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     39.4       21.5     24.3      50.7      54.0

    NCR                 8.5     11.4        8.5     11.4        -         -
    CAR                50.1     43.7       17.2     16.2      63.7      58.7
    REGION I           44.1     43.6       32.1     32.8      49.8      48.7
    REGION II          38.0     35.0       33.6     32.7      39.1      35.6
    REGION III         18.5     22.9       16.0     22.1      21.7      23.9
    REGION IV          30.0     31.0       18.7     21.8      42.3      43.2
    REGION V           57.0     61.9       41.5     44.1      62.7      68.1
    REGION VI          45.9     51.1       31.2     32.6      54.6      62.3
    REGION VII         38.9     43.7       20.5     27.5      53.6      57.4
    REGION VIII        48.5     51.1       35.6     32.3      53.4      58.6
    REGION IX          45.5     53.0       28.9     32.4      52.7      62.4
    REGION X           52.7     52.1       39.9     36.7      61.5      63.1
    REGION XI          44.3     45.0       32.2     32.2      51.7      54.1
    REGION XII         55.8     58.0       39.5     48.4      62.4      62.5
    ARMM               62.5     71.3       61.3     67.4      62.8      72.4

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