Table 6. Incidence of Families Below the Per Capita Food/Subsistence Threshold By Region, Urban-Rural: 1997 & 2000
(In Percent)
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Region Total | Urban | Rural
1997 2000 % Difference | 1997 2000 % Difference | 1997 2000 % Difference
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Philippines 16.2 16.9 0.7 7.0 7.4 0.4 24.5 26.0 1.5
NCR 0.8 1.6 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.8 - - -
CAR 24.9 17.5 -7.4 5.6 2.6 -3.0 33.4 25.8 -7.6
Region I 17.8 16.1 -1.7 11.2 10.3 -0.9 20.9 18.8 -2.1
Region II 13.5 12.7 -0.8 12.4 12.8 0.4 13.8 12.7 -1.1
Region III 4.7 4.3 -0.4 3.5 3.6 0.1 6.2 5.2 -1.0
Region IV 10.5 10.3 -0.2 4.8 5.0 0.2 16.9 17.6 0.7
Region V 30.2 34.6 4.4 15.7 21.7 6.0 35.6 39.1 3.5
Region VI 19.5 22.3 2.8 10.6 11.2 0.6 24.7 29.2 4.5
Region VII 19.8 22.6 2.8 8.8 9.9 1.1 28.3 32.6 4.3
Region VIII 25.7 24.6 -1.1 17.1 13.1 -4.0 28.9 29.1 0.2
Region IX 20.6 26.4 5.8 8.7 11.2 2.5 25.9 33.3 7.4
Region X 26.8 26.5 -0.3 16.9 15.1 -1.8 33.6 34.4 0.8
Region XI 21.7 20.4 -1.3 12.7 11.3 -1.4 27.4 26.6 -0.8
Region XII 30.6 27.7 -2.9 19.6 20.7 1.1 35.3 30.9 -4.4
ARMM 27.7 38.1 10.4 30.3 33.1 2.8 27.0 39.5 12.5
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Source of Basic Data: National Statistics Office, 2000 FIES Preliminary Results
Source of Poverty Statistics: TWG on Income Statistics
Related textual analysis | Family Income and Expenditures statistics index