TABLE 2.  TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE AND PERCENT OF HOUSING EXPENDITURE TO TOTAL FAMILY EXPENDITURE, BY DECILE: 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

FIRST DECILE         39,806,225      32,439,373     3,362,998     2,521,231    8.4    7.8     8.0    7.1     0.5    0.6
SECOND DECILE        61,434,056      48,512,596     5,370,532     3,843,252    8.7    7.9     8.1    7.1     0.7    0.9
THIRD DECILE         76,622,450      59,959,405     6,976,480     5,003,674    9.1    8.3     8.4    7.4     0.7    1.0
FOURTH DECILE        93,130,542      72,011,662     9,430,695     6,813,353   10.1    9.5     9.4    8.4     0.8    1.1
FIFTH DECILE        111,952,966      86,748,425    12,345,649     9,079,412   11.0   10.5    10.3    9.6     0.8    0.9
SIXTH DECILE        137,373,495     106,714,455    17,553,761    12,289,276   12.8   11.5    12.0   10.6     0.8    0.9
SEVENTH DECILE      171,295,356     133,497,928    23,017,987    17,133,395   13.4   12.8    12.6   11.7     0.8    1.1
EIGHT DECILE        215,174,297     166,913,225    30,374,080    23,696,937   14.1   14.2    13.4   12.9     0.7    1.3
NINTH DECILE        287,646,941     226,589,353    42,742,188    34,744,516   14.9   15.3    14.1   14.1     0.7    1.2
TENTH DECILE        607,410,098     479,290,991   121,137,387   100,676,969   19.9   21.0    18.8   20.0     1.1    1.0

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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