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          31.8       28.2         28.0        34.2       33.4

    NCR                   18.9          21.6       18.9         21.6          -          -
    CAR                   37.2          35.0       32.2         25.4        37.7       36.4
    REGION I              31.8          31.0       29.1         28.9        32.6       31.6
    REGION II             26.7          27.9       30.3         31.7        25.9       26.9
    REGION III            23.8          22.5       23.1         22.1        24.4       23.1
    REGION IV             29.3          29.7       25.8         25.0        30.9       32.7
    REGION V              33.3          35.0       27.9         34.9        34.6       35.0
    REGION VI             31.2          31.8       27.2         28.9        32.5       32.7
    REGION VII            32.2          34.3       31.2         29.1        32.5       36.2
    REGION VIII           32.2          30.7       32.3         30.2        32.1       30.8
    REGION IX             33.9          35.9       28.9         30.7        35.1       37.1
    REGION X              35.2          34.9       33.2         32.2        36.1       35.9
    REGION XI             33.5          33.0       31.7         29.9        34.1       34.2
    REGION XII            38.4          33.7       35.8         34.7        39.1       33.3
    ARMM                  29.4          33.7       31.8         32.6        28.6       34.0

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