Table 4A. Total Income Derived, by Income Strata and All Sources of Income:  April to September 1999
          (at Real Prices, 1998 = 100)

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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      844,179,085   393,521,234    13,254,012    6,016,126     198,059,126     233,328,587

  Lowest 40%      97,931,139    31,065,780     7,132,271    1,202,207      36,690,123      21,840,759

First Decile      12,555,410     2,495,102     1,417,176      238,159       4,982,173       3,422,802

Second Decile     21,168,687     6,080,395     1,835,749      279,942       8,229,291       4,743,311

Third Decile      28,236,636     9,072,858     1,984,504      321,028      10,826,044       6,032,201

Fourth Decile     35,970,405    13,417,425     1,894,843      363,077      12,652,615       7,642,445

  Highest 60%    746,247,944   362,455,453     6,121,739    4,813,920     161,369,002     211,487,830

Fifth Decile      45,148,483    19,112,134     1,600,014      453,613      14,122,838       9,859,885

Sixth Decile      56,830,948    26,280,650     1,382,199      592,051      15,541,213      13,034,834

Seventh Decile    73,147,940    35,174,845     1,112,745      716,017      17,757,078      18,387,256

Eight Decile      98,246,695    51,714,198       849,684      742,870      19,822,273      25,117,670

Ninth Decile     141,011,899    74,964,030       645,551      864,202      25,938,592      38,599,524

Tenth Decile     331,861,979   155,209,598       531,546    1,445,167      68,187,008     106,488,660

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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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