Table 2.  Total and Percent Family Expenditure for Education by Region: 2003
          (Estimates are in millions)

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                              |           |           | Allowance for |       |          |
                              |     Total | Education | Family Member | Books |   School |       Other
           Region             | Education |      Fees | Studying Away |       | Supplies | Educational
                              |           |           |     from Home |       |          |    Supplies
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Philippines                        82,161      57,814          13,963   3,686      5,878           821
  Total family expenditure
    (in millions)

Percent                             100.0       100.0           100.0   100.0      100.0         100.0

National Capital Region              23.8        27.8             6.2    30.2       18.5          49.9
Cordillera Administrative
   Region                             2.3         2.1             3.8     1.3        1.8           1.2

I    - Ilocos Region                  4.3         3.4             7.6     4.0        5.3           3.2
II   - Cagayan Valley                 3.5         2.7             7.2     2.8        3.1           1.1
III  - Central Luzon                 12.3        12.5            11.6    13.1       12.4           9.0
IVA  - Calabarzon                    17.1        18.6            11.8    17.0       15.9          13.7
IVB  - Mimaropa                       2.3         1.7             4.9     1.3        2.9           0.7
V    - Bicol Region                   5.0         4.2             8.4     3.5        5.5           2.1
VI   - Western Visayas                6.0         5.4             7.7     7.0        7.2           5.7
VII  - Central Visayas                5.9         6.0             5.4     6.7        5.9           3.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas                3.2         2.2             7.5     2.2        3.6           3.0
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula            2.0         1.9             2.4     1.4        2.5           0.5
X    - Northern Mindanao              3.3         3.3             3.4     2.8        3.4           1.0
XI   - Davao Region                   3.7         3.7             3.4     3.4        4.3           1.7
XII  - Soccsksargen                   2.8         2.4             4.1     1.7        3.6           2.7
XIII - Caraga                         1.7         1.4             2.9     1.2        2.0           1.1
Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                           0.9         0.6             1.8     0.6        2.1           0.2

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Note:  Details may not add up to totals due to rounding

Source:  National Statistics Office, 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey

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