Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

January 3, 2024 Dear Cromwell Cruz, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 27, 2023 05:03:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Geographic data on out-of-school youth and literacy rates of elementary students within Region 2. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, you may refer to our available published data below: For Item 1, you may refer to our data on Census of Population and Housing (CPH) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index https://psa.gov.ph/publication/census-population-and-housing-report https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%22 Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059980 Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/3_HGC%20and%20Literacy%20Statistical%20Table.xlsx Annual Poverty Indicator Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023: https://psa.gov.ph/content/four-out-five-children-aged-5-24-years-were-attending-school-school-year-2022-2023 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/dhsd/Statistical%20Tables_0.xlsx Functional literacy rate of Filipinos by exposure to different forms of mass media ranges from 92.6 percent to 97.1 percent in 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/content/functional-literacy-rate-filipinos-exposure-different-forms-mass-media-ranges-926-percent FLEMMS Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/dhsd/2022-12/2%2520-%2520FLEMMS%25202019%2520Statistical-Tables-PR3%2520%2528formatted%2529.xlsx FLEMMS Publications: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22FLEMMS%20-%20Functional%20Literacy%2C%20Education%20and%20Mass%20Media%20Survey.%22 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 10.13 Simple Literacy Rate of the Population 10 Years Old and Over by Region: 2008, 2013, and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_13.xlsx Table 10.14 Functional Literacy Rate of the Population 10-64 Years Old by Region: 2008, 2013, and 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_14.xlsx Table 10.15 Literacy of the Household Population 10 Years Old and Over, by Age Group and Sex: 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_15.xlsx Table 10.16 Functional Literacy Rate of Population 10 - 64 Years Old by Highest Educational Attainment, Region: 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_16.xlsx OpenSTAT: 4.6.1 Percentage of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G04/0133I3D0461.px/?rxid=41b96e5f-0eb9-4c49-9953-29c16286904e Adult Functional Literacy Rate 25-64 Years Old by Sex: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E1/0143K3F1140.px/?rxid=41b96e5f-0eb9-4c49-9953-29c16286904e Functional Literacy rate of 10 to 19 Year Olds by Region, Year, Age group and Sexes: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3D4150.px/?rxid=41b96e5f-0eb9-4c49-9953-29c16286904e Basic Literacy rate of 10 to 19 year olds by Region, Year, Age group and Sexes: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3E4140.px/?rxid=41b96e5f-0eb9-4c49-9953-29c16286904e For Item 2, you may refer to our data on Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/index Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023 https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/node/1684061165 Table 1. Percentage of Population Aged 5 to 24 Years by Schooling Status and Sex, and by Age Group, Region, and Area of Residence: Philippines, 2022 Table 2. Percentage of Population Aged 5 to 24 Years Who Were Not Attending School by Sex and by Reason for Not Attending School, Region, and Area of Residence: Philippines, 2022 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/dhsd/Statistical%20Tables_0.xlsx Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 2020 Table 5.3 Population Aged 3 to 24 Years who were attending school by sex, current grad/year level attending by region and residence: Philippines: 2020 Table 4.4 Population Aged 6 to 24 Years who were not attending school by Reason for not Attending School by Region, Residence, and Sex: Philippines: 2020: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15553&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22APIS%20-%20Annual%20Poverty%20Indicators%20Survey%22 Children in the Philippines https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/children One in Every Ten Filipinos Aged 6 to 24 Years is an Out of School Child and Youth: https://psa.gov.ph/content/one-every-ten-filipinos-aged-6-24-years-out-school-child-and-youth Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/stat-tables https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/index 2019 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) Table 3.4 Percentage of population 3 to 30 years old who are not attending school by reason for not attending by age group, Philippines: 2019: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15951&query_desc=se%2Cphr%3A%22FLEMMS%20-%20Functional%20Literacy%2C%20Education%20and%20Mass%20Media%20Survey.%22 OpenSTAT: Proportion of population 6 to 24 years old who are out-of-school by age group by Region, Year and Sex: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3E4100.px/?rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377 Proportion of Population 6 to 24 Years Old Who are not Attending School by Region, Reason and Period: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3E4130.px/?rxid=02f4d758-fbdf-42ac-b707-280c8ad81e7f Proportion of children not attending school by Region, Year, Sex and Age: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__EL/0043E3E4110.px/?rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377 We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. 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