Table 1.  Number of Families, Total Income and Expenditure by Income Strata: April to September 1998 and 1999
          (at Current Prices)

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 Income Decile                           1999                   |                   1998                       | % Growth (1998-1999)
                   Number of   Total Income   Total Expenditure |  Number of   Total Income  Total Expenditure |  Total     Total
                   Families     (In P1000)       (In P1000)     |  Families     (In P1000)      (In P1000)     | Income  Expenditure
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Philippines       14,745,967   896,376,056      767,002,229       14,370,711   839,853,014      665,054,120        6.7     15.3

   Lowest 40%      5,898,580   103,986,381      117,841,182        5,748,000    94,108,123      102,070,178       10.5     15.5

First Decile       1,474,738    13,331,732       18,915,911        1,436,690    11,818,794       16,286,546       12.8     16.1

Second Decile      1,474,262    22,477,582       25,926,322        1,437,279    20,263,634       22,875,378       10.9     13.3

Third Decile       1,474,784    29,982,553       32,859,540        1,437,270    27,275,045       28,726,820        9.9     14.4

Fourth Decile      1,474,796    38,194,514       40,139,409        1,436,761    34,750,649       34,181,433        9.9     17.4

   Highest 60%     8,847,388   792,389,673      649,161,046        8,622,714   745,744,891      562,983,942        6.3     15.3

Fifth Decile       1,474,486    47,940,087       49,043,274        1,437,425    43,834,316       42,183,416        9.4     16.3

Sixth Decile       1,474,520    60,344,898       57,711,689        1,436,941    55,418,055       51,445,326        8.9     12.2

Seventh Decile     1,474,469    77,670,797       73,795,405        1,436,945    71,585,554       63,301,395        8.5     16.6

Eighth Decile      1,474,765   104,321,449       91,450,459        1,437,148    96,398,420       80,400,420        8.2     13.7

Ninth Decile       1,474,002   149,730,895      126,248,677        1,437,219   138,816,267      108,662,735        7.9     16.2

Tenth Decile       1,475,146   352,381,547      250,911,542        1,437,036   339,692,278      216,990,651        3.7     15.6

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Source:  1998 & 1999 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines