Table B.  Status of Families With Respect to the Security Indicators of the Minimum Basic Needs
          Framework by Special Income Strata, Philippines: October 1998

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        Indicators                          All Families        Lowest 40%       Highest 60%
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      Total Number of Families               14,370,712         5,748,071         8,622,641 

1. Shelter
                                                
   a. With owned/rented/shared housing unit

      1) number of families                  14,343,881         5,736,388         8,607,493
      2) percentage to total families              99.8              39.9              59.9
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        1.00
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    99.8
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      99.8

2. Income and Employment

   a. With family head who is gainfully
      employed

      1) number of families                  12,370,936         5,112,296         7,258,640
      2) percentage to total families              86.1              35.6              50.5
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        0.95
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    88.9
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      84.2

   b. With family members 18 years old and
      over who are gainfully employed

      1) number of families                  13,669,017         5,436,312         8,232,705
      2) percentage to total families              95.1              37.8              57.3
      3) geographic index of L40%                                   100.0
      4) disparity of H60%/L40%                                                        1.01
      5) percentage to total L40%                                    94.6
      6) percentage to total H60%                                                      95.5
 
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Source:  1998 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines