Table 1.  SURVIVAL INDICATORS: Comparative Data on Number and Percentage of Families, by Special Income Strata,
          Philippines: 2002, 1999 and 1998

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                                                         |           2 0 0 2           |           1 9 9 9           |           1 9 9 8
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Indicators                                               |    All   | Lowest | Highest |    All   | Lowest | Highest |   All    | Lowest | Highest 
                                                         | Families |   40%  |   60%   | Families |   40%  |   60%   | Families |   40%  |   60%     
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TOTAL FAMILIES ('000)                                       15,925     6,370    9,555     14,746     5,898    8,847     14,371    5,748     8,623

1. ELECTRICITY, WATER AND SANITATION

a. With access to safe drinking water
   1) Number of families access to safe
         drinking water ('000)                              12,746     4,470    8,276     11,999     4,217    7,782     11,217    3,808     7,409
   2) Percentage to total families                            80.0      70.2     86.6       81.4      71.5     88.0       78.1     66.2      85.9

b. With sanitary toilet
   1) Number of families with sanitary toilet ('000)        13,713     4,655    9,058     12,662     4,358    8,304     11,558    3,779     7,779
   2) Percentage to total families                            86.1      73.1     94.8       85.8      73.9     93.9       80.4     65.7      90.2

c. With electricity in the house/residential building
   1) Number of families with electricity in the
         house/residential building ('000)                  12,581     3,559    9,022     10,809     2,796    8,016     10,390    2,662     7,727
   2) Percentage to total families                            79.0      55.9     94.4       73.3      47.4     90.6       72.3     46.3      89.6
                                                                                                    
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Source:  Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines