Table 9. Income Gap Ratios 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         31.6        32.1        28.2        28.5        34.2        33.6

    NCR             18.9        22.4        18.9        22.4          -           -
    CAR             37.2        35.0        32.2        24.9        37.7        36.5
    Region I        31.8        31.5        29.1        29.0        32.6        32.3
    Region II       26.7        28.4        30.3        34.0        25.9        27.0
    Region III      23.8        22.7        23.1        22.6        24.4        22.8
    Region IV       29.3        30.2        25.8        26.2        30.9        32.9
    Region V        33.3        35.3        27.9        36.2        34.6        35.1
    Region VI       31.2        32.2        27.2        29.0        32.5        33.2
    Region VII      32.2        34.6        31.2        29.4        32.5        36.5
    Region VIII     32.2        30.5        32.3        29.5        32.1        30.7
    Region IX       33.9        36.0        28.9        30.7        35.1        37.1
    Region X        35.2        34.8        33.2        32.1        36.1        35.8
    Region XI       33.5        33.1        31.7        30.1        34.1        34.3
    Region XII      38.4        33.3        35.8        34.1        39.1        33.1
    ARMM            29.4        35.5        31.8        34.6        28.6        35.7

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