Profile of Philippine Voters1
by
Carmelita Nuguid. Ericta2
and
Florante C. Varona3
I. INTRODUCTION
In a democratic country such as the Philippines, leaders who will lead the
country for a fixed number of years are decided by the Filipino voters through an
election. Filipinos are encouraged to register and to vote as an exercise of their
constitutional rights and privileges. For several decades since 1947, starting from
election campaign up to the casting and tallying of votes, Filipino voters are
always involved with high enthusiasm. Thus, describing some characteristics of
Filipino voters such as their geographical distribution, family income and
education would give us a glimpse or a picture of the country’s voting population
This paper aims to present the Philippine voters characteristics based on
the results of census and surveys conducted by the National Statistics Office
such as the 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 2000 Family Income and
Expenditure Survey and Labor Force Survey. Other sources such as Data from
previous Philippine election compiled by the Commission on Elections are also
utilized.
II. ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Commission on Elections is mandated by law as the premier guardian
of the ballot. Being an independent constitutional body it has an exclusive power
to administer and enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of
elections and other political exercises, such as plebiscites, initiatives, referenda
and recalls.
Election is defined as the means by which the people choose their officials
for a definite and fixed period of time. Article 5 of the constitution of the
Philippines stated that suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the
1
A paper presented at the PSA Annual Conference on November 12, 2003, Sulu Hotel, Quezon
City
2 Administrator and Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office
3 Statistician III, National Statistics Office
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Philippines, not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least 18 years of age
and who shall have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and in the
place wherein they propose to vote, for at least six months immediately
preceding the election. No literacy, property, or other substantive requirement
shall be imposed on the exercise of suffrage. The Omnibus Election code of the
Philippines states on its general provision that it shall be the obligation of every
citizen qualified to vote to register and cast his vote. Also, the Republic Act No.
8189 or “Voter’s Registration Act of 1996” cites that in order to be able to vote in
any election, a qualified voter shall be registered in the permanent list of voters
in a precinct of the city or municipality wherein he resides. However, persons
disqualified from registering are not allowed to vote such as the following (1)
those who have been sentenced by final judgment to suffer imprisonment of not
less that one (1) year. (2) any person who has been adjudged by final judgment
by a competent court or tribunal of having committed any crime involving
disloyalty to the duly constituted government such as rebellion, sedition, violation
of the firearms laws or any crime against national security and (3)Insane or
incompetent persons declared as such by competent authority. For 2000, the
country’s seven national prisons, registered a total population of 23,695 inmates
or 0.05 percent of 43.3 million voting population.
The Voter’s Absentee Voting Act of 2003 allows all qualified citizens of the
Philippines abroad to vote for president, vice-president, senators and party-list
representatives. However, those who lost their Filipino citizenship in accordance
with Philippine laws and those who have expressly renounced their Philippine
citizenship and who have pledged allegiance to a foreign country are not eligible
to vote.
Types of Elections
In the Philippines, regular elections are held regularly over a period of time
as mandated by the constitution. These are the following:
1. National Elections, for President and Vice-President of the Philippines shall
be held every six years, and for Senators, every three years.
2. Local Elections, for Members of the House of Representatives, Party List
Representatives and Provincial, City and Municipal Officials, every 3 years
3. Barangay Elections, every 3 years
4. ARMM Elections, for Regional Governor, Regional Vice-Governor, and
Regional Assemblymen for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM), every 3 years
5. Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections, every 3 years, synchronized with
the barangay elections
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6. Plebiscite, Referendum, Initiative and Recall – these are not held on a
regular basis.
III. VOTING POPULATION
Based on the 2000 Census of Population and Housing results (Table 1),
the total population 18 years old and over numbered to 43.3 million persons.
There were slightly more women (50.1 percent) than men (49.9 percent). Of the
16 regions in the Philippines, Region IV or Southern Tagalog had the biggest
voter’s population, with 6.7 million persons accounting for 15.6 percent of the
total. The National Capital Region (NCR) followed with 6.2 million persons or 15
percent. Central Luzon (Region 3) registered the third largest voter’s population
with 4.7 million persons or 10.87 percent of the total. These three regions
comprised 41.36 percent of the total population 18 years old and over. On the
other hand, CAR had the least number of voters with only 764 thousand persons.
Figure 1. Voters Population by Region :Philippines, 2000
8,000,000
6,737,224
7,000,000
6,000,000
Population
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
763,855
1,000,000
0
NCR
CAR Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region ARMM Caraga
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6
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9
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11
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Region
2004 Projected Voting Population
For the coming 2004 election, the projected voting population is estimated
at 49.25 million persons (please refer to table 3). This figure is about 60 percent
of the projected 82.67 million Philippine population for 2004. Female voting
population number a little more than the expected male voters with a sex ratio of
98.89 males for every 100 females. There are more male voters in the younger
age groups 20 to 24 and 25 to 29 years old while female voters dominate the
older age groupings 50 years old and over.
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Figure 2. Projected Age-Sex Voting Population Pyramid, Philippines: 2004
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80 and over
75 to 79
70 to 74
65 to 69
60 to 64
55 to 59
50 to 54
45 to 49
40 to 44
35 to 39
30 to 34
25 to 29
20 to 24
18 to 19
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Male
8
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Female
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6
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Percent to Total Population
Literacy and Education of Voters
Of the 49 million projected voters for 2004, about two thirds (66%) or 33
million have completed some elementary or high school education; 15 percent
are college undergraduates; and only 7 percent are college degree holders. In
addition, there are about 1.6 million voters who have no education.
Figure 3. Percent Distribution of Voters by Highest Educational
Attainment: 2004
Post Baccalaureate
1%
No grade completed
3%
Academic Degree Holder
7%
College Undergraduate
15%
Elementary
34%
Post Secondary
6%
High School
32%
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No grade completed
Pre school
Elementary
High School
Post Secondary
College Undergraduate
Academic Degree Holder
Post Baccalaureate
Not Reported
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The projected voting population literacy rate was observed at 92 percent
or 45.5 million literate voters out of 49.2 million voters for 2004. There is no
significant difference between the literacy rate of women and that of men.
Marital Status
Of the 49.2 million projected voters for 2004, 60 percent or 29.4 million are
legally married while voters with single marital status share 27 percent or 13.5
million of the total.
Table A. Total Population 18 years and over by Marital Status and Sex: 2004
Marital Status
Total
Percent
Male
Percent
Female
Total
49,247,483
100.00 24,457,103
49.66 24,790,380
Single
13,538,332
27.49
7,449,405
55.02
6,088,927
Legally married
29,364,907
59.63 14,691,577
50.03 14,673,330
Widowed
2,657,992
5.40
642,821
24.18
2,015,171
Divorced/separated
624,509
1.27
226,243
36.23
398,266
Common-law/livein
2,665,392
5.41
1,364,539
51.19
1,300,853
Not reported
396,350
0.80
196,499
49.58
199,851
Figure 4. Projected Voting Population by Marital Status: 2004
35,000,000
29,364,907
30,000,000
Population
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
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Percent
50.34
44.98
49.97
75.82
63.77
48.81
50.42
Employment
As of April 2003, the voting population who were members of the labor
force was estimated at 32.7 million. Of this, 61 percent or 19.9 million were males
while the remaining 12.8 million were females. Employed male voters registered
at 17.7 million were more in numbers than the 11.3 million female voters. This
observation was also true for the employment rate posted at 89 percent for male
as compared with the smaller 88.4 percent for females. Employment rate for the
total voting population was computed at 88.8 percent. Of the 32.7 million voters
in the labor force, 3.7 million were unemployed resulting to 11.2 percent
unemployment rate. Higher occurrence of unemployed female voters was also
noted in April 2003 having a larger 11.6 percent unemployment rate as compared
to 11 percent unemployed male voters.
Of the 29 million employed voters, 14 million or 48.4 percent were wage
and salary workers, 11.5 million or 39.8 percent were own account workers and
3.4 million, unpaid workers.
Around 4.1 million workers were employed as Agricultural, Forestry and
Fishery Laborers. There were also about 3.6 million employed Field Crop Farmer
voters. Domestic Helpers and Drivers combined for a total of 3.1 million voters
Figure 5. Labor Force Summary of Voting Population, April 2003
Population 18
Years Old and Over
45,809,054
Not In the Labor
Force
In the Labor
Force
13,087,486
(28.57%)
32,721,568
(71.43%)
Employed
Unemployed
29,042,924
(88.76%)
3,678,644
(11.24%)
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Table B. Employed Voters by Type of Occupation in The Philippines: April 2003
Occupation
All Occupations
Agricultural, Forestry and
Fishery Laborers
Field Crop Farmers
General Managers/ManagingProprietors
Motor Vechicle Drivers
Domestic Helpers and
Cleaners and Related
Workers
Market Stall Vendors, Street
Vendors and Related
Workers
Other Occupation
Total
29,042,924
Percent
100.00
Male
17,745,496
Percent
100.00
Female
11,297,428
Percent
100.00
4,134,883
3,638,559
14.24
12.53
2,402,553
3,207,001
13.54
18.07
1,732,329
431,558
15.33
3.82
2,571,941
1,792,420
8.86
6.17
915,136
1,776,628
5.16
10.01
1,656,805
15,792
14.67
0.14
1,349,794
4.65
282,280
1.59
1,067,514
9.45
1,290,356
14,264,968
4.44
49.12
412,236
8,749,661
2.32
49.31
878,120
5,515,310
7.77
48.82
IV. HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY VOTERS
Of the 15 million households in the Philippines in year 2000, about 17
percent or 2.6 million households were headed by women voters while a bigger
portion, 83 percent or 12.4 million of the total households were headed by male
voters.
Table C. Number of Household Heads by Sex : 2000
Number of Household Head
Philippines
Male
Female
Total
15,071,941
12,434,906
2,637,036
18 year old & over
15,067,302
12,432,193
2,635,110
Percent
99.97
82.49
17.48
Less than 18
years Old
4,639
2,713
1,926
Percent
0.03
0.02
0.01
There were 4,639 households headed by a person less than 18 years old.
This number is equivalent to a small 0.03 percent of the total 15 million
households in the Philippines.
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Family Size
The typical family of a Filipino voter had 5 members. The average size of
a family headed by a Filipino voter ranged from 4.8 members in Cagayan Valley
to 5.8 family members in ARMM
Figure 6. Average Family Size in the Philippines by Region: 2000
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Average Family Size
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Family Income
About 15 million families in the Philippines headed by a Filipino voter had
an average annual family income of P145,151 in 2000. This amount can be
translated to P32,381 per capita income or for each family member. Across
regions, the highest annual family income was noted in National Capital Region
estimated at P300,452, while the lowest family annual income of P79,590 was
recorded in ARMM.
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Table D. Number of Families, Average Annual Family Income, Average Annual Per Capita
Income and Average Family Size of 18 year old and over household head by Region, 2000
Region
Number of
Families
Average Family
Income
Average Per
Capita Income
Philippines
15,071,552
145,151
32,381
NCR
2,187,640
300,452
67,320
CAR
275,075
139,613
30,859
Ilocos
806,625
120,931
26,963
Cagayan Valley
566,692
108,427
25,875
Central Luzon
1,516,657
151,469
33,464
Southern Luzon
2,280,948
161,971
37,286
Bicol Region
899,207
95,299
20,619
Western Visayas
1,211,243
109,626
24,950
Central Visayas
1,102,783
99,601
21,752
Eastern Visayas
735,950
91,570
20,665
Western Mindanao
603,728
86,135
18,770
Northern Mindanao
535,446
110,328
23,927
Southern Mindanao
1,032,587
112,255
23,727
Central Mindanao
514,104
90,793
19,710
ARMM
394,255
79,590
14,817
CARAGA
408,613
81,504
18,461
Source : 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey, National Statistics Office
Average Family
Size
5.1
5.1
5.2
5.1
4.8
5.1
5.0
5.4
5.1
5.0
5.0
5.2
5.3
5.1
5.3
5.8
5.1
Housing
Results from 2000 CPH observed that of the 15,278,808 housing units in
the country, 15,264,250 housing units were identified to have at least an 18 year
old or over household member. About 15 thousand houses had no Filipino voter
among their occupants.
Filipino voters preferred to live in single houses. This type of dwelling
accounted for more than 87 percent or 13.3 million housing units. Multi-unit
residential type ranked second with a little more than 1 million houses, while
another 555 thousand housing units were duplex type.
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Figure 7. Number of Housing with Voting Population : 2000
14,000,000
13,342,478
12,000,000
Number
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
1,092,383
554,874
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V. REGISTERED VOTERS
1995 Registration Rate
On the average, there were about 214 voters for each precinct. At 37.7
million voting population in 1995 and 36.4 million registered voters, registration
rate at the national level was a high 96.7 percent.
Four regions showed more than a hundred percent registration rate.
These were Region 3 (100.1 percent), Region 8 (105.9 percent), Region 9 (102.1
percent), and region 12 (103.3.0 percent). The highest registration rate was
experienced in Region 8.
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Figure 8. Registration Rate by Region, 1995
110.00
105.92
105.00
103.30
102.11
100.06
Percent
100.00
95.00
90.00
85.00
80.00
N.C.R.
C.A.R. Region I Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Region
Source : Election and Barangay Affairs Department COMELEC
1995 Voter Turn-Out
During the 1995 National Election, approximately 25.7 million (71 percent)
of the 36.4 million registered voters actually voted. Across regions, the highest
voter turn-out percentage was noted in Ilocos Region at 79 percent while the
lowest was registered in the National Capital Region at 57 percent.
Generally, there were more registered male voters than female. However,
in the 1995 national election, more females had actually voted as compared with
the males having a sex ratio of 98.96 males for every 100 females (Table 8-B).
This voting pattern was also true for 6 regions, NCR, Central Luzon, Southern
Tagalog, Bicol, Western Visayas and Central Visayas.
2002 Registration Rate
Only 81.2 percent of the population 18 years old and over registered in
July 15, 2002 Barangay Elections. The total number of registered voters was
tallied at 37.9 million persons. Among the regions, Southern Tagalog emerged as
the biggest in terms of number of registered voters with 5.7 million persons
followed by National Capital Region having 5.3 million registered voters. On the
other hand, CAR, comprising 669 thousand registered voters had the least
number.
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Six provinces reported having more than a million registered voters
surpassing a million marks and these were: Cebu (1.71 million), Negros
Occidental (1.25 million) Pangasinan (1.20 million), Bulacan (1.13 million), Cavite
(1.06 million) and Laguna (1.01 million). National Capital Region, comprising 12
cities and 5 municipalities, had 5.3 million registered voters
Notes on SK Voters
The youth 15 to 17 years old were eligible to vote for Sangguninang
Kabataan (SK). In 2000, SK voters’ regional distribution followed the same trend
as compared to the population 18 years old and over. Of the 4.8 million 15-17
years old population, Southern Tagalog had the biggest share (14.7 percent). It
was followed by National Capital Region (NCR) with 543 thousand SK voters.
Central Luzon (Region 3) had the third largest SK population with 485 thousand
or 10.02 percent of the total. The three regions comprised 35.95 percent of the
total population 15-17 years old. CAR had the least number of voters with only 92
thousand persons.
Figure 9. Philippine SK Voters Population by Region: 2000
800,000
712,926
700,000
600,000
Population
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
92,192
100,000
0
NCR
CAR
Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region Region ARMM Caraga
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Region
The projected number of SK voters for 2004 is estimated to be 5.15 million
persons. Female SK voters, numbering 2.64 million are slightly more than their
male counterparts estimated at 2.51 million persons.
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VI. CONCLUSION
Although having known Filipino voters characteristics might not guarantee
prediction of an election result nor would determine the discriminating factor that
would infer the probable outcome of an election, descriptive results are still useful
for those aspiring candidates who might want to utilize the data as added inputs
for their election campaign strategy.
Understanding the profile of more than 49 million voting population, its
diversity and similarities across regions is a jumpstart towards future studies on
learning the voting behavior of the Filipino people.
REFERENCES
National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population and Housing
National Statistics Office, 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey
datafile (fies2k.dta)
National Statistics Office, April 2003 Labor Force Survey
National Statistics Office, 1995 Population Projections
Commission on Election Online. http://www.comelec.gov.ph
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Population 18 Years Old and Over by Region : 2000
REGION
Total
Number
Male
Female
Total
Percent
Male
Female
Philippines
43,331,229
21,619,285
21,711,944
100.00
49.89
50.11
NCR
CAR
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Region 11
Region 12
ARMM
Caraga
6,215,139
763,855
2,457,191
1,569,707
4,710,622
6,737,224
2,456,530
3,524,031
3,238,541
1,912,277
1,642,361
1,503,025
2,864,005
1,385,830
1,242,584
1,097,083
2,997,911
386,969
1,215,022
798,751
2,346,546
3,349,283
1,244,059
1,758,976
1,603,423
971,012
833,549
763,953
1,469,075
701,132
613,072
560,977
3,217,228
376,886
1,242,169
770,956
2,364,076
3,387,941
1,212,471
1,765,055
1,635,118
941,265
808,812
739,072
1,394,930
684,698
629,512
536,106
14.34
1.76
5.67
3.62
10.87
15.55
5.67
8.13
7.47
4.41
3.79
3.47
6.61
3.20
2.87
2.53
6.92
0.89
2.80
1.84
5.42
7.73
2.87
4.06
3.70
2.24
1.92
1.76
3.39
1.62
1.41
1.29
7.42
0.87
2.87
1.78
5.46
7.82
2.80
4.07
3.77
2.17
1.87
1.71
3.22
1.58
1.45
1.24
Source : 2000 Census of Population and Housing, National Statistics Office
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Table 2. Population 15 - 17 Years Old by Region: 2000
Total
Number
Male
Female
Philippines
4,844,166
2,442,397
2,401,769
NCR
CAR
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
Region 11
Region 12
ARMM
Caraga
543,259
92,192
270,133
184,089
485,179
712,926
305,837
418,254
362,347
231,229
203,100
180485
348,063
178,103
185,337
143,633
259,594
46,673
138,829
95,093
247,009
359,530
159,160
212,776
182,769
121,260
101,838
90751
173,613
88,678
91,198
73,626
283,665
45,519
131,304
88,996
238,170
353,396
146,677
205,478
179,578
109,969
101,262
89734
174,450
89,425
94,139
70,007
Region
Percent
Male
Female
100.00
50.42
49.58
11.21
1.90
5.58
3.80
10.02
14.72
6.31
8.63
7.48
4.77
4.19
3.73
7.19
3.68
3.83
2.97
5.36
0.96
2.87
1.96
5.10
7.42
3.29
4.39
3.77
2.50
2.10
1.87
3.58
1.83
1.88
1.52
5.86
0.94
2.71
1.84
4.92
7.30
3.03
4.24
3.71
2.27
2.09
1.85
3.60
1.85
1.94
1.45
Total
Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing, National Statistics Office
Table 3. Projected Voting Population by Age Group, Sex and Sex Ratio: Philippines, 2004
Age Group
Philippines
18 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 29
30 to 34
35 to 39
40 to 44
45 to 49
50 to 54
55 to 59
60 to 64
65 to 69
70 to 74
75 to 79
80 and over
Total
Population
Male
Female
Sex Ratio
49,247,483
24,457,103
24,790,380
98.89
3,349,937
7,740,004
6,949,594
6,159,749
5,389,105
4,617,073
3,880,515
3,153,855
2,514,067
1,906,995
1,416,836
988,991
647,172
533,590
1,663,106
3,904,396
3,481,087
3,071,837
2,688,220
2,310,249
1,941,965
1,576,407
1,245,726
929,772
677,568
459,140
286,546
221,084
1,686,830
3,835,608
3,468,507
3,087,912
2,700,885
2,306,824
1,938,550
1,577,448
1,268,341
977,223
739,268
529,851
360,626
312,506
98.59
101.79
100.36
99.48
99.53
100.15
100.18
99.93
98.22
95.14
91.65
86.65
79.46
70.75
Source : 1995 Population Projection, National Statistics Office
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Table 4. Projected Population 18 Years Old and over by Highest Educational Attainment by Region:
2004
Highest Educational
Attainment
Total
Percent
Male
Percent
Female
Percent
Philippines
49,247,483
100.00
24,457,103
100.00
24,790,380
100.00
No Grade Completed
Pre-school
Elementary
High School
Post Secondary
College
Undergraduate
Academic Degree
Holder
Post Baccalaureate
Not Reported
1,575,892
58,485
16,902,142
15,878,576
2,902,359
3.20
0.12
34.32
32.24
5.89
716,273
27,344
8,649,769
7,978,704
1,499,339
2.93
0.11
35.37
32.62
6.13
860,100
31,153
8,250,518
7,899,196
1,402,600
3.47
0.13
33.28
31.86
5.66
7,210,696
14.64
3,536,451
14.46
3,674,567
14.82
3,279,488
305,157
1,121,891
6.66
0.62
2.28
1,376,090
126,855
539,944
5.63
0.52
2.21
1,905,228
178,481
582,071
7.69
0.72
2.35
Source: National Statistics Office
Table 5. Projected Population 18 Years and Over by Literacy by Sex: 2004
Literacy
Total
Percent
Male
Percent
Female
Percent
Total
49,247,483
100.00
24,457,103
49.66
24,790,380
50.34
Literate
45,500,402
92.39
22,677,383
49.84
22,823,019
50.16
Illiterate
3,747,081
7.61
1,860,519
49.65
1,886,561
50.35
Source: National Statistics Office
Table 6. Labor Force Summary of Voting Population in the Philippines: April 2003
18 years old and Over
Philippines
Total
Male
Female
Population 18 years Old and Over
45,809,054
22,771,986 23,037,068
In the Labor Force Population
32,721,568
19,938,228 12,783,339
Employed
29,042,924
17,745,496 11,297,428
Unemployed
3,678,644
2,192,732
1,485,911
Labor Force Participation Rate
Employment Rate
Unemployment Rate
71.43
88.76
11.24
Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey, NSO
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87.56
89.00
11.00
55.49
88.38
11.62
Table 7. Employed Voters by Class of Workers in the Philippines: April 2003
Number
Percent
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Class or Workers
Female
Philippines
29,042,924
17,745,497
11,297,428
100.00
100.00
100.00
Wage and Salary
Workers
14,050,384
Own Account Workers
11,552,946
Unpaid Family Workers
3,439,594
Source: April 2003 Labor Force Survey
8,758,082
7,526,759
1,460,656
5,292,302
4,026,188
1,978,938
48.38
39.78
11.84
49.35
42.42
8.23
46.85
35.64
17.52
Table 8-A. Number of Registered Voters by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary
Region
No. of Brgys.
No. of
Precincts
Number of Registered Voters
Average Number
Total
Per Precinct
Philippines
41,920
169,863
36,415,154
214
N.C.R.
C.A.R.
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
Region XI
Region XII
1,689
1,172
3,265
2,311
2,946
5,623
3,462
4,047
3,003
4,390
2,724
2,510
1,828
2,950
25,883
3,170
9,624
6,052
17,796
23,046
9,943
14,801
12,761
8,865
8,387
9,788
11,695
8,052
5,415,082
656,947
2,026,564
1,332,572
3,943,299
5,201,838
2,108,854
3,017,766
2,578,742
1,849,506
1,886,159
2,001,173
2,502,512
1,894,140
209
207
211
220
222
226
212
204
202
209
225
204
214
235
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC
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Table 8-B. Number of Registered Voters by Sex, by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary
Number of Registered Voters
Region
No. of
Brgys.
No. of
Precincts
Male
Female
Sex Ratio
Philippines
41,920
169,863
18,292,150
18,122,994
100.93
N.C.R.
C.A.R.
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
Region XI
Region XII
1,689
1,172
3,265
2,311
2,946
5,623
3,462
4,047
3,003
4,390
2,724
2,510
1,828
2,950
25,883
3,170
9,624
6,052
17,796
23,046
9,943
14,801
12,761
8,865
8,387
9,788
11,695
8,052
2,577,781
338,230
1,014,541
687,874
1,981,396
2,610,206
1,052,947
1,499,852
1,272,874
935,172
991,691
1,019,209
1,311,691
998,686
2,837,301
318,717
1,012,023
644,698
1,961,903
2,591,632
1,055,907
1,517,914
1,305,868
914,334
894,468
981,964
1,190,821
895,444
90.85
106.12
100.25
106.70
100.99
100.72
99.72
98.81
97.47
102.28
110.87
103.79
110.15
111.53
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC
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Table 8-C. Number of Registered Voters Who Actually Voted, Percentage of Voting
and Sex Ratio by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary
Region
Philippines
Number of Voters Who Actually Voted
Male
Female
Both Sexes
12,860,637
12,875,868
N.C.R.
1,453,843
1,612,769
C.A.R.
253,026
235,890
Region I
812,836
799,698
Region II
497,423
464,301
Region III
1,406,783
1,414,818
Region IV
1,844,856
1,867,498
Region V
799,444
820,272
Region VI
1,123,814
1,163,390
Region VII
962,559
1,006,353
Region VIII
700,677
699,856
Region IX
667,648
602,045
Region X
768,543
754,321
Region XI
867,574
804,746
Region XII
701,611
629,911
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC
Percentage of Voting
Female
Both Sexes
Male
25,736,505
70.31
71.05
70.68
3,066,612
488,916
1,612,534
961,724
2,821,601
3,712,354
1,619,716
2,287,204
1,968,912
1,400,533
1,269,693
1,522,864
1,672,320
1,331,522
56.40
74.81
80.12
72.31
71.00
70.68
75.92
74.93
75.62
74.92
67.32
75.41
66.14
70.25
56.84
74.01
79.02
72.02
72.11
72.06
77.68
76.64
77.06
76.54
67.31
76.82
67.58
70.35
56.63
74.42
79.57
72.17
71.55
71.37
76.81
75.79
76.35
75.72
67.32
76.10
66.83
70.30
Table 8-D. Number of Registered Voters Who Actually Voted and Percentage of
Voting by Sex, by Region
May 8, 1995 National and Local Elections, National Summary
Number of Voters Who Actually Voted
Region
Philippines
Male
12,860,637
Female
Both Sexes
12,875,868
N.C.R.
1,453,843
1,612,769
C.A.R.
253,026
235,890
Region I
812,836
799,698
Region II
497,423
464,301
Region III
1,406,783
1,414,818
Region IV
1,844,856
1,867,498
Region V
799,444
820,272
Region VI
1,123,814
1,163,390
Region VII
962,559
1,006,353
Region VIII
700,677
699,856
Region IX
667,648
602,045
Region X
768,543
754,321
Region XI
867,574
804,746
Region XII
701,611
629,911
Source: Records and Statistics Division, COMELEC
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Percentage of Voting
Male
Female
Both
Sexes
25,736,505
49.97
50.03
100.00
3,066,612
488,916
1,612,534
961,724
2,821,601
3,712,354
1,619,716
2,287,204
1,968,912
1,400,533
1,269,693
1,522,864
1,672,320
1,331,522
47.41
51.75
50.41
51.72
49.86
49.70
49.36
49.13
48.89
50.03
52.58
50.47
51.88
52.69
52.59
48.25
49.59
48.28
50.14
50.30
50.64
50.87
51.11
49.97
47.42
49.53
48.12
47.31
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Table 9. Summary on the Number of Established Precincts,
Grouped Precincts and Registered Voters
For the July 15, 2002 Barangay Elections
( As of 04 July 2002 )
REGION /
Total No. of
Total No. of
Total No. of
PROVINCE /
Established
Clustered
Registered
CITY
Precincts
Precincts
Voters
PHILIPPINES
246,104
192,107
37,900,176
NCR
34,586
26,106
5,267,732
CAR
4,251
3,456
668,789
Abra
817
609
119,832
Apayao
300
254
47,761
1,561
1,353
255,964
Ifugao
528
397
78,856
Kalinga
584
467
93,064
Mt. Province
461
376
73,312
14,012
10,476
2,117,839
Ilocos Norte
1,978
1,365
276,273
Ilocos Sur
2,134
1,550
310,701
La Union
2,303
1,646
334,547
Pangasinan
7,597
5,915
1,196,318
REGION II
8,584
6,651
1,320,314
Benguet
REGION I
Batanes
54
41
8,198
Cagayan
2,928
2,258
443,574
Isabela
3,948
3,104
618,861
Nueva Vizcaya
1,176
867
174,668
478
381
75,013
26,262
20,600
4,074,911
Bataan
2,208
1,561
312,879
Bulacan
7,353
5,640
1,129,857
Nueva Ecija
5,207
4,543
895,657
Pampanga
5,869
4,670
896,506
Tarlac
3,290
2,558
510,533
Zambales
2,335
1,628
329,479
Quirino
REGION III
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REGION IV
36,462
28,843
5,733,920
580
442
87,728
Batangas
6,292
4,873
979,632
Cavite
6,547
5,220
1,056,015
Laguna
5,881
5,161
1,010,951
684
518
103,800
Occidental Mindoro
1,173
818
165,348
Oriental Mindoro
1,990
1,493
303,261
Palawan
2,147
1,745
345,522
Quezon
5,326
3,900
768,734
Rizal
5,032
4,021
782,958
810
652
129,971
13,986
10,938
2,172,446
Albay
3,308
2,712
532,905
Camarines Norte
1,425
984
197,801
Camarines Sur
4,617
3,303
670,658
Aurora
Marinduque
Romblon
REGION V
Catanduanes
727
578
111,199
Masbate
2,037
1,747
345,243
Sorsogon
1,872
1,614
314,640
20,230
15,621
3,112,311
Aklan
1,455
1,197
233,753
Antique
1,471
1,123
217,710
Capiz
2,198
1,764
351,751
397
355
68,708
Iloilo
6,536
5,113
990,123
Negros Occidental
8,173
6,069
1,250,266
17,663
14,515
2,853,122
Bohol
3,731
2,828
564,712
Cebu
10,098
8,785
1,706,970
3,518
2,643
532,102
316
259
49,338
12,427
9,866
1,899,183
REGION VI
Guimaras
REGION VII
Negros Oriental
Siquijor
REGION VIII
Biliran
491
380
76,043
Eastern Samar
1,304
1,051
200,817
Leyte
5,428
4,242
818,974
Northern Samar
1,645
1,293
251,843
Samar
2,317
1,908
359,194
Southern Leyte
1,242
992
192,312
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REGION IX
8,594
7,317
1,409,456
Zamboanga del Norte
2,689
2,263
445,401
Zamboanga del Sur
4,211
3,600
681,179
Zamboanga Sibugay
1,477
1,256
243,695
217
198
39,181
11,618
9,216
1,761,701
3,103
2,547
481,734
Isabela City
REGION X
Bukidnon
Camiguin
334
243
49,357
Lanao del Norte
2,392
1,936
379,312
Misamis Occidental
1,819
1,404
273,296
Misamis Oriental
3,970
3,086
578,002
11,551
8,941
1,777,054
Davao Oriental
1,356
1,074
215,879
Davao del Norte
2,321
1,720
337,995
Davao del Sur
6,148
4,817
959,634
Compostela Valley
1,726
1,330
263,546
9,617
7,504
1,485,373
North Cotabato
2,836
2,274
440,954
South Cotabato
3,421
2,545
512,065
Sarangani
1,166
919
183,225
Sultan Kudarat
1,685
1,367
271,332
Cotabato City
509
399
77,797
ARMM
9,369
6,663
1,191,549
Sulu
1,866
1,254
206,695
902
656
112,178
Lanao del Sur
2,869
1,956
324,163
Maguindanao
2,916
2,092
409,146
Basilan
816
705
139,367
CARAGA
6,892
5,394
1,054,476
Agusan del Norte
1,687
1,388
272,885
Agusan del Sur
1,616
1,274
248,171
Surigao del Norte
1,861
1,380
272,301
Surigao del Sur
1,728
1,352
261,119
REGION XI
REGION XII
Tawi-Tawi
SOURCE: Election and Barangay Affairs Department (EBAD), COMELEC
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