Incidence of Families Below the Per Capita Food/Subsistence Threshold By Region, Urban-Rural: 1997 & 2000(In Percent)

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    Region                Total                       |        Urban                       |        Rural
                     1997      2000     % Difference  |   1997      2000     % Difference  |   1997      2000     % Difference
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Philippines          16.2      16.9           0.7          7.0       7.4           0.4         24.5      26.0           1.5

    NCR               0.8       1.6           0.8          0.8       1.6           0.8           -         -             -
    
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics