14 1,147 593 554 98.85 98.34 99.40

15 - 19 1,151 591 560 99.37 99.43 99.31

20 - 24 1,095 564 531 98.79 98.81 98.78

25 - 29 1,020 522 497 99.04 99.07 99.00

30 - 39 1,803 916 887 98.80 98.28 99.34

40 - 49 1,464 740 724 97.53 97.36 97.70

50 - 59 1,102 551 551 96.29 95.15 97.43

60 and over 1,106 492 614 96.85 95.99 97.53

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) ('000) 12,806 6,362 6,445 98.08 97.72 98.44

10 - 14 1,506 777 729 97.43 96.53 98.38

15 - 19 1,502 766 736 99.14 99.05 99.23

20 - 24 1,448 732 715 99.31 99.52 99.09

25 - 29 1,355 682 673 98.88 98.67 99.09

30 - 39 2,401 1,201 1,200 99.12 98.76 99.48

40 - 49 1,911 954 957 97.98 97.54 98.42

50 - 59 1,379 680 699 96.00 94.98 97.00

60 and over 1,305 571 734 95.88 95.48 96.18

MIMAROPA Region ('000) 2,414 1,234 1,180 95.70 95.12 96.31

10 - 14 354 183 171 97.44 96.63 98.31

15 - 19 314 162 152 98.13 97.39 98.91

20 - 24 267 136 131 95.97 94.15 97.86

25 - 29 244 124 120 97.12 96.91 97.34

30 - 39 416 215 200 95.49 93.59 97.53

40 - 49 320 167 153 95.20 95.16 95.25

50 - 59 244 127 118 95.30 96.11 94.43

60 and over 254 119 135 90.03 90.69 89.45





Population 5 years


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region V (Bicol Region) ('000) 4,665 2,366 2,300 95.23 93.87 96.63

10 - 14 687 354 333 97.89 96.98 98.86

15 - 19 627 325 302 98.37 97.17 99.65

20 - 24 536 277 258 97.11 95.92 98.39

25 - 29 477 247 230 95.74 93.27 98.38

30 - 39 772 401 370 94.75 92.74 96.93

40 - 49 589 302 287 94.00 92.70 95.36

50 - 59 462 232 230 92.48 90.10 94.86

60 and over 515 227 288 90.02 89.82 90.18

Region VI (Western Visayas) ('000) 6,307 3,189 3,118 96.58 95.58 97.60

10 - 14 762 393 369 98.45 98.01 98.92

15 - 19 747 384 362 99.18 98.51 99.89

20 - 24 695 359 336 98.19 97.76 98.66

25 - 29 640 334 307 98.43 97.20 99.77

30 - 39 1,107 579 529 97.41 96.29 98.63

40 - 49 860 445 416 95.27 93.22 97.46

50 - 59 689 344 344 93.53 92.11 94.96

60 and over 807 352 455 92.40 91.11 93.39

Region VII (Central Visayas) ('000) 6,258 3,153 3,105 95.83 94.78 96.91

10 - 14 789 406 383 97.88 97.13 98.68

15 - 19 745 382 363 98.35 97.74 98.99

20 - 24 712 365 347 98.14 97.68 98.62

25 - 29 649 334 315 98.33 97.88 98.80

30 - 39 1,112 572 541 97.78 96.64 98.99

40 - 49 862 438 424 95.28 93.66 96.96

50 - 59 660 329 331 90.45 87.30 93.59

60 and over 729 327 402 89.13 87.76 90.24

Region VII I (Eastern Visayas) ('000) 3,648 1,872 1,776 94.71 93.28 96.21

10 - 14 507 261 246 96.97 95.81 98.20

15 - 19 484 251 232 98.25 98.19 98.32

20 - 24 420 219 201 97.29 96.56 98.09

25 - 29 375 196 179 96.60 94.73 98.64

30 - 39 600 317 283 96.03 94.97 97.21

40 - 49 462 240 222 92.37 89.50 95.49

50 - 59 371 189 181 89.27 86.05 92.64

60 and over 429 198 232 89.23 87.44 90.76





Population 5 years


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) ('000) 2,927 1,486 1,442 94.68 94.60 94.77

10 - 14 396 204 193 98.12 98.08 98.17

15 - 19 386 196 190 98.60 97.75 99.48

20 - 24 345 177 169 96.47 94.68 98.34

25 - 29 307 158 149 98.04 97.97 98.11

30 - 39 509 262 247 97.05 96.72 97.39

40 - 49 389 200 190 93.64 93.68 93.59

50 - 59 298 151 147 90.24 88.94 91.58

60 and over 296 139 157 81.18 84.56 78.20

Region X (Northern Mindanao) ('000) 3,907 1,988 1,919 98.19 97.61 98.79

10 - 14 506 258 248 99.21 98.95 99.48

15 - 19 492 250 241 99.18 98.40 100.00

20 - 24 458 238 219 98.85 98.50 99.22

25 - 29 417 220 197 99.40 98.87 100.00

30 - 39 698 362 336 98.50 98.44 98.55

40 - 49 528 270 259 98.50 97.48 99.56

50 - 59 404 203 201 97.25 95.32 99.19

60 and over 404 187 218 93.69 93.10 94.20

Region XI (Davao Region) ('000) 4,130 2,111 2,019 96.70 95.79 97.66

10 - 14 532 273 259 98.77 98.76 98.78

15 - 19 500 254 246 98.51 97.83 99.22

20 - 24 474 243 231 98.29 97.98 98.62

25 - 29 440 228 212 98.49 97.09 100.00

30 - 39 751 391 360 97.20 95.91 98.59

40 - 49 576 300 276 96.16 94.60 97.85

50 - 59 431 219 211 95.26 94.17 96.39

60 and over 425 201 224 89.69 88.35 90.89

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) ('000) 3,795 1,929 1,866 91.92 91.47 92.38

10 - 14 513 263 250 97.46 96.19 98.80

15 - 19 487 247 240 97.30 96.95 97.66

20 - 24 450 229 221 96.41 96.34 96.48

25 - 29 413 212 200 92.38 91.04 93.79

30 - 39 694 356 337 92.64 90.89 94.50

40 - 49 526 272 255 88.55 88.51 88.60

50 - 59 373 190 183 85.45 87.02 83.82

60 and over 339 160 179 80.10 80.45 79.80





Population 5 years


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region XII I (Caraga) ('000) 2,108 1,081 1,027 96.33 95.42 97.28

10 - 14 291 149 142 98.47 98.16 98.79

15 - 19 267 138 129 98.25 97.65 98.89

20 - 24 247 129 118 98.25 97.43 99.13

25 - 29 226 120 107 97.01 95.50 98.71

30 - 39 363 191 172 97.71 96.96 98.54

40 - 49 272 140 131 94.84 92.81 96.99

50 - 59 215 109 106 93.39 91.76 95.06

60 and over 226 105 121 90.90 90.51 91.23


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ('000)2,991 1,479 1,512 83.18 83.09 83.27

10 - 14 511 259 252 92.78 91.57 94.03

15 - 19 433 216 217 94.10 92.22 95.98

20 - 24 373 183 190 91.26 89.58 92.89

25 - 29 344 168 176 91.39 90.66 92.08

30 - 39 541 261 280 82.70 82.48 82.90

40 - 49 386 189 197 72.37 73.35 71.43

50 - 59 239 121 118 64.03 67.33 60.63

60 and over 164 83 81 43.86 50.26 37.37

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority , 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey



Table 9. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, region and age group, Philippines: 2013 and 2019

Notes: - Data not available for Region VIII. FLEMMS 2013 not conducted due to typhoon Yolanda

Green/Red values in 2019 are significantly higher/lower than their corresponding values in 2013 at 5% significance level


2019 2013

Population 10 to 64 years

old

(In thousands)

Functional literacy rate

(In percent)

Population 10 to 64 years

old

(In thousands)

Functional literacy rate

(In percent)

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Philippines 79,748 40,513 39,235 91.6 90.2 92.9 69,438 35,155 34,283 90.3 88.7 92.0

National Capital Region (NCR) 10,554 5,219 5,335 96.5 96.4 96.6 9,742 4,767 4,975 95.3 94.6 96.0

Cordillera Administrative

Region (CAR)

1,337 686 651 92.0 90.4 93.8 1,272 653 619 91.2 89.7 92.9

Region I (Ilocos Region) 3,843 1,962 1,880 95.1 93.8 96.4 3,622 1,845 1,778 93.0 91.2 95.0

Region II (Cagayan Valley) 2,687 1,379 1,308 93.0 92.2 93.9 2,514 1,291 1,223 97.2 96.4 98.0

Region III (Central Luzon) 9,175 4,666 4,509 94.4 93.5 95.4 8,126 4,118 4,008 92.3 91.0 93.6

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 11,988 6,022 5,966 95.4 94.9 96.0 10,463 5,222 5,241 95.0 93.7 96.2

MIMAROPA Region 2,248 1,159 1,089 85.8 83.6 88.1 2,076 1,076 1,000 86.9 85.3 88.6

Region V (Bicol Region) 4,322 2,222 2,101 88.9 86.7 91.2 3,984 2,052 1,932 87.1 83.9 90.5

Region VI (Western Visayas) 5,766 2,965 2,801 91.3 89.2 93.6 5,438 2,794 2,645 84.8 83.3 86.4

Region VII (Central Visayas) 5,779 2,946 2,833 89.1 87.2 91.0 5,252 2,667 2,585 87.3 84.8 89.8

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 3,358 1,744 1,614 84.7 81.6 87.9 - - - - - -

Region IX (Zamboanga

Peninsula)

2,739 1,401 1,338 87.9 86.8 89.1 2,621 1,344 1,276 87.5 85.2 89.8

Region X (Northern Mindanao) 3,650 1,874 1,776 95.4 94.0 96.8 3,341 1,714 1,626 94.0 92.6 95.5

Region XI (Davao Region) 3,860 1,987 1,874 93.0 91.2 94.9 3,519 1,811 1,708 86.0 83.8 88.3

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 3,582 1,832 1,750 82.3 80.2 84.5 3,260 1,675 1,585 82.5 81.0 84.0

Region XIII (Caraga) 1,961 1,015 945 92.4 90.2 94.7 1,830 947 882 91.9 90.4 93.6



2,898 1,433 1,465 71.6 70.4 72.7 2,379 1,177 1,203 72.1 69.8 74.2

Age Group

10-14 10,741 5,526 5,215 86.0 84.3 87.8 9,823 5,063 4,760 83.2 81.3 85.2

15-19 10,349 5,284 5,065 95.0 93.9 96.1 9,593 4,898 4,695 93.7 91.9 95.6

20-24 9,740 4,972 4,768 96.0 95.1 96.9 8,856 4,487 4,369 95.1 93.3 97.0

25-29 8,995 4,604 4,392 94.7 93.5 96.0 7,737 3,909 3,828 93.8 92.4 95.2

30-39 15,476 7,889 7,587 93.5 91.9 95.2 13,124 6,646 6,478 91.5 89.4 93.5

40-49 12,114 6,139 5,975 90.7 89.4 92.0 10,463 5,293 5,170 89.3 87.7 90.8

50-59 9,060 4,519 4,541 86.7 84.8 88.7 7,404 3,687 3,717 87.5 86.7 88.3

60-64 3,273 1,580 1,693 84.8 84.2 85.3 2,439 1,172 1,267 83.6 82.5 84.7

Region and Age group


Tab

le 1

0.

Functio

nal lit

era

cy r

ate

of p

op

ula

tion 1

0 to

64

ye

ars

old

, b

y h

ighe

st e

ducatio

nal atta

inm

ent, s

ex a

nd

ag

e g

roup

, P

hili

pp

ine

s:

2019

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he

st E

du

catio

na

l Atta

inm

en

t

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gra

de

com

ple

ted

/

Ea

rly

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ildh

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d

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uca

tion

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me

nta

ry

lev

el

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me

nta

ry

gra

du

ate

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ior

hig

h

sch

oo

l le

ve

l

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ior

hig

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sch

oo

l

com

ple

ter/

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h

sch

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du

ate

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ve

l

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ate

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no

n-t

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iary

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el

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ve

l

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lleg

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gra

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hig

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r

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th s

ex

es

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71

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5.7

92

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00

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00

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00

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00

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00

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00

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00

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10

- 1

45

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0.8

89

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4.3

10

0.0

****

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

15

- 1

91

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0.6

88

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4.3

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

20

- 2

44

.76

7.9

85

.09

3.5

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

25

- 2

91

.76

8.9

86

.19

2.1

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

30

- 3

91

.56

7.5

84

.99

2.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

40

- 4

92

.56

4.5

84

.59

0.3

10

0.0

****

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

50

- 5

93

.55

9.4

82

.88

6.5

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

60

- 6

41

.06

1.6

81

.68

8.8

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

Ma

le3

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9.9

85

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2.3

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

- 1

47

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8.9

88

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3.2

10

0.0

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--

--

--

15

- 1

91

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8.8

89

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10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

20

- 2

46

.46

7.3

87

.79

3.6

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

25

- 2

92

.86

7.4

86

.89

2.5

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

30

- 3

92

.76

6.4

83

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2.9

10

0.0

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10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

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40

- 4

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83

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10

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50

- 5

93

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82

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3.7

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

60

- 6

41

.45

9.3

81

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7.8

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

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ma

le1

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4.8

86

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3.4

10

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10

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10

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10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

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43

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90

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10

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0.0

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15

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91

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5.3

87

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10

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10

0.0

10

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10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

20

- 2

42

.66

9.6

80

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3.4

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

25

- 2

90

.07

2.0

85

.19

1.6

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

30

- 3

90

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9.7

87

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2.9

10

0.0

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10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

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- 4

92

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85

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10

0.0

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00

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50

- 5

93

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2.4

83

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9.4

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

60

- 6

40

.66

3.9

81

.68

9.7

10

0.0

0.0

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

No

tes:

Jun

ior

hig

h s

cho

ol c

om

ple

ter

in K

-12

cu

rric

ulu

m is

eq

uiv

ale

nt t

o h

igh

sch

oo

l gra

du

ate

in o

ld c

urr

icu

lum

: b

oth

en

tail

com

ple

tion

of t

he

firs

t fo

ur

ye

ars

of s

eco

nd

ary

ed

uca

tion

Du

e to

sa

mp

ling

, th

ere

are

cro

ssta

bu

latio

ns

tha

t sh

ow

10

0 p

erc

en

t lite

racy

ra

tes

tha

t do

no

t ne

cess

ari

ly im

ply

co

mp

lete

ab

sen

ce o

f illi

tera

cy b

ut c

ou

ld b

e a

n in

dic

atio

n o

f a v

ery

hig

h li

tera

cy r

ate

.

- D

ata

no

t av

aila

ble

** w

ith a

t mo

st tw

o c

ase

s o

bse

rve

d

So

urc

e:

Ph

ilip

pin

e S

tatis

tics

Au

tho

rity

, 2

01

9 F

un

ctio

na

l Lite

racy

, E

du

catio

n a

nd

Ma

ss M

ed

ia S

urv

ey

Se

x

an

d

Ag

e g

rou

p

Fu

nct

ion

al L

itera

cy R

ate

(in

pe

rce

nt)

Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey 55 Ta

ble

11. F

unct

iona

l lite

racy

rate

of p

opul

atio

n 10

to 6

4 ye

ars

old,

by

high

est e

duca

tiona

l atta

inm

ent a

nd re

gion

, Phi

lippi

nes:

201

9

Hig

hest

Educ

atio

nal A

ttain

men

t

No

grad

e

com

plet

ed/

Early

Chi

ldho

od

Educ

atio

n

Elem

enta

ry

leve

l

Elem

enta

ry

grad

uate

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol le

vel

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol

com

plet

er/

Hig

h sc

hool

grad

uate

Seni

or h

igh

scho

ol le

vel

Seni

or h

igh

scho

ol g

radu

ate

Post-

seco

ndar

y

non-

terti

ary

leve

l

Post-

seco

ndar

y

non-

terti

ary

grad

uate

Shor

t-cyc

le-

terti

ary

leve

l

Shor

t-cyc

le-

terti

ary

grad

uate

Col

lege

leve

l

Col

lege

grad

uate

or

high

er

Phili

ppin

es2.

7

71.9

85.7

92.8

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Nat

iona

l Cap

ital R

egio

n (N

CR

)9.

6

84.1

87.2

93.4

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Cor

dille

ra A

dmin

istra

tive

Reg

ion

(CAR

)-

71.8

85.4

93.4

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

I (Ilo

cos

Reg

ion)

-

78

.8

86

.5

94

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

II (C

agay

an V

alle

y)4.

8

79.5

88.1

94.5

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

III (C

entra

l Luz

on)

3.7

76

.4

90

.0

92

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

IV-A

(CAL

ABAR

ZON

)3.

0

78.9

90.0

95.8

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

MIM

ARO

PA R

egio

n2.

4

62.6

75.8

87.1

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

V (B

icol R

egio

n)-

65.5

79.4

92.5

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VI (W

este

rn V

isaya

s)4.

1

66.1

84.6

93.0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VII (

Cen

tral V

isaya

s)2.

5

69.2

80.8

90.1

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

VIII

(Eas

tern

Visa

yas)

1.0

57

.5

75

.0

88

.9

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

IX (Z

ambo

anga

Pen

insu

la)

0.9

69

.9

85

.4

92

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

X (N

orth

ern

Min

dana

o)7.

7

85.5

95.3

96.1

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

XI (D

avao

Reg

ion)

1.0

79

.4

88

.3

95

.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Reg

ion

XII (

SOC

CSK

SAR

GEN

)1.

4

54.8

77.3

88.8

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

100.

0

10

0.0

Reg

ion

XIII

(Car

aga)

1.2

75

.5

89

.7

95

.4

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Bang

sam

oro

Auto

nom

ous

Reg

ion

in

M

uslim

Min

dana

o (B

ARM

M)

3.2

63

.3

84

.2

88

.8

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

10

0.0

100.

0

Not

es:

Juni

or h

igh

scho

ol c

ompl

eter

in K

-12

curri

culu

m is

equ

ival

ent t

o hi

gh s

choo

l gra

duat

e in

old

cur

ricul

um:

both

ent

ail c

ompl

etio

n of

the

first

four

yea

rs o

f sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

Due

to s

ampl

ing,

ther

e ar

e cr

osst

abul

atio

ns th

at s

how

100

per

cent

lite

racy

rate

s th

at d

o no

t nec

essa

rily

impl

y co

mpl

ete

abse

nce

of il

litera

cy b

ut c

ould

be

an in

dica

tion

of a

ver

y hi

gh li

tera

cy ra

te.

- D

ata

not a

vaila

ble

Sou

rce:

Phi

lippi

ne S

tatis

tics

Aut

horit

y, 2

019

Func

tiona

l Lite

racy

, Edu

catio

n an

d M

ass

Med

ia S

urve

y

Reg

ion

Func

tiona

l Lite

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Table 12. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, sex, age group and urban-rural classification, Philippines: 2019


Cannot read

and write

Can read

and write

Can read, write,

and compute

Can read, write,

compute, and

comprehend

At least junior

high school

completer/high

school graduate

Undetermined

Both sexes 3.6 2.7 13.8 24.3 53.4 2.2 91.6

Age group

10 - 14 2.8 6.6 26.7 59.2 0.1 4.5 86.0

15 - 19 1.5 2.2 16.9 37.8 40.2 1.4 95.0

20 - 24 1.7 1.3 7.6 11.7 76.7 1.0 96.0

25 - 29 2.4 1.7 8.8 14.3 71.6 1.2 94.7

30 - 39 3.1 1.9 10.2 15.1 68.1 1.5 93.5

40 - 49 4.8 2.0 12.2 16.1 62.4 2.5 90.7

50 - 59 7.5 2.9 14.0 18.9 53.8 2.9 86.7

60 - 64 8.2 3.8 16.4 21.3 47.0 3.3 84.8

Urban-Rural

Urban 2.0 2.2 11.6 22.3 60.5 1.4 94.5

Rural 5.6 3.3 16.6 26.9 44.3 3.2 87.8

Male 4.4 2.8 15.2 24.9 50.1 2.6 90.2

Age group

10 - 14 3.8 6.9 27.9 56.4 0.1 5.0 84.3

15 - 19 2.1 2.2 18.9 39.0 35.9 1.7 93.9

20 - 24 2.2 1.3 9.4 13.2 72.4 1.4 95.1

25 - 29 3.2 1.8 10.4 16.1 66.9 1.5 93.5

30 - 39 4.0 2.2 11.6 17.2 63.1 1.9 91.9

40 - 49 5.6 2.1 13.5 16.7 59.2 2.9 89.4

50 - 59 9.1 3.0 14.7 18.4 51.7 3.2 84.8

60 - 64 8.9 3.5 16.7 19.5 48.0 3.4 84.2

Urban-Rural

Urban 2.4 2.2 12.6 23.1 58.1 1.5 93.8

Rural 6.9 3.5 18.4 27.2 40.1 3.8 85.7

Sex, Age group and

Urban-Rural

Classification

Level of Literacy

Functional

Literacy Rate




Cannot read

and write

Can read

and write

Can read, write,

and compute

Can read, write,

compute, and

comprehend

At least junior

high school

completer/high

school graduate

Undetermined

Female 2.7 2.6 12.4 23.7 56.8 1.8 92.9

Age group

10 - 14 1.8 6.4 25.4 62.3 0.1 4.0 87.8

15 - 19 0.8 2.2 14.9 36.6 44.6 1.0 96.1

20 - 24 1.2 1.3 5.8 10.0 81.1 0.6 96.9

25 - 29 1.5 1.6 7.1 12.4 76.5 0.9 96.0

30 - 39 2.1 1.6 8.8 13.0 73.3 1.1 95.2

40 - 49 4.0 2.0 10.8 15.4 65.7 2.1 92.0

50 - 59 5.9 2.8 13.4 19.4 55.9 2.6 88.7

60 - 64 7.5 4.0 16.1 23.1 46.0 3.2 85.3

Urban-Rural

Urban 1.5 2.2 10.6 21.5 63.0 1.2 95.1

Rural 4.3 3.1 14.7 26.7 48.6 2.6 90.0

Notes:

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority , 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey

Sex, Age group and

Urban-Rural

Classification

Level of Literacy

Functional

Literacy Rate

A functional literate person is one who can read, write, compute, and comprehend. Also, persons who have completed at least four years

of secondary education are classified as functional literate. Hence, functional literacy rate is the sum of the proportions in literacy levels 2, 3 and 4.


Table 13. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old, by level of literacy, highest educational attainment and region, Philippines: 2019

Notes:

1) Junior high school completer in K-12 curriculum is equivalent to high school graduate in old curriculum: both entail completion of the first four years of secondary education

2) A functional literate person is one who can read, write, compute, and comprehend. Also, persons who have completed at least four years of secondary education are classified as functional literate. Hence, functional literacy rate is the sum of the proportions in literacy levels 2, 3 and 4.

- Data not available



Cannot read

and write

Can read

and write

Can read,

write, and

compute

Can read,

write,

compute, and

comprehend

At least junior

high school

completer/

high school

graduate

Undetermined

Philippines 3.6 2.7 13.8 24.3 53.4 2.2 91.6

Sex

Male 4.4 2.8 15.2 24.9 50.1 2.6 90.2

Female 2.7 2.6 12.4 23.7 56.8 1.8 92.9

Highest Educational Attainment

No grade completed/ 93.6 1.6 1.5 1.1 - 2.2 2.7

Elementary level 12.3 8.0 28.3 43.6 - 7.8 71.9

Elementary graduate 2.6 6.6 33.3 52.4 - 5.2 85.7

Junior high school level 0.9 4.0 30.7 62.1 - 2.3 92.8

Junior high school - - - - 100.0 - 100.0

Functional

Literacy Rate

Sex and Highest Educational

Attainment

Level of Literacy


Table 14. Percentage of population 10 to 64 years old level of literacy with minimum set of skills/competencies in functional literacy levels 2 to 4 and region, Philippines: 2019


Level of Literacy


Cannot read

and write

Can read

and write

At least can read,

write, and compute

At least can read,

write, compute, and

comprehend

At least junior high

school completer/high

school graduate

Undetermined

Philippines 3.6 94.2 91.6 77.7 53.4 2.2







MIMAROPA Region 5.7 89.4 85.8 71.4 46.5 4.9












Region


Table 15. Functional literacy rate of population 10 to 64 years old, by sex, age group and region, Philippines: 2019


Population 10 to 64

years oldFunctional literacy rate

Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Philippines ('000) 79,748 40,513 39,235 91.6 90.2 92.9

10 - 14 10,741 5,526 5,215 86.0 84.3 87.8

15 - 19 10,349 5,284 5,065 95.0 93.9 96.1

20 - 24 9,740 4,972 4,768 96.0 95.1 96.9

25 - 29 8,995 4,604 4,392 94.7 93.5 96.0

30 - 39 15,476 7,889 7,587 93.5 91.9 95.2

40 - 49 12,114 6,139 5,975 90.7 89.4 92.0

50 - 59 9,060 4,519 4,541 86.7 84.8 88.7

60 - 64 3,273 1,580 1,693 84.8 84.2 85.3

National Capital Region (NCR) ('000) 10,554 5,219 5,335 96.5 96.4 96.6

10 - 14 1,219 626 593 89.0 88.2 89.9

15 - 19 1,213 604 609 96.5 97.0 96.1

20 - 24 1,282 640 642 98.4 98.3 98.4

25 - 29 1,232 618 614 98.1 98.0 98.2

30 - 39 2,176 1,077 1,099 98.1 97.3 98.9

40 - 49 1,751 858 893 97.7 97.7 97.7

50 - 59 1,247 596 650 96.3 96.8 95.9

60 - 64 436 200 235 96.2 98.3 94.4

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) ('000) 1,337 686 651 92.0 90.4 93.8

10 - 14 1,385 682 703 87.9 88.1 87.7

15 - 19 1,388 679 710 94.9 93.4 96.4

20 - 24 1,396 695 701 97.5 97.0 98.1

25 - 29 1,241 624 616 94.9 93.2 96.7

30 - 39 2,094 1,044 1,049 94.4 92.0 96.9

40 - 49 1,514 754 760 90.6 87.4 94.1

50 - 59 1,128 551 578 86.9 84.1 89.7

60 - 64 409 191 219 76.6 76.2 76.9

Region I (I locos Region) ('000) 3,843 1,962 1,880 95.1 93.8 96.4

10 - 14 1,408 709 698 88.5 86.0 91.2

15 - 19 1,326 662 663 96.4 94.3 98.7

20 - 24 1,206 601 605 96.9 96.1 97.7

25 - 29 1,120 555 565 97.7 97.0 98.4

30 - 39 2,041 1,009 1,032 97.4 96.6 98.2

40 - 49 1,664 822 842 95.8 94.8 96.9

50 - 59 1,300 632 669 92.8 91.5 94.1

60 - 64 488 228 262 93.9 93.1 94.5





Population 10 to 64


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region I I (Cagayan Valley) ('000) 2,687 1,379 1,308 93.0 92.2 93.9

10 - 14 1,376 685 691 91.0 91.4 90.6

15 - 19 1,300 646 654 96.7 95.2 98.3

20 - 24 1,242 614 628 98.3 98.2 98.4

25 - 29 1,147 571 577 94.7 94.5 95.0

30 - 39 2,061 1,025 1,035 94.2 92.2 96.2

40 - 49 1,646 816 830 91.1 89.4 92.9

50 - 59 1,299 635 664 87.2 87.9 86.5

60 - 64 483 227 256 88.7 85.2 91.9

Region I I I (Central Luzon) ('000) 9,175 4,666 4,509 94.4 93.5 95.4

10 - 14 1,311 657 653 88.9 87.3 90.6

15 - 19 1,331 665 665 97.2 96.7 97.6

20 - 24 1,261 631 630 97.4 97.3 97.4

25 - 29 1,173 584 588 96.5 96.4 96.5

30 - 39 2,074 1,025 1,049 95.7 94.3 97.1

40 - 49 1,684 828 856 94.2 93.4 95.1

50 - 59 1,267 616 652 92.3 90.2 94.3

60 - 64 453 213 241 90.2 89.4 90.9

Region IV-A (CALABARZON) ('000) 11,988 6,022 5,966 95.4 94.9 96.0

10 - 14 1,322 671 650 89.7 87.9 91.5

15 - 19 1,324 666 658 97.6 97.9 97.2

20 - 24 1,276 635 641 99.0 98.7 99.3

25 - 29 1,193 591 602 97.4 97.3 97.5

30 - 39 2,114 1,041 1,073 97.7 96.6 98.9

40 - 49 1,683 827 856 95.7 95.8 95.5

50 - 59 1,214 589 625 91.0 89.0 93.0

60 - 64 428 200 229 91.2 93.1 89.5

MIMAROPA Region ('000) 2,248 1,159 1,089 85.8 83.6 88.1

10 - 14 1,662 824 838 76.2 75.3 77.3

15 - 19 1,475 728 747 91.5 88.9 94.3

20 - 24 1,255 614 642 90.0 86.3 94.0

25 - 29 1,144 558 587 92.0 90.6 93.5

30 - 39 1,952 969 982 88.8 85.2 92.6

40 - 49 1,504 754 750 84.7 82.7 86.8

50 - 59 1,147 571 576 80.4 79.2 81.7

60 - 64 415 201 214 78.9 80.2 77.5





Population 10 to 64


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region V (Bicol Region) ('000) 4,322 2,222 2,101 88.9 86.7 91.2

10 - 14 1,677 832 845 87.0 84.6 89.6

15 - 19 1,532 763 768 95.6 94.2 97.1

20 - 24 1,308 651 656 95.2 92.9 97.7

25 - 29 1,165 580 584 91.4 88.1 95.0

30 - 39 1,885 943 941 89.3 86.9 91.9

40 - 49 1,438 709 729 84.5 83.9 85.1

50 - 59 1,129 545 585 80.5 77.5 83.6

60 - 64 421 196 226 79.8 75.0 84.2

Region VI (Western Visayas) ('000) 5,766 2,965 2,801 91.3 89.2 93.6

10 - 14 1,393 691 702 84.9 83.9 85.9

15 - 19 1,368 677 691 95.2 93.3 97.2

20 - 24 1,272 632 639 96.0 94.1 97.9

25 - 29 1,172 587 584 95.3 92.8 98.0

30 - 39 2,027 1,019 1,007 93.8 92.7 95.1

40 - 49 1,575 783 792 90.1 86.6 93.8

50 - 59 1,260 606 656 86.5 83.0 90.0

60 - 64 487 225 263 82.9 78.8 86.7

Region VII (Central Visayas) ('000) 5,779 2,946 2,833 89.1 87.2 91.0

10 - 14 1,439 719 719 82.1 80.6 83.7

15 - 19 1,361 677 684 93.6 92.0 95.2

20 - 24 1,303 646 656 96.3 95.8 96.7

25 - 29 1,185 591 593 94.7 92.7 96.8

30 - 39 2,031 1,013 1,018 93.4 91.1 95.8

40 - 49 1,574 776 798 88.3 86.2 90.5

50 - 59 1,205 583 623 77.2 72.6 81.7

60 - 64 456 213 244 76.8 77.5 76.2

Region VII I (Eastern Visayas) ('000) 3,358 1,744 1,614 84.7 81.6 87.9

10 - 14 1,590 782 808 76.5 74.1 79.2

15 - 19 1,522 752 770 91.1 89.2 93.2

20 - 24 1,320 656 664 93.1 91.2 95.3

25 - 29 1,178 586 592 90.2 86.0 94.9

30 - 39 1,886 949 936 88.5 84.5 93.0

40 - 49 1,453 719 733 81.1 76.8 85.9

50 - 59 1,166 567 600 77.1 74.9 79.4

60 - 64 439 208 232 66.3 62.1 70.5





Population 10 to 64


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) ('000) 2,739 1,401 1,338 87.9 86.8 89.1

10 - 14 1,521 752 768 86.4 85.2 87.7

15 - 19 1,492 738 754 94.5 93.0 96.2

20 - 24 1,330 657 673 93.1 90.8 95.5

25 - 29 1,182 587 595 94.3 94.8 93.6

30 - 39 1,963 976 986 89.2 87.9 90.6

40 - 49 1,502 746 756 85.5 83.7 87.5

50 - 59 1,148 562 586 77.0 74.6 79.4

60 - 64 416 200 217 68.4 74.1 62.8

Region X (Northern Mindanao) ('000) 3,650 1,874 1,776 95.4 94.0 96.8

10 - 14 1,461 717 745 93.7 92.3 95.2

15 - 19 1,424 699 726 97.4 96.5 98.3

20 - 24 1,323 664 659 97.4 97.6 97.3

25 - 29 1,205 613 591 97.5 96.0 99.2

30 - 39 2,017 1,009 1,008 96.1 95.6 96.6

40 - 49 1,527 751 777 94.7 92.4 97.0

50 - 59 1,169 565 605 91.9 88.8 95.0

60 - 64 427 202 226 89.7 84.5 94.8

Region XI (Davao Region) ('000) 3,860 1,987 1,874 93.0 91.2 94.9

10 - 14 1,455 718 737 90.6 87.7 93.7

15 - 19 1,367 668 700 95.4 93.6 97.4

20 - 24 1,297 638 658 96.8 97.5 96.0

25 - 29 1,203 600 603 95.8 94.4 97.4

30 - 39 2,054 1,027 1,026 93.8 91.6 96.3

40 - 49 1,575 789 785 91.6 89.7 93.7

50 - 59 1,178 577 602 89.1 86.5 91.9

60 - 64 425 203 223 84.5 83.3 85.7

Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) ('000) 3,582 1,832 1,750 82.3 80.2 84.5

10 - 14 1,512 750 761 76.3 71.7 81.2

15 - 19 1,436 703 734 89.4 86.5 92.3

20 - 24 1,326 653 673 89.6 87.7 91.5

25 - 29 1,216 605 611 84.7 82.4 87.1

30 - 39 2,044 1,015 1,028 82.9 81.4 84.5

40 - 49 1,551 774 776 80.2 78.7 81.8

50 - 59 1,098 541 557 74.8 75.5 74.1

60 - 64 372 178 194 73.2 71.4 74.9





Population 10 to 64


Both

sexesMale Female

Both

sexesMale Female

Region XII I (Caraga) ('000) 1,961 1,015 945 92.4 90.2 94.7

10 - 14 1,563 766 797 88.7 87.8 89.6

15 - 19 1,439 710 729 96.3 94.8 97.9

20 - 24 1,334 663 670 96.8 95.7 98.0

25 - 29 1,217 615 602 96.6 94.0 99.5

30 - 39 1,954 983 970 93.3 91.0 95.8

40 - 49 1,462 721 742 90.5 86.8 94.4

50 - 59 1,159 561 600 86.7 82.4 91.1

60 - 64 425 201 225 85.2 83.4 87.0


Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ('000)2,898 1,433 1,465 71.6 70.4 72.7

10 - 14 1,857 940 917 73.1 71.2 75.0

15 - 19 1,578 789 789 82.9 81.2 84.6

20 - 24 1,359 667 691 82.6 78.5 86.5

25 - 29 1,253 610 643 79.2 75.9 82.4

30 - 39 1,971 950 1,020 71.2 69.0 73.2

40 - 49 1,406 687 719 57.6 60.8 54.5

50 - 59 871 442 429 51.5 52.8 50.1

60 - 64 260 133 127 42.8 53.0 32.0




APPENDICES


APPENDIX A: Survey Forms


2. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Please give me the names of What is Is _____ What is ENCIRCLE ENCIRCLE What is Is _____

the persons who usually live in _____'s male or _____'s THE LINE THE LINE _____'s an OFW?

your household, starting with relationship female? age as of NUMBER NUMBER marital (civil)

the head of the household. to the his/her last OF HH OF HH status?

head of the birthday? MEMBER MEMBER (Si ___ poL household? (Si ___ po 10 TO 64 10 YEARS ba ay nagta-I (Pak ibigay ang mga pangalan ng ba ay YEARS OLD AND (Ano po ang trabahoN mga taong palagiang nakatira sa lalak i o (Ano po ang OLD IN OVER estado sibil sa ibangE inyong sambahayan, simula sa (Ano po ang babae?) edad ni ___ COL. 5 ni ___?) bansa?)

puno ng sambahayan.) kaugnayan noong huliN ni ___ sa niyangU puno ng kaarawan?)M sambahayan?)B

E IF LESS THAN

R 1 YR. OLD,

(LAST NAME, FIRST NAME) WRITE "00"

IF LESS THAN

1 - MALE 10 YRS. OLD, 1 - YES

ADD THE

2 - FEMALE PREFIX "0" 2 - NO

IF AGE IS 98

AND OVER,

ENCIRCLE LINE NUMBER ENTER ENTER WRITE "98" ENTER ENTER

OF RESPONDENT CODE CODE CODE CODE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Codes for Column 3 Codes for Column 12 & 15PUT AN 'X' MARK IF ADDITIONAL BOOKLET IS USED (Relationship to (Grade/Year Currently Attending/

Household Head) Highest Educational Attainment)

01 - Head

3A. Are there any other persons such as Overseas Filipinos, 02 - Wife/Spouse Level 0 - Early Childhood Educationsmall children or infants that we have not listed? 03 - Son/Daughter 00000 - No Grade Completed

04 - Brother/Sister 01000 - Nursery(Mayroon pa po bang tao tulad ng Overseas Filipinos, 05 - Son-in-law/ 02000 - Kindergartenmga bata o sanggol na hindi natin nailista?) Daughter-in-law

06 - Grandson/ Level 1 - Primary Education (Elementary)YES ENTER EACH NO Granddaughter

IN TABLE 07 - Father/Mother 10011 - Grade 108 - Other Relative 10012 - Grade 2

3B. In addition, are there any other people who may not 09 - Boarder 10013 - Grade 3be members of your family, such as domestic 10 - Domestic Helper 10014 - Grade 4helpers/lodgers or friend who usually live here? 11 - Non-Relative 10015 - Grade 5

10016 - Grade 6(Mayroon pa po bang ibang tao na hindi miyembro ng 10017 - Grade 7 (Old Curriculum)pamilya tulad ng kasambahay, mga nangungupahan o Codes for Column 8 10018 - Graduatemga kaibigan na palagiang nakatira dito?) (Marital Status) 10002 - IPEd, Madrasah, SPED

1 - Single 10003 - Alternative Learning System (ALS)YES ENTER EACH NO 2 - Married/Living Together

IN TABLE 3 - Widow/WidowerCONTINUE 4 - Divorced/SeparatedASKING 5 - AnnulledCOL. 4 6 - Unknown

08

06 06

07 07

06

07

08 08

04

05

02 02

03 03

02

03

04 04

05 05

01

MARITAL

STATUS

OVERSEAS

FILIPINO

WORKER

ALL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS ELIGIBILITY 10 YEARS OLD & OVER

NAMERELA-

TIONSHIP SEX AGE

0 101 01


3. LITERACY AND EDUCATION

ENCIRCLE Can _____ What is _____'s highest ENCIRCLE Is _____ What grade/year is _____ How does THE LINE read and educational attainment? THE LINE currently currently attending? _____NUMBER write a simple NUMBER attending travel toOF HH message in OF HH school? school?MEMBER any language (Ano po ang pinakamataas na MEMBER (Sa anong grado o taon po si5 YEARS or dialect? antas ng pag-aaral ang 3 TO 30 ___ sa kanyang pag-aaral?)OLD AND natapos ni ___?) YEARS (Si ___ ba ay pinapasukan ni ___? (Paano si ___OVER OLD kasalukuyang naglalakbay

(Si ___ ba ay nag-aaral?) upang

nakababasa makarating sa

at nakasusu- paaralan?)

lat ng isang 1 - YES,

simpleng PUBLIC

mensahe sa

anumang 2 - YES,

wika o PRIVATE

salita?)

3 - YES,

HOME-

1 - YES SCHOOLED

2 - NO 4 - NO,

GO TO

COL. 17

ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER

CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE/S

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

GO TO COL. 19

Codes for Column 12 & 15 Level 4 - Post-Secondary Codes for Column 16(Grade/Year Currently Attending/ Non-Tertiary Education (Mode of Travel)Highest Educational Attainment) 40001 - 1

st Year A - Walking, accessible

40002 - 2nd

Year (with transport system)Level 2 - Lower Secondary (Junior High School) 40003 - 3

rd Year B - Walking, no transportation

24011 - Grade 7/1st Year IF GRADUATE, SPECIFY PROGRAM C - PUJ/FX/Van/Bus

24012 - Grade 8/2nd

Year D - School service

24013 - Grade 9/3rd

Year E - Private motor vehicle (car)

24014 - Grade 10/4th Year Level 5 - Short-Cycle Tertiary Education F - LRT/MRT/PNR

24015 - Graduate 50001 - 1st Year G - Tricycle/Motorcycle/Pedicab

24002 - IPEd, Madrasah, SPED 50002 - 2nd

Year H - Banca/Boat24003 - Alternative Learning System (ALS) 50003 - 3

rd Year X - Other means

IF GRADUATE, SPECIFY PROGRAM (SPECIFY)

Level 3 - Upper Secondary (Senior High School)Level 6 - Bachelor Level Education Level 7 - Master Level Education

Academic Track Sports Track or Equivalent or Equivalent34011 - Grade 11 34031 - Grade 11 60001 - 1

st Year 70010 - Undergraduate

34012 - Grade 12 34032 - Grade 12 60002 - 2nd

Year IF GRADUATE, SPECIFY PROGRAM

34013 - AT Graduate 34033 - ST Graduate 60003 - 3rd

Year60004 - 4

th Year

Arts and Design Track Technology and Livelihood 60005 - 5th Year Level 8 - Doctoral Level Education

34021 - Grade 11 Education and Technical- 60006 - 6th Year or Equivalent

34022 - Grade 12 Vocational Livelihood Track IF GRADUATE, SPECIFY PROGRAM 80010 - Undergraduate34023 - ADT Graduate 35031 - Grade 11 IF GRADUATE, SPECIFY PROGRAM

35032 - Grade 1235033 - TLETVL Graduate

3 - 30 YEARS OLD

04 04

05 05

03 03

08 08

06 06

07 07

02 02

01 01

CURRENTLY

ATTENDING

GRADE/YEAR

CURRENTLY

ATTENDING

MODE OF

TRAVEL

HIGHEST

EDUCATIONAL

ATTAINMENT

BASIC

LITERACY

5 YEARS OLD & OVER


3. LITERACY & EDUCATION 4. EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS

ENCIRCLE Why is _____ ENCIRCLE Did _____ During the last 12 months, What is _____'s Why was _____THE LINE not attending THE LINE have a job or what was _____'s class of worker? not employed?NUMBER school? NUMBER business job/business?OF HH OF HH during theMEMBER MEMBER last 12 months? (Bak it hindi3 TO 30 (Bak it hindi po 5 YEARS (Noong nakaraang labin- nakapaghanap-YEARS nag-aaral si OLD AND dalawang [12] buwan, ano (Anong uri ng buhay oOLD AND ___?) OVER po ang hanapbuhay ni manggagawa nakapagtrabaho '4' IN (Si ___ po ba ___?) si ___?) si ___?)COL. 14 ay mayroong

hanapbuhay o

negosyo noong

nakaraang

labindalawang

[12] buwan?)

1 - YES SPECIFY JOB/BUSINESS

2 - NO,

GO TO

COL. 23

ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER

CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

GO TO NEXT HH

MEMBER OR GO TO Q1

GO TO NEXT HHMEMBER OR GO TO Q1







Codes for Column 18 Codes for Column 22(Reasons for not attending school) (Class of worker)01 - Schools are very far 0 - Worked for private household02 - No school within the barangay 1 - Worked for private establishment03 - No regular transportation 2 - Worked for government/government-owned and controlled corporation04 - High cost of education 3 - Self-employed without any paid employee05 - Illness 4 - Employer in own family-operated farm or business06 - Disability 5 - Worked with pay in own family-operated07 - Housekeeping/Taking care of siblings farm or business08 - Marriage/Taking care of children 6 - Worked without pay in own family-operated09 - Employment/Looking for work farm or business10 - Lack of personal interest11 - Cannot cope with school work/failing grades12 - Finished schooling Codes for Column 2313 - Problem with school record (Reason for not being employed)14 - Problem with Birth Certificate 01 - Still studying/planning to continue studies15 - Too young to go to school 02 - Inappropriate skills and/or insufficient experience16 - Family income not sufficient to 03 - Lack of resources to start business

send child to school 04 - Housekeeping17 - Peer pressure 05 - Illness18 - Bullying 06 - Disability19 - Addiction to computer games 07 - Scarcity of job opportunities20 - Expelled/Suspended 08 - Retired/Too old96 - Other reasons 09 - Looking for job related to profession or training acquired

(SPECIFY) 96 - Others(SPECIFY)

06

07

08

3 - 30 YEARS OLD

REASON FOR NOT

ATTENDING

SCHOOL

01

02

03

04

05

5 YEARS OLD & OVER

JOB/

BUSINESS

CLASS OF

WORKER

REASON FOR

NOT BEING

EMPLOYED

TYPE OF

JOB/BUSINESS

01

08

02

03

04

05

06

07


5. ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Now, let's talk about accessing government information.

Government information refers to any records, documents, papers, reports, letters, contracts, minutes and transcripts of official

meetings, maps, books, photographs, data, research materials, films, sound and video recording, magnetic or other tapes,

electronic data, computer stored data, or any other like or similar data or materials recorded, stored or archived in whatever format,

whether offline or online, which are made, received, or kept in or under the control and custody of any government office pursuant

to law,executive order, and rules and regulations in connection with the performance or transaction of official business by any

government office.

This does not include processes or transactions for any privilege, right, reward, license, clearance, permit, or authorization,

concession, or for any modification, renewal or extension of applications or requests.

QUESTIONS CODING CATEGORIES CODE

Did you or any member of your household know that you have a right to access government information under the

Philippine Constitution?

Alam mo ba o sinuman sa iyong sambahayan na mayroon kang karapatan na humingi o makakuha ng

impormasyon mula sa gobyerno sa ilalim ng Saligang Batas?

1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi)

During the past 12 months, have you or any member of your household tried requesting for information from any

government agency?

IF 'YES', PROBE: From which government agency/organization did you or any member of your household made the

most recent request?

Noong nakalipas na 12 buwan, nasubukan mo na ba o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan na humingi ng

impormasyon sa gobyerno?

IF 'YES', PROBE: Sa anong ahensya ng gobyerno/organisasyon ikaw o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan ang gumawa ng

pinakahuling paghingi?

1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi) GO TO Q6

(SPECIFY NAME OF GOVERNMENT AGENCY)

What type of government information did you or any member of your household request most recently?

Anong uri ng impormasyon ang pinakahuling hiningi mo o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan?

ENCIRCLE AT MOST 3 RESPONSES

A - records F - contracts J - photographs O - magnetic or other tapes

B - documents G - minutes and transcripts K - data P - electronic data

C - papers of official meetings L - research materials Q - computer stored data

D - reports H - maps M - films R - any other like or similar

E - letters I - books N - sound and video recording data or materials

Under which category of government information did you or any member of your household request most recently?

Tungkol saan ang impormasyon na pinakahuling hiningi mo o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan?


A - Social services D - Water G - Environmental harm J - Available financial services

and subsidies E - Land ownership and use H - Public procurement K - Crime-related data

B - Education F - Human rights protection I - Development X - Others

C - Health (SPECIFY)

Through what channel did you or any member of your household request that government information?

Sa anong pamamaraan ka o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan humingi ng impormasyon?

1 - Mobile/landline phone 3 - Email 5 - Official agency website 9 - Others

2 - Office visit 4 - Social media 6 - www.foi.gov.ph (SPECIFY)

In the next 12 months, do you or any member of your household plan to request information from the government?

Sa susunod na 12 buwan, ikaw ba o sinuman sa iyong sambahayan ay may planong humingi ng impormasyon

mula sa gobyerno?

1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi) GO TO Q9

Under which category of information would you or any member of your household plan to request from the

government?

Tungkol saan ang impormasyon na gusto mo o kahit sino sa iyong sambahayan na plano mong hingin mula sa

gobyerno?


A - Social services D - Water G - Environmental harm J - Available financial services

and subsidies E - Land ownership and use H - Public procurement K - Crime-related data

B - Education F - Human rights protection I - Development X - Others

C - Health (SPECIFY)

NO.

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

Q7


5. ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION


Through what channel would you or any member of your household plan to request information from the

government?

Sa anong pamamaraan mo o sinuman sa iyong sambahayan pinaplanong hingin ang impormasyon mula sa

gobyerno?

1 - Mobile/landline phone 3 - Email 5 - Official agency website 9 - Others

2 - Office visit 4 - Social media 6 - www.foi.gov.ph (SPECIFY)

6. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS


TYPE OF BUILDING/HOUSE SINGLE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

DUPLEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA/ROWHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CONDOMINIUM/CONDOTEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

OTHER MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/AGRICULTURAL

RECORD OBSERVATION BUILDING/HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

OTHER HOUSING UNIT (E.G., CAVE, BOAT) 7

(SPECIFY)

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF THE ROOF STRONG MATERIALS (GALVANIZED IRON, ALUMINUM,

TILE, CONCRETE, BRICK, STONE, ETC.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

LIGHT MATERIALS (COGON, NIPA, ANAHAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SALVAGED/MAKESHIFT MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

RECORD OBSERVATION MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY STRONG MATERIALS. . . . . . . 4

MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY LIGHT MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . 5

MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY SALVAGED MATERIALS. . . . . 6

NOT APPLICABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF THE STRONG MATERIALS (GALVANIZED IRON, ALUMINUM,

OUTER WALL TILE, CONCRETE, BRICK, STONE, ETC.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

LIGHT MATERIALS (COGON, NIPA, ANAHAW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SALVAGED/MAKESHIFT MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

RECORD OBSERVATION MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY STRONG MATERIALS. . . . . . . 4

MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY LIGHT MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . 5

MIXED BUT PREDOMINANTLY SALVAGED MATERIALS. . . . . 6

NOT APPLICABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF THE FLOOR CONCRETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

WOOD PLANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

COCONUT LUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BAMBOO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

RECORD OBSERVATION EARTH/SAND/MUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

MAKESHIFT/SALVAGED/IMPROVISED MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . 6

OTHERS 7

(SPECIFY)

What is the tenure status of the housing unit and OWN HOUSE AND LOT OR OWNER-LIKE

lot occupied by your household? POSSESSION OF HOUSE AND LOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

RENT HOUSE/ROOM INCLUDING LOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

(Ano ang katayuan/kalagayan ninyo sa pag- OWN HOUSE, RENT LOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

okupa ng bahay at lupa na inyong tinitirahan?) OWN HOUSE, RENT-FREE LOT

WITH CONSENT OF OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

OWN HOUSE, RENT-FREE LOT

WITHOUT CONSENT OF OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

RENT-FREE HOUSE AND LOT

WITH CONSENT OF OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

RENT-FREE HOUSE AND LOT

WITHOUT CONSENT OF OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

NOT APPLICABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Is there any electricity in the building/house? YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

(Mayroon po bang kuryente sa gusali/bahay?)

Q13

NO.

Q14

Q8

NO.

Q9

Q10

Q11

Q12




Does your household own any of the following 1 - YES

household assets? 2 - NO

(Ang sambahayan niyo po ba ay nagmamay-ari CAR, JEEP, VAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a a

ng mga pag-aari/kasangkapan/kagamitan na MOTORCYCLE, TRICYCLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b b

babanggitin ko?) MOTORIZED BOAT/BANCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c c

TRACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d d

WASHING MACHINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e

GAS RANGE/STOVE WITH OVEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f f

INDUCTION STOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g g

REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h h

PERSONAL COMPUTER (DESKTOP,

LAPTOP, NETBOOK, IPAD, IPOD, TABLET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i

AIRCON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j j

CELLULAR PHONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k k

LANDLINE/WIRELESS TELEPHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l l

VIDEOKE/MAGIC SING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m m

TELEVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n n

CABLE (e.g. SKY cable, Destiny, Cignal, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o o

RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p p

BROADBAND INTERNET/FIBER INTERNET/DSL. . . . . . . . . q q

DRAFT ANIMALS (COW/CARABAO/HORSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . r r

What is the main source of drinking water used PIPED WATER

by members of your household? PIPED INTO DWELLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

PIPED TO YARD/PLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

(Ano ang pangunahing pinagkukunan ng PIPED TO NEIGHBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

tubig pang-inom ng inyong sambahayan?) PUBLIC TAP/STANDPIPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

TUBED WELL/BOREHOLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

DUG WELL

PROTECTED DUG WELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

UNPROTECTED DUG WELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

IF UNCLEAR, PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE PLACE FROM SPRING

WHICH MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSEHOLD MOST OFTEN PROTECTED SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

COLLECT DRINKING WATER (COLLECTION POINT) UNPROTECTED SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

RAINWATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

TANKER-TRUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

CART WITH SMALL TANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

WATER REFILLING STATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

SURFACE WATER (RIVER, DAM, LAKE, POND,

STREAM, CANAL, IRRIGATION CHANNEL). . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

PACKAGED WATER

BOTTLED WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

SACHET WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

OTHERS 96

(SPECIFY)

What is the main source of water used by your PIPED WATER

household for other purposes such as cooking PIPED INTO DWELLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

and handwashing? PIPED TO YARD/PLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

PIPED TO NEIGHBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

(Ano ang pangunahing pinagkukunan ng tubig PUBLIC TAP/STANDPIPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ng inyong sambahayan para sa pangluto at TUBED WELL/BOREHOLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

panglaba? DUG WELL

PROTECTED DUG WELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

UNPROTECTED DUG WELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

IF UNCLEAR, PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE PLACE FROM SPRING

WHICH MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSEHOLD MOST OFTEN PROTECTED SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

COLLECT WATER FOR OTHER PURPOSES. UNPROTECTED SPRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

RAINWATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

TANKER-TRUCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

CART WITH SMALL TANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

WATER REFILLING STATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

SURFACE WATER (RIVER, DAM, LAKE, POND,

STREAM, CANAL, IRRIGATION CHANNEL). . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

PACKAGED WATER

BOTTLED WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

SACHET WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

OTHERS 96

(SPECIFY)

Q15

Q16

Q17

NO.




What kind of toilet facility do members of your FLUSH/POUR FLUSH

household usually use? FLUSH TO PIPED SEWER SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

FLUSH TO SEPTIC TANK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

(Ano pong uri ng palikuran ang ginagamit ng FLUSH TO PIT LATRINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

inyong sambahayan?) FLUSH TO OPEN DRAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FLUSH TO UNKNOWN PLACE/NOT SURE/DK . . . . . . . . . 15

PIT LATRINE

IF 'FLUSH' OR 'POUR FLUSH', PROBE: VENTILATED IMPROVED PIT LATRINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Where does it flush to? PIT LATRINE WITH SLAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PIT LATRINE WITHOUT SLAB/ OPEN PIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IF NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE, ASK PERMISSION COMPOSTING TOILET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

TO OBSERVE FACILITY. BUCKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

HANGING TOILET/ HANGING LATRINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

NO FACILITY/BUSH/FIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

PUBLIC TOILET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

OTHERS 96

(SPECIFY)

7. OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING


Are you or any member of your household familiar with “open distance learning” or learning at any time and/or any

place you want using information and communications technologies (ICT), e.g., personal computer (dekstop,

laptop, netbook, ipad, ipod, tablet) , cellular phone, cable (e.g. SKY cable, Destiny, Cignal, etc.) , television, radio,

and broadband internet/fiber internet/DSL?

Ikaw ba o sinuman sa inyong sambahayan ay pamilyar sa “ open distance learning” o pagkatuto kailanman at

saanman naisin sa pamamagitan ng ICT, tulad ng personal computer (dekstop, laptop, netbook, ipad, ipod,

tablet), cellular phone, cable (e.g. SKY cable, Destiny, Cignal, atbp.), telebisyon, radyo, at broadband internet/

fiber internet/DSL?


FILTER: ANY 'YES' IN Q15 i, k, n, o, p or q:

YES NO GO TO Q21

During the past 12 months (Nov. 2018 to Oct. 2019), have you or any member of your household used your

mobile phone, computer/laptop, television, radio, or internet for studying or learning?

Noong nakalipas na 12 buwan (Nob. 2018 hanggang Okt. 2019), nagamit mo na ba o sinuman sa inyong

sambahayan ang inyong mobile phone, computer/laptop, television, radio o internet para mag-aral o matuto?


If given the chance without restrictions, are you or any member of your household willing to engage in

open distance learning?

Kung mabigyan ng pagkakataon, ikaw ba o sinuman sa inyong sambayahan ay nais mag-aral o matuto sa

pamamagitan ng ICT, tulad ng mobile phone, computer/laptop, television, radio, at iba pa?


RECORD TIME ENDED

HOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MINUTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTERVIEWER'S COMMENT

NO.

Q19

Q20

NO.

Q21

Q18


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Q1. Full Name (Kumpletong Pangalan) :

(First Name / Pangalan ) (Surname / Apelyido )

Q2. Address (Tirahan) :

(House Number/Street/Purok) (Barangay) (Town/City) (Province)

Q3. Complete Date of Birth: (Month, Day, Year)

Kompletong Petsa ng Kapanganakan: (Buwan, Araw, Taon)

(Month [Buwan] ) (Day [Araw] ) (Year [Taon] )

Q4. Put a check in the box opposite your highest educational attainment andwrite the grade/year or level you completed on the line after it.

(Lagyan ng tsek ang kahon at isulat sa patlang ang pinakamataas na antas/grado ng

pag-aaral na natapos mo.)

Post Graduate High School

(Masteral/Doctoral Degree) (Year / Level / Track)

College/ Elementary

University (Year/Degree, if Graduate) (Grade / Level)

Post Secondary No Grade

(Technical/ (Year/Level) Completed

Vocational)

Q5. Are you a graduate of technical-vocational course?Encircle the number corresponding to your answer.

(Kayo po ba ay nagtapos ng kursong technical-vocational?)

(Bilugan ang numero na tumutugma sa inyong sagot.)

1 - Yes (Oo)

(SPECIFY COURSE)

2 - No (Hindi)

Q6. Have you passed and received a national certification from TESDA or anyTESDA-accredited institutions?

Ikaw ba ay nakapasa at nakatanggap ng national certification galing sa TESDA o

TESDA-accredited institutions?


Q7. If a kilo of rice costs ₱55.00, how much will two kilos cost?Write your answer on the space provided.

(Kung ang halaga ng isang k ilong bigas ay ₱55.00,

magkano ang halaga ng dalawang k ilo?)

(Isulat ang sagot sa patlang.)

Q8. How much will half a kilo of sugar cost, if one kilo costs ₱72.00?

(Magkano ang halaga ng kalahating k ilong asukal kung

ang isang k ilo nito ay ₱72.00?)

(Isulat ang sagot sa patlang.)

INSTRUCTION: PLEASE ANSWER ALL ITEMS OR QUESTIONS BELOW.

PANUTO: SAGUTIN ANG LAHAT NG MGA AYTEMS SA IBABA.

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Q9. Read the following paragraph and write your answer on the space provided.

The depletion of our forests is one of the most serious environmental problems ofthe Philippines. It causes frequent floods and loss of fertile soil. Crops and propertyare destroyed and many lives are lost because of frequent floods.

Based on the paragraph you read, what are the effects of forest depletion?

(Basahin ang sumusunod na talata at sagutin ang tanong.

Ang pagkaubos ng punongkahoy sa gubat ay isa sa pinakamabigat na suliraning pangkapa-

ligiran ng Pilipinas. Dulot nito ang malimit na pagbaha at pagkaanod ng matabang lupa.

Dahil naman sa malimit na pagbaha, ang mga pananim at ari-arian ay nawawasak at buhay

ang nasasawi.

Ayon sa binasa mong talata, ano ang resulta ng pagkaubos ng punongkahoy sa gubat?)

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Q10. Are you proud that you are a Filipino?

(Ipinagmamalak i mo ba na ikaw ay isang Pilipino?)


Q11. Are you proud of the city/municipality where you reside?

(Ipinagmamalak i mo ba ang lungsod/munisipalidad na kasalukuyan mong tinitirhan?)


Q12. Do you recognize that the Philippines has different cultures, traditions andcustoms?

(Kinik ilala mo ba na ang Pilipinas ay isang bansang may iba't ibang kultura, tradisyon at

kaugalian?)


Q13. Do you respect persons/groups who are different from you in terms of thefollowing:

(Iginagalang mo ba ang mga tao/grupong iba sa iyo sa mga sumusunod:)

Q13a. other religion (ibang relihiyon)? 1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi)

Q13b. other gender (ibang kasarian) ? 1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi)

Q13c. other ethnicity (ibang lahing pinagmulan) ? 1 - Yes (Oo) 2 - No (Hindi)

Q14. Are you a creative person?

(Ikaw ba ay isang malikhaing tao?)


INSTRUCTION: PLEASE ANSWER ALL ITEMS OR QUESTIONS BELOW.

PANUTO: SAGUTIN ANG LAHAT NG MGA AYTEMS SA IBABA.

INSTRUCTION: ENCIRCLE THE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO YOUR

ANSWER ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

PANUTO: BILUGAN ANG NUMERO NA TUMUTUGMA SA INYONG SAGOT

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Q15. In the last three (3) years, how often do you engage/participate in the creation

or improvement of a product, process or strategy related to the following:

Encircle the number corresponding to your answer for each field.

(Sa huling tatlong (3) taon , gaano ka kadalas nak ilahok sa paggawa o pagpapabuti ng

isang produkto, proseso o estratehiya kaugnay ng mga sumusunod:)

(Bilugan ang bilang na katapat ng sagot sa bawat larangan.)

Always Often Sometimes Rarely Never(Lagi) (M adalas) (M insan) (M adalang) (Hindi

Kailanman)

Q15a. Arts and Performance?(Sining at Pagtatanghal)

Q15b. Science and Technology?(including Agriculture)?

(Agham at Teknolohiya

[ kasama ang Agrikultura]? )

Q15c. Work and business?(Trabaho at negosyo)

Q16. What is your primary sport activity in the last 12 months? (Choose only 1 below)

Ano ang iyong pangunahing laro o isport noong nakaraang 12 buwan?

(Pumili ng isa sa mga sumusunod):

1 - None/Not Engaged in any sport activity (Wala/hindi kasali sa alinmang laro o isport)

Skip to (Lumaktaw sa) Q20

2 - Archery 9 - Boxing 16 - Softball

3 - Arnis 10 - Chess 17 - Swimming

4 - Athletics 11 - Football 18 - Table Tennis

5 - Badminton 12 - Futsal 19 - Volleyball

6 - Baseball 13 - Gymnastics 20 - Wrestling

7 - Basketball 14 - Lawn Tennis 21 - Wushu

8 - Billiards 15 - Sepak Takraw 22 - Others

(Iba pa) (SPECIFY)

Q17. How often do you play the sport?

(Gaano kayo kadalas maglaro ng inyong isport na ito?)

1 - Everyday 4 - 1 to 2 times a week(Araw-araw) (1 hanggang 2 na beses sa isang linggo)

2 - 5 to 6 times a week 5 - Occasional(5 hanggang 6 na beses sa isang linggo) (Bihira)

3 - 3 to 4 times a week(3 hanggang 4 na beses sa isang linggo)

Q18. What is the major reason why you play the sport?

(Ano ang inyong pangunahing dahilan bak it kayo naglalaro ng isport na ito?)

1 - To be healthy 5 - To be known(Para maging malusog) (Para makilala)

2 - To bond with friends 6 - To develop positive character(Para makasama ang mga kaibigan) (Para madebelop ang maganda o

positibong katangian)

3 - To bond with family 7 - Others(Para makasama ang pamilya) (Iba pa) (SPECIFY)

4 - To train for competition(Para magsanay para sa kompetisyon)

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Q19. Where do you usually play the sport?

(Saan mo madalas na nilalaro ang isport na ito?)

1 - Community-based/Barangay-based 4 - Subdivision/Condominium-providedsports center sports center

(Palaruan sa barangay/komunidad) (Palaruan sa subdivision/condominium)

2 - Parks (Parke) 5 - House/Backyard (Bahay/Likod-bahay)

3 - Private sports center 6 - Others(Pribadong palaruan) (Iba pa) (SPECIFY)

Q20. If your age is from 15 to 30, answer the question below; otherwise skip to Q22.

Have you been involved and/or participated in any community or national activity tohelp other people and/or promote improvement of the society and/or environment?

(Kung ang edad mo ay 15 hanggang 30 , sagutan ang tanong sa ibaba; kung hindi,

lumaktaw sa Q22.

(Nakabilang/sumali ka ba sa kahit anong gawain sa komunidad at/o sa bansa para

tumulong sa ibang tao at/o magsulong ng pagpapabuti ng lipunan at/o kalikasan?)


Q21. If your age is from 15 to 30, and currently working or have a job/business inthe past 12 months, answer the question below; otherwise skip to Q22.

Have you been able to use or apply the knowledge and skills you've learned fromany school, training center, college, and/or university in your profession or work?

(Kung ikaw ay nasa edad 15 hanggang 30 , at kasalukuyang nagtatrabaho o nagkaroon

ng trabaho sa nakaraang 12 buwan , sagutin mo ang tanong na ito; kung hindi,

lumaktaw sa Q22.

Nagamit mo ba sa iyong trabaho o propesyon ang mga kaalaman o kasanayang natutuhan

mo mula sa paaralan, training center na iyong pinag-aralan?)


Q22. In the last 12 months, How often do you read the following:

(Sa nakaraang 12 buwan, gaano kadalas kang nagbabasa ng mga sumusunod:)

At least once Not atEveryday a week Seldom all(Araw-araw) (M insan sa (Bihira) (Hindi

isang linggo) kahit kailan)

A. newspaper (pahayagan)?. . . . . . . .

B. magazines, comics, books? . . . . (magasin, komiks at ak lat)

C. posters, signs, brochure, flyers?(mga poster, paunawa, pulyeto at brosyur)

Q23. In the last 12 months, how often do you watch or listen to:

(Sa nakaraang 12 buwan, gaano kadalas kang nanonood o nak ik inig sa:)

D. television (telebisyon)? . . . . . . . . . .

E. radio (radyo)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F. movies, plays, and similar shows?(sine, dula at katulad na palabas)

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Q24. In the last 12 months, how often do you:

(Sa nakaraang 12 buwan, gaano ka kadalas na:)

At least once Not atEveryday a week Seldom all(Araw-araw) (M insan sa (Bihira) (Hindi

isang linggo) kahit kailan)

G. surf the internet for

research work and e-mail? . . . . (gumagamit ng internet sa

pagsasaliksik at e-mail)

H. surf the internet through

Facebook, Twitter, etc.?. . . . . . . (gumagamit ng internet sa

pamamagitan ng Facebook,

Twitter, at iba pa)

I. attend meetings of

organizations? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (dumadalo sa mga pulong ng

mga samahan)

J. write a report or acorrespondence

(writing letters)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . (nagsusulat ng ulat o

korespondensya [nagsusulat ng liham])

K. make calculations? . . . . . . . . . . (gumagawa ng pagtutuos/kwenta)

FINALRESULT

(Signature of Respondent)

[Lagda ng sumagot]

COMMENTS

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APPENDIX B: Standard Errors

for Selected Estimates


Table 1. Standard errors and coefficients of variation of basic literacy rate by region, Philippines: 2019

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Upper

Philippines 93.8 0.1 0.2 93.5 94.1 5.6







MIMAROPA Region 92.4 0.8 0.9 90.7 93.9 7.1












Male 93.2 0.2 0.2 92.8 93.5 3.6

Female 94.5 0.2 0.2 94.2 94.8 3.5


Category EstimateStandard

errorC.V. (% )

Design

effect


Table 2. Standard errors and coefficients of variation of basic illiteracy rate by region, Philippines: 2019


Table 3. Standard errors and coefficients of variation of functional literacy rate by region, Philippines: 2019


Table 4. Standard errors and coefficients of variation of functional literacy level 0 by region, Philippines: 2019



Table 8. Standard errors and coefficients of variation of functional literacy level 4 by region, Philippines:


2019

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