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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX


About the HDI

Human Development Index (HDI) is a measure of any progress of change in human development. It is measured by taking the average of (1) life expectancy; (2) weighted average of functional literacy and combined elementary and secondary net enrolment rate; and (3) real per capita income.

The HDI is computed and published every three years by the National Statistical Coordination Board. It coincides with the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) of the National Statistics Office and Poverty Statistics by the NSCB.


Table 1: Human Development Index by Province
Region VIII, 1997 and 2000

Province
HDI
Rank
1997
2000
1997
2000
Philippines
0.629
0.656
Leyte
0.523
0.563
56
49
Biliran
0.530
0.560
52
51
Southern Leyte
0.553
0.595
37
31
Samar
0.493
0.511
67
70
Eastern Samar
0.511
0.538
62
62
Northern Samar
0.483
0.527
69
66
Rank of the six provinces in the region from among the 77 provinces in the country, arranged from highest to lowest HDI.


Table 2. Life Expectancy Index by Province
Region VIII: 1997 and 2000

Province
Life Expectancy (in years)
Index
1997
2000
1997
2000
Philippines
68.03
68.94
0.717
0.73
 
Leyte
66.53
67.58
0.690
0.71
Biliran
66.53
67.59
0.690
0.71
Southern Leyte
65.56
66.68
0.680
0.69
Samar
61.26
62.67
0.600
0.63
Eastern Samar
61.99
63.35
0.620
0.64
Northern Samar
62.41
63.78
0.620
0.65
Life expectancy refers to the average number of years a person is expected to live from the time of his/her birth;also referred to as life expectancy at birth.

Table 3. Education Index by Province
Region VIII:1997 and 2000


Province
Combined Enrolment Rate
Functional Literacy
Index
1997
2000
1997
2000
1997
2000
Philippines
82.9
84.5
83.79
83.79
0.835
0.84
 
Leyte
75.9
78.2
79.45
79.45
0.783
0.790
Biliran
82.6
86.0
79.45
79.45
0.805
0.816
Southern Leyte
80.1
87.9
86.35
86.35
0.843
0.869
Samar
76.1
77.5
76.41
76.41
0.763
0.768
Eastern Samar
90.7
87.2
86.25
86.25
0.877
0.866
Northern Samar
80.3
80.9
73.63
73.63
0.759
0.761
Combined Enrolment Rate refers to the ratio of the sum of elementary and secondary enrolment in the corresponding age group that should beenrolled at those levels to the sum of corresponding school age population.

Functional Literacy represents a significantly higher level of literacy that includes reading, writing, and numeracy skills. These skills must be sufficiently advanced to enable the individual to participate fully and efeectively in activities commonly occuring in his life situation that requirea reasonable capability beyond oral and written communication.


Table 4. Income Index by Province
Region VIII: 1997 and 2000


Province
Real Per Capita Income
Index
1997 2000 1997 2000
Philippines 21,877 21,104 0.336 0.394
Leyte 12,074 13,267 0.096 0.190
Biliran 11,992 11,848 0.094 0.153
Southern Leyte 13,865 14,474 0.140 0.222
Samar 12,776 11,206 0.113 0.137
Eastern Samar 9,821 10,138 0.040 0.109
Northern Samar 10,964 12,640 0.068 0.174

Real per capita income is derived by deflating the average per capita income data generated from the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FICS) using the corresponding provincial consumer price index with 1994 as the base year.



Table 5. Human Development Index by Component and by Province
Region VIII: 2000

Province
Life Expectancy
Education
Real Per
Capita Income
Income
Index
HDI
Level
(in years)
Index
Combined
Enrolment Rate
Functional
Literacy
Index
Philippines 68.94 0.73 84.5 83.79 0.84 21,104 0.394 0.656
Leyte 67.58 0.71 78.2 79.45 0.790 13,267 0.190 0.563
Biliran 67.59 0.71 86.0 79.45 0.816 11,848 0.153 0.56
Southern Leyte 66.68 0.69 87.9 86.35 0.869 14,474 0.222 0.595
Samar 62.67 0.63 77.5 76.41 0.768 11,206 0.137 0.511
Eastern Samar 63.35 0.64 87.2 86.25 0.866 10,138 0.109 0.538
Northern Samar 63.78 0.65 80.9 73.63 0.761 12,640 0.174 0.527

Life expectancy refers to the average number of years a person is expected to live from the time of his/her birth.

Combined Enrolment Rate refers to the ratio of the sum of elementary and secondary enrolment in the corresponding age group that should be enrolled at those levels to the sum of corresponding
school age population.

Functional literacy represents a significantly higher level of literacy that includes reading, writing and numeracy skills. These skills must be sufficiently advanced to enable the individual to
participate fully and effectively in activities commonly occuring in his life situation that require a reasonable capability beyond oral and written communication.

Real per capita income is derived by deflating the average per capita income data generated from the Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) using the corresponding provincial
consumer price index with 1994 as the base year.

HDI is measured by taking the average of (1) life expectancy; (2) weighted average of functional literacy and combined elementary and secondary net enrolment rate; and (3) real per capita income.


SAMPLE COMPUTATION OF THE 1997 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
FOR THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

FORMULA:

( I1 + I2 + I3 )
HDI = ----------------
3

where:

a) I1 = Life Expectancy Index
( H - Hmin )
I1 = ------------------
(Hmax - Hmin)

Given:
H = 66.53 (life expectancy for the province of Leyte in year 1997.
This data is available at NSO and NSCB)

Hmax = 85 years
Hmin = 25 years

Note: The minimum and maximum values adopted for life expectancy at birth are based on the value being used by UNDP and HDN.

Computation:
(66.53 - 25 years)
I1 = ------------------------------
(85 years - 25 years)

41.53
= -----------------
60
= .692

b) I2 = Education Index

I2 = 2/3 ( E1) + 1/3 ( E2 )

Where:
E1 = index for functional literacy
(Lit - Litmin)
E1 = ---------------------
( Litmax - Litmin)

Given:

79.45 = 1997 Literacy rate for the province of Leyte. This data can
be obtain from NSO or NSCB.

Litmin = 0
Litmax = 100

Note: Literacy refers to functional literacy

(79.45 - 0 )
E1 = ---------------
( 100 - 0 )

= .7945

E2 = index for combined elementary and secondary net enrolmentrate rate

(Enrol - Enrolmin)
E2 = -----------------------
(Enrolmax - Enrolmin)

Note: Enrolment refers to the combined Enrolment for elementary and secondary net enrolment rate

Given :

Enrolment for Leyte Province is 79.45 for 1997
Enrolmax = 100
Enrolmix = 0


Computation

(75.9 - 0)
E2 = ------------------ = .7549
(100 - 0 )

I2 = 2/3 (.7945) + 1/3 (.759)

= .52966 + .253
= .78266

c) I3 = Income Index

(Y - Ymin)
I3 = ----------------
(Ymax - Ymin)

where

Y = P12,074 real per capital income for the province of Leyte. Data is
Is available at NSO or NSCB by province

Ymax = P48,930 (1997)

Ymin = P8,181 (1997)

Note: The maximum and minimum values set for the income indicator are the highest and lowest values of real income per capital actually attained by the province for a particular reference year. As suggested by the Human Development Network (HDN), the National Capital Region was treated as one of the provinces in determining the maxima and minima. Hence, the NCR real income figure were adopted as the maxima value in the computation of the HDI for all provinces.

Computation:

(P12,074 - P8,181)
I3 = --------------------------
(P48,930 - P8,181)

P3,893
= ----------
P40,749

= .0955

THEREFORE:

(.692 + .782 + .0955)
HDI = ------------------------------
3

1.57016
= ---------------- = .5233
3


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