TABLE 7. Magnitude of Families Below Food/Subsistence Threshold By Region, Urban-Rural: 1997 & 2000

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                                                        FAMILIES
      REGION                       TOTAL             |         URBAN             |        RURAL
                             1997         2000       |     1997        2000      |    1997          2000
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PHILIPPINES              2,294,867      2,546,486       474,217      538,821      1,820,650     2,007,665

    NCR                     15,235         32,378        15,235       32,378             -             -
    CAR                     64,381         49,574         4,510        3,111         59,871        46,462
    REGION I               138,740        128,512        27,461       26,984        111,279       101,527
    REGION II               79,453         70,165        15,416       13,994         64,037        56,172
    REGION III              67,880         69,053        28,429       29,332         39,451        39,721
    REGION IV              203,419        230,602        48,783       59,942        154,636       170,660
    REGION V               293,016        373,492        40,775       59,844        252,241       313,648
    REGION VI              244,029        268,018        48,623       52,313        195,406       215,705
    REGION VII             206,765        248,161        40,094       47,424        166,671       200,737
    REGION VIII            193,462        182,664        34,586       28,573        158,877       154,091
    REGION IX              114,878        161,343        14,716       21,555        100,162       139,789
    REGION X               220,488        222,651        56,376       51,872        164,111       170,779
    REGION XI              216,910        226,188        49,652       51,614        167,258       174,574
    REGION XII             137,662        143,855        26,114       34,047        111,548       109,808
    ARMM                    98,550        139,829        23,447       25,837         75,103       113,992

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