TABLE 1.  TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE AND PERCENT OF HOUSING EXPENDITURE TO TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE, BY REGION: 1997 AND 2000

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                 |                              |                           |     PERCENT TO TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE
                 |   TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE   | TOTAL HOUSING EXPENDITURE |    TOTAL    |  RENT/RENTAL  | MAINTENANCE
     AREA        |         (In P1,000)          |        (In P1,000)        |   HOUSING   |   VALUE OF    |     AND
                 |                              |                           | EXPENDITURE | HOUSE AND LOT | MINOR REPAIR
                 |      2000    |      1997     |      2000   |     1997    | 2000 | 1997 |  2000 | 1997  | 2000 | 1997
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PHILIPPINES        1,801,846,426  1,412,677,414   272,311,759   215,802,014   15.1   15.3    14.2   14.2     0.9    1.1

N C R                534,560,916    433,934,597   119,733,411    97,334,945   22.4   22.4    21.6   21.9     0.8    0.6
C A R                 30,351,281     22,516,122     4,478,328     3,289,556   14.8   14.6    14.1   13.4     0.6    1.2
REGION I              77,324,474     64,807,393     8,370,239     7,311,290   10.8   11.3    10.0    9.4     0.8    1.9
REGION II             50,240,362     40,250,654     5,153,934     3,951,968   10.3    9.8     9.2    8.7     1.0    1.1
REGION III           182,053,523    151,581,260    22,890,598    19,073,171   12.6   12.6    11.7   11.4     0.8    1.1
REGION IV            307,177,933    201,585,986    41,437,869    29,216,016   13.5   14.5    13.0   13.4     0.5    1.1
REGION V              84,777,262     64,926,217     9,514,626     6,404,659   11.2    9.9     9.8    8.7     1.4    1.1
REGION VI            114,755,885     98,262,916    13,664,352    11,303,181   11.9   11.5    10.6    9.5     1.3    2.0
REGION VII            92,425,706     72,780,538    12,339,633     9,761,861   13.4   13.4    11.9   11.7     1.5    1.7
REGION VIII           53,116,258     39,851,600     5,931,708     3,694,733   11.2    9.3     9.9    8.2     1.2    1.0
REGION IX             41,930,067     37,556,427     4,438,222     6,452,144   10.6   17.2     9.7   16.0     0.9    1.2
REGION X              45,257,365     40,516,238     5,068,899     4,496,143   11.2   11.1    10.3   10.0     0.9    1.1
REGION XI             93,829,476     67,790,223    10,523,947     6,879,935   11.2   10.1    10.3    8.9     0.9    1.3
REGION XII            38,434,355     30,801,708     3,638,225     2,699,631    9.5    8.8     8.6    7.8     0.9    0.9
ARMM                  26,134,556     20,491,458     2,437,796     1,763,940    9.3    8.6     8.8    8.0     0.5    0.6
CARAGA                29,477,008     25,024,077     2,689,971     2,168,839    9.1    8.7     8.0    7.5     1.1    1.2

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Source:  1997 and 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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