Incidence of Population Below the Per Capita Food/Subsistence Threshold in NCR, 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        19.8      21.2           1.4          9.0       9.5           0.5         29.7      32.4           2.7

    NCR             1.0       2.2           1.2          1.0       2.2           1.2          0.0       0.0           0.0
    
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics