TABLE 3. MAGNITUDE OF FAMILIES BELOW THE POVERTY THRESHOLD BY REGION, URBAN-RURAL: 1997 & 200
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REGION TOTAL | URBAN | RURAL
1997 2000 | 1997 2000 | 1997 2000
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PHILIPPINES 4,511,151 5,139,565 1,208,436 1,493,826 3,302,715 3,645,739
NCR 127,873 190,134 127,873 190,134 - -
CAR 110,142 100,698 10,669 12,896 99,472 87,802
REGION I 294,081 299,983 64,596 68,238 229,485 231,745
REGION II 188,286 167,075 34,967 34,347 153,320 132,728
REGION III 221,145 282,891 102,074 147,837 119,071 135,054
REGION IV 497,858 576,385 156,369 228,312 341,490 348,073
REGION V 485,356 608,050 94,267 111,530 391,088 496,520
REGION VI 498,405 521,938 120,424 122,393 377,981 399,545
REGION VII 360,159 428,312 83,537 115,534 276,623 312,778
REGION VIII 306,788 320,975 60,187 56,079 246,601 264,897
REGION IX 223,219 281,483 43,420 52,072 179,798 229,411
REGION X 386,420 387,180 114,275 108,969 272,146 278,210
REGION XI 382,668 451,641 103,518 126,870 279,150 324,771
REGION XII 224,558 262,659 47,715 65,636 176,843 197,023
ARMM 204,195 260,161 44,547 52,979 159,647 207,182
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Final Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index