Table 4. Total Income Derived, by Income Strata and All Sources of Income:  April to September 1999
         (at Current Prices)

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 Income Strata                    Total Income Derived from All Sources of Income
                                Wages and     Family    Net Share of  Entrepreneurial   Other Sources
                    Total       Salaries    Sustenance   Crops, etc.    Activities        of Income
                 (In P1000)    (In P1000)   (In P1000)   (In P1000)     (In P1000)       (In P1000)
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PHILIPPINES      896,376,056  417,853,294   14,073,529   6,388,113     210,305,445      247,755,675

  Lowest 40%     103,986,381   32,986,628    7,573,271   1,276,541      38,958,733       23,191,209

First Decile      13,331,732    2,649,378    1,504,802     252,885       5,290,229        3,634,439

Second Decile     22,477,582    6,456,356    1,949,256     297,251       8,738,121        5,036,598

Third Decile      29,982,553    9,633,848    2,107,209     340,878      11,495,436        6,405,182

Fourth Decile     38,194,514   14,247,046    2,012,004     385,527      13,434,947        8,114,990

  Highest 60%    792,389,673  384,866,666    6,500,256   5,111,573     171,346,711      224,564,468

Fifth Decile      47,940,087   20,293,868    1,698,945     481,661      14,996,076       10,469,538

Sixth Decile      60,344,898   27,905,625    1,467,663     628,659      16,502,152       13,840,799

Seventh Decile    77,670,797   37,349,763    1,181,548     760,289      18,855,027       19,524,170

Eight Decile     104,321,449   54,911,771      902,221     788,803      21,047,917       26,670,737

Ninth Decile     149,730,895   79,599,178      685,467     917,637      27,542,417       40,986,196

Tenth Decile     352,381,547  164,806,461      564,412   1,534,524      72,403,122      113,073,028

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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
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