TABLE 3A.   AVERAGE INCOME, AVERAGE EXPENDITURE AND AVERAGE SAVING OF FAMILIES
            AT CURRENT PRICES, BY REGION: 1997 AND 2000

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                                    1997              |               2000
       REGION          AVERAGE    AVERAGE     AVERAGE |  AVERAGE    AVERAGE    AVERAGE
                       INCOME   EXPENDITURE    SAVING |  INCOME   EXPENDITURE   SAVING
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PHILIPPINES           123,168      99,537      23,631    145,121    118,839    23,282

  NCR                 270,993     217,840      53,153    300,304    244,240    56,064
   CAR                112,361      86,924      25,437    139,613    110,338    29,275
  ILOCOS              102,597      83,307      19,290    120,898     95,755    25,143
  CAGAYAN VALLEY       86,822      68,556      18,266    108,427     88,655    19,772
  CENTRAL LUZON       133,130     105,558      27,572    151,449    120,003    31,446
  SOUTHERN TAGALOG    132,363     104,002      28,361    161,963    135,043    26,920
  BICOL                77,132      67,012      10,120     95,229     82,366    12,993
  WESTERN VISAYAS      86,770      78,612       8,158    109,600     94,704    14,896
  CENTRAL VISAYAS      85,215      69,569      15,646     99,531     83,644    15,887
  EASTERN VISAYAS      67,772      53,039      14,733     91,520     72,090    19,430
  WESTERN MINDANAO     87,294      67,456      19,838     86,135     69,452    16,683
  NORTHERN MINDANAO    99,486      76,715      22,771    110,333     84,477    25,856
  SOUTHERN MINDANAO    94,408      76,136      18,272    112,254     90,868    21,386
  CENTRAL MINDANAO     81,093      68,519      12,574     90,778     74,716    16,062
  ARMM                 74,885      57,546      17,339     79,590     66,288    13,302
  CARAGA               71,726      61,815       9,911     81,519     72,108     9,411

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Source:  Final Results 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines