FAMILY PERCEPTION: Comparative Data on Number and Percentage of Families, by Special Income Strata,
Philippines: 2002 and 1999
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| Number of Families ('000) | Percentages
| 2 0 0 2 | 1 9 9 9 | 2 0 0 2 | 1 9 9 9
Indicators on Family Situation |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------
| All | Lowest | Highest | All | Lowest | Highest | All | Lowest | Highest | All | Lowest | Highest
| Families | 40% | 60% | Families | 40% | 60% | Families | 40% | 60% | Families | 40% | 60%
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PHILIPPINES 15,925 6,370 9,555 14,746 5,898 8,847
Families' Situation in the Last 12 Months
Better Off 2,437 596 1,842 2,031 576 1,456 15.3 9.4 19.3 13.8 9.8 16.5
Worst Off 4,900 2,272 2,628 4,998 2,232 2,767 30.8 35.7 27.5 33.9 37.8 31.3
About the Same Same 8,588 3,503 5,086 7,716 3,091 4,625 53.9 55.0 53.2 52.3 52.4 52.3
Reasons Why Families are Better Off
New Job, with Higher Salary 254 43 210 212 41 171 10.4 7.3 11.4 10.4 7.2 11.7
Abundant Harvest 233 136 97 290 15 138 9.5 22.8 5.3 14.3 26.4 9.5
Better Health 322 76 246 271 70 201 13.2 12.7 13.4 13.4 12.2 13.8
More Earnings 1,197 267 930 952 246 706 49.1 44.8 50.5 46.9 42.8 48.5
More Remittances from Abroad 229 15 214 155 15 140 9.4 2.5 11.6 7.6 2.7 9.6
Inheritance 2 1 1 3 1 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Government Assistance 8 0 8 7 3 4 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3
Others 192 58 134 141 47 94 7.9 9.8 7.3 7.0 8.2 6.5
Reasons Why Families are Worse Off
Lost Job/Work 562 230 332 413 166 247 11.5 10.1 12.6 8.3 7.4 8.9
Natural Disaster, Drought 322 211 111 302 192 110 6.6 9.3 4.2 6.0 8.6 4.0
Increase Food Prices 1,491 589 902 2,347 871 1,476 30.4 25.9 34.3 47.0 39.0 53.3
Poor Health 346 195 151 262 145 117 7.1 8.6 5.8 5.2 6.5 4.2
Reduced Income 1,513 757 756 1,133 609 524 30.9 33.3 28.8 22.7 27.3 18.9
No Savings 260 120 140 195 100 95 5.3 5.3 5.3 3.9 4.5 3.4
Sold Assets 15 6 9 7 3 4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
Loss of Government Assistance 39 17 21 28 10 18 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7
Others 352 146 206 312 135 177 7.2 6.4 7.8 6.2 6.1 6.4
Steps Taken by Families in Coping with Situation
Changed the eating pattern 2,364 1,132 1,233 2,465 1,097 1,368 48.3 49.8 46.9 49.3 49.2 49.5
Taken the children out of school 467 232 235 500 231 269 9.5 10.2 8.9 10.0 10.4 9.7
HH member(s) migrated to city/other country 318 160 158 294 159 134 6.5 7.0 6.0 5.9 7.1 4.9
Received assistance from friends 1,332 671 661 1,086 518 568 27.2 29.5 25.1 21.7 23.2 20.5
Received assistance from government 325 154 171 244 129 114 6.6 6.8 6.5 4.9 5.8 4.1
Increased working hours 2,050 1,009 1,042 1,930 930 1,000 41.8 44.4 39.6 38.6 41.7 36.1
Others 945 380 565 996 379 617 19.3 16.7 21.5 19.9 17.0 22.3
Family Situation in the Next 12 Months
Improve 5,504 1,517 3,986 4,337 1,269 3,067 34.6 23.8 41.7 29.4 21.5 34.7
Stay the Same 8,237 3,746 4,491 7,381 3,256 4,125 51.7 58.8 47.0 50.1 55.2 46.6
Worsen 2,185 1,107 1,078 3,028 1,373 1,655 13.7 17.4 11.3 20.5 23.3 18.7
Steps of Ladder Where Families Presently Belong
1st Step 1,018 776 242 1,281 933 348 6.4 12.2 2.5 8.7 15.8 3.9
2nd Step 2,431 1,560 871 2,294 1,420 874 15.3 24.5 9.1 15.6 24.1 9.9
3rd Step 3,289 1,642 1,647 2,966 1,475 1,491 20.7 25.8 17.2 20.1 25.0 16.9
4th Step 2,916 1,089 1,828 2,413 855 1,558 18.3 17.1 19.1 16.4 14.5 17.6
5th Step 4,348 1,052 3,297 3,735 915 2,819 27.3 16.5 34.5 25.3 15.5 31.9
6th Step 1,184 177 1,007 1,194 190 1,004 7.4 2.8 10.5 8.1 3.2 11.3
7th Step 502 43 459 525 54 471 3.2 0.7 4.8 3.6 0.9 5.3
8th Step 176 18 158 226 22 204 1.1 0.3 1.7 1.5 0.4 2.3
9th Step 24 5 19 31 6 25 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
10th Step 38 9 29 81 28 52 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6
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Source: Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
Income and Employment Statistics Division
Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
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