TABLE 2A. POVERTY INCIDENCES OF POPULATION 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       36.8       40.0       21.5       25.0       50.7       54.5

NCR                8.5       12.7        8.5       12.7         -          -
CAR               50.1       43.9       17.2       16.7       63.7       58.6
REGION I          44.1       43.5       32.1       32.6       49.8       48.7
REGION II         38.0       36.3       33.6       33.0       39.1       37.2
REGION III        18.5       22.9       16.0       21.6       21.7       24.5
REGION IV         30.0       31.7       18.7       22.5       42.3       44.0
REGION V          57.0       62.8       41.5       47.7       62.7       68.0
REGION VI         45.9       51.2       31.2       32.5       54.6       62.5
REGION VII        38.9       43.9       20.5       27.5       53.6       57.7
REGION VIII       48.5       51.0       35.6       32.9       53.4       58.3
REGION IX         45.5       53.0       28.9       31.6       52.7       62.7
REGION X          52.7       52.1       39.9       37.0       61.5       62.8
REGION XI         44.3       46.3       32.2       33.4       51.7       55.3
REGION XII        55.8       57.9       39.5       47.7       62.4       62.7
ARMM              62.5       73.9       61.3       69.8       62.8       75.1

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