TABLE 4C. AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME , AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE SAVING OF FAMILIES
          AT CURRENT PRICES, BY NATIONAL INCOME DECILE: 1997 AND 2000


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       DECILE                 1997               |                2000
                 AVERAGE    AVERAGE     AVERAGE  | AVERAGE       AVERAGE    AVERAGE
                 INCOME   EXPENDITURE    SAVING  |  INCOME     EXPENDITURE   SAVING
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PHILIPPINES      123,168     99,537       23,631    144,039      118,002      26,037

FIRST DECILE      20,702     22,857       (2,155)    24,309       26,066      (1,757)
SECOND DECILE     33,090     34,178       (1,088)    39,182       40,233      (1,051)
THIRD DECILE      42,633     42,248          385     50,650       50,193         457
FOURTH DECILE     53,134     50,748        2,386     63,482       60,981       2,501
FIFTH DECILE      66,335     61,118        5,217     79,283       73,321       5,962
SIXTH DECILE      83,253     75,186        8,067     99,533       89,963       9,570
SEVENTH DECILE   106,977     94,068       12,909    127,026      112,199      14,827
EIGHTH DECILE    141,441    117,607       23,834    168,082      140,916      27,166
NINTH DECILE     200,019    159,659       40,360    235,632      188,350      47,282
TENTH DECILE     484,114    337,715      146,399    553,269      397,859     155,410

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Source:  Final Results 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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