MAGNITUDE OF POPULATION BELOW THE POVERTY THRESHOLD IN NCR, URBAN-RURAL: 1997 & 2000

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  REGION                 TOTAL             |           URBAN            |            RURAL
                   1997           2000     |     1997           2000    |      1997           2000
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PHILIPPINES    26,768,532     31,297,405      7,455,248      9,593,977     19,313,284     21,703,428

NCR               873,555      1,409,642        873,555      1,409,642             -              -

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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics