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City of PasaySOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILETable 5.12Performance Indicators Public Schools, 1997-2000 (Continuation)Elementary CY- 97 CY- 98 CY- 99 CY- 2000 AVE PHIL9. Literacy Rate 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 95.3810. Achievement Rate 42.06 62.48 58.55 57.24 42 94.76%11. Student- Textbook Ratio 1 1 1 1 1 NA12. NSAT 58.16 53.52 58.69 - 58 46.44Source: DECS website and Division of City Schools, Pasay City5.3 Housing and Resettlement5.3.1. HousingThe latest Census of Housing was vintage 1990. This report relies heavily on thisdata despite its being dated since important patterns and characteristics are stillapparent that will illuminate the housing situation in Pasay.Pasay as of 1990 had 61,539 houses exhibiting an annual growth of 1.3% from1980, which is twice as low as NCR (Table 5.13). Highest growth was registeredduring the 1970-1980 period. In the 1980-1990 period, vacant houses grew thehighest but Pasay’s rate was lower than NCR. This suggest that Pasay isutilizing more its existing houses and have less problems associated with vacanthouses.Out of the occupied housing units of 60,087, 62% are single houses (Table 5.14)in Pasay. Multi-unit residential with 9% follows this. In terms of household tooccupied housing units, Pasay had 1.229 which is significantly higher than NCR’s1.094. This suggests that Pasay’s has lot of households crammed in singlehouses especially in crowded residential areas. In terms of household populationto occupied housing unit, Pasay again has higher ratio relative to NCR. Thisreinforces the findings that Pasay’s housing was relatively congested.The construction materials of Pasay’s houses are relatively light (Table 5.16)when compared with NCR which is the proxy for the regional average. It hashigher percentage of house with wood as the construction materials. Thissuggests that Pasay has opportunities for non-light construction materials. At thesame time it also reflects the lower standards of production of many houses in thecity.Houses in Pasay was relatively new since 21% of its houses were built in the last15 years (Table 5.17) compared to the NCR’s 19%. There was a surge ofconstruction during the 1986-1990 period in the city. It has lower percentage ofhouses that needs no repair but conversely it has higher percentage of housesthat needs major repair. This suggests that Pasay would have houses needingreplacement maybe with more permanent structures. This reinforces thepreceding finding.Less than 50% of Pasay residents owned their houses while a significant sharerent their houses (Table 5.18). Many of them were in single and multi-unitresidential houses. This suggests that Pasay is quite vulnerable to the mobility ofits renting residents. This could be a reason for the decline of population ofCity Planning and Development Office 8The Official Website of Pasay Citywww.pasay.gov.ph