Table 1A.  Number of Families, Total Income and Expenditure by Income Strata: April to September 1998 and 1999
           (at Real Prices, 1998 = 100)

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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   844,179,085    722,338,839       14,370,711   839,853,014    665,054,120         0.5        8.6

  Lowest 40%       5,898,580    97,931,139    110,979,159        5,748,000    94,108,123    102,070,178         4.1        8.7

First Decile       1,474,738    12,555,410     17,814,417        1,436,690    11,818,794     16,286,546         6.2        9.4

Second Decile      1,474,262    21,168,687     24,416,604        1,437,279    20,263,634     22,875,378         4.5        6.7

Third Decile       1,474,784    28,236,636     30,946,093        1,437,270    27,275,045     28,726,820         3.5        7.7

Fourth Decile      1,474,796    35,970,405     37,802,047        1,436,761    34,750,649     34,181,433         3.5       10.6

  Highest 60%      8,847,388   746,247,944    611,359,679        8,622,714   745,744,891    562,983,942         0.1        8.6

Fifth Decile       1,474,486    45,148,483     46,187,430        1,437,425    43,834,316     42,183,416         3.0        9.5

Sixth Decile       1,474,520    56,830,948     54,351,073        1,436,941    55,418,055     51,445,326         2.5        5.6

Seventh Decile     1,474,469    73,147,940     69,498,217        1,436,945    71,585,554     63,301,395         2.2        9.8

Eighth Decile      1,474,765    98,246,695     86,125,197        1,437,148    96,398,420     80,400,420         1.9        7.1

Ninth Decile       1,474,002   141,011,899    118,897,077        1,437,219   138,816,267    108,662,735         1.6        9.4

Tenth Decile       1,475,146   331,861,979    236,300,685        1,437,036   339,692,278    216,990,651        (2.3)       8.9

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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