Table 3A.  Number of Families, Average Income and Average 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   Average   Average   | Number of   Average    Average   |  Average  Average
                   Families    Income  Expenditure | Families    Income   Expenditure |  Income  Expenditure
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Philippines       14,745,967   57,248     48,986    14,370,711   58,442      46,278      (2.0)      5.8

 Lowest 40%        5,898,580   16,602     18,815     5,748,000   16,372      17,758       1.4       6.0

First Decile       1,474,738    8,514     12,080     1,436,690    8,226      11,336       3.5       6.6

Second Decile      1,474,262   14,359     16,562     1,437,279   14,099      15,916       1.8       4.1

Third Decile       1,474,784   19,146     20,983     1,437,270   18,977      19,987       0.9       5.0

Fourth Decile      1,474,796   24,390     25,632     1,436,761   24,187      23,791       0.8       7.7

 Highest 60%       8,847,388   84,347     69,101     8,622,714   86,486      65,291      (2.5)      5.8

Fifth Decile       1,474,486   30,620     31,324     1,437,425   30,495      29,347       0.4       6.7

Sixth Decile       1,474,520   38,542     36,860     1,436,941   38,567      35,802      (0.1)      3.0

Seventh Decile     1,474,469   49,610     47,134     1,436,945   49,818      44,053      (0.4)      7.0

Eighth Decile      1,474,765   66,619     58,399     1,437,148   67,076      55,944      (0.7)      4.4

Ninth Decile       1,474,002   95,666     80,663     1,437,219   96,587      75,606      (1.0)      6.7

Tenth Decile       1,475,146  224,969    160,188     1,437,036  236,384     150,999      (4.8)      6.1

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