TABLE 4C. AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME , AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE SAVING OF FAMILIES
          AT CURRENT PRICES, BY NATIONAL INCOME DECILE: 1997 AND 2000


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       DECILE                 1997               |                2000
                 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      26,282

FIRST DECILE      20,702     22,857       (2,155)    24,506       26,463      (1,957)
SECOND DECILE     33,090     34,178       (1,088)    39,620       40,537        (917)
THIRD DECILE      42,633     42,248          385     51,250       50,795         455
FOURTH DECILE     53,134     50,748        2,386     64,231       61,693       2,538
FIFTH DECILE      66,335     61,118        5,217     80,247       74,015       6,232
SIXTH DECILE      83,253     75,186        8,067    100,549       90,878       9,671
SEVENTH DECILE   106,977     94,068       12,909    128,203      113,094      15,109
EIGHTH DECILE    141,441    117,607       23,834    169,290      141,769      27,521
NINTH DECILE     200,019    159,659       40,360    237,029      189,464      47,565
TENTH DECILE     484,114    337,715      146,399    556,277      399,678     156,599

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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
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