Special Release: Basic Literacy in CALABARZON 2019
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2020-0400-SR14
Figure 1. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over by sex, CALABARZON: 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey The basic literacy of population five years old and over in CALABARZON was posted at 95.5 percent according to the results of the 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS). It is 1.7 percentage points higher than the basic literacy rate of the country which was 93.8 percent. Females (95.9 percent) had a higher basic literacy than males (95.1 percent). Likewise, females had higher basic literacy than males at the national level with 94.5 percent and 93.2 percent, respectively. For every 100, 98 of the population aged 10 and over were basic literate Basic literacy is the ability of a person to read and write with understanding of a simple message in any language or dialect. Table 2 shows the basic literacy of population 10 years old and over from the 2003, 2008, 2013 and 2019 results of FLEMMS. The basic literacy rate of the region in 2019 was 0.9 percentage points higher than the results in 2003. Similarly, 0.9 percentage point increment was observe for both male and female basic literacy rate from 2003 to 2019. Estimated basic literacy rate in CALABARZON declined from 98.4 percent in 2013 to 98.1 percent in 2019. Likewise, estimates for basic literacy for males and females showed slight decrements in 2019 from 2013. Table 2. Basic literacy rate of population 10 years old and over by sex, CALABARZON: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2019 Sex / Year 2003 2008 2013 2019 Both 97.2 98.0 98.4 98.1 Male 96.8 97.7 98.1 97.7 Female 97.5 98.2 98.6 98.4 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey About 82.9 percent are basic literate in rural areas In rural barangays of the region, about 82.9 percent of the population 5 years old and over without access to electricity were basic literate. Among urban dwellers, 93.9 percent of population without access to electricity were basic literate. Basic literacy for urban and rural dwellers who had access to electricity was at 95.5 and 96.0 percent, respectively. Figure 2. Basic literacy rate of population 5 years old and over in urban and rural barangays belonging to households with access to electricity, CALABARZON: 2019 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey SUMMARY STATISTICS Basic Literacy Rate CALABARZON 2019 2013 Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Population 5 Years Old and Over (in percent) 95.5 95.1 95.9 nda nda nda Population 10 Years Old and Over (in percent) 98.1 97.7 98.4 98.4 98.1 98.6 All Barangays Urban Rural With Access to Electricity (in percent) 95.6 95.5 96.0 Without Access to Electricity (in percent) 89.9 93.9 82.9 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey Highlights Basic literacy of population five years old and over in CALABARZON was posted at 95.5 percent in 2019 Females posted a higher basic literacy rate than males. About eight out of 10 (82.9 percent) rural residents without access to electricity were basic literate. For urban, the estimate is at 93.9 percent. (SGD) CHARITO C. ARMONIA Regional Director BFP/COB/JGM
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