TABLE 2. POVERTY INCIDENCES OF FAMILIES BY REGION, URBAN-RURAL: 1997 & 2000
         (In Percent)

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  REGION                    Total        |        Urban        |        Rural
                       1997       2000   |   1997       2000   |   1997       2000
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PHILIPPINES            31.8       34.2       17.9       20.5       44.4       47.4

NCR                     6.4        9.7        6.4        9.7         -          -
CAR                    42.5       36.9       13.4       13.4       55.5       50.0
REGION I               37.8       37.2       26.4       26.5       43.0       42.2
REGION II              32.1       30.6       28.0       28.8       33.2       31.1
REGION III             15.4       18.6       12.7       17.4       18.8       20.1
REGION IV              25.7       26.0       15.3       18.0       37.3       36.8
REGION V               50.1       56.3       36.3       42.3       55.1       61.1
REGION VI              39.9       43.4       26.2       26.5       47.8       53.9
REGION VII             34.4       38.9       18.2       23.6       47.0       51.0
REGION VIII            40.8       43.5       29.8       27.6       44.9       49.7
REGION IX              40.1       46.5       25.6       27.0       46.5       55.3
REGION X               47.0       45.7       34.2       31.8       55.7       55.3
REGION XI              38.2       41.2       26.5       28.5       45.8       49.9
REGION XII             50.0       50.9       35.8       39.5       55.9       56.2
ARMM                   57.3       68.8       57.5       63.9       57.3       70.2

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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics