Table 5B. Percent Distribution by Income Strata and All Sources of Income:  April to September 1998
         (at Current Prices)

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 Income Strata                                      Percent
                  Total   Wages and    Family     Net Share of  Entrepreneurial  Other Sources
                           Salaries   Sustenance  Crops, etc.    Activities       of Income
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PHILIPPINES       100.0      47.4        1.3           0.7             24.5           26.2

 Lowest 40%       100.0      32.8        6.2           1.3             38.3           21.3

First Decile      100.0      19.1        9.9           2.0             41.7           27.4

Second Decile     100.0      29.9        7.3           1.5             39.3           21.9

Third Decile      100.0      34.1        6.0           1.2             38.4           20.4

Fourth Decile     100.0      38.2        4.6           1.1             36.6           19.6

 Highest 60%      100.0      49.2        0.6           0.6             22.8           26.8

Fifth Decile      100.0      43.8        3.0           0.9             32.1           20.1

Sixth Decile      100.0      48.7        2.0           0.9             28.1           20.4

Seventh Decile    100.0      50.0        1.2           0.8             25.1           23.0

Eight Decile      100.0      53.4        0.7           0.6             21.4           23.9

Ninth Decile      100.0      55.2        0.3           0.6             18.3           25.5

Tenth Decile      100.0      46.2        0.1           0.4             22.5           30.8

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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