Table 8. Distribution of Families by Income Class, by Region and Main Source of Income: 2006

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                                                          |                  Income Classes
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Region                                             Income |   Under   40,000  60,000   100,000    250,000
  Main Source of Income                           Classes |  40,000   59,999  99,000  -249,999   and over
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Philippines                                        17,403     1,392    2,355   4,122     6,271      3,264
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        47.2      25.8     35.3    43.5      55.5       53.8
Enterpreneurial Activities                           29.8      41.1     45.1    39.0      22.6       16.2
Other sources of Income                              23.0      33.1     19.6    17.5      21.9       30.0

National Capital Region                             2,362         6       30     173     1,135      1,018
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        64.6      19.3     29.7    52.1      69.8       62.3
Enterpreneurial Activities                           14.1      17.2     24.8    24.0      13.7       12.4
Other sources of Income                              21.3      63.5     45.5    23.9      16.5       25.3

Cordillera Administrative Region                      303        23       43      62       107         68
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        34.2      12.6     19.7    27.6      42.0       44.3
Enterpreneurial Activities                           38.8      50.6     55.4    49.5      33.5       22.9
Other sources of Income                              27.0      36.8     24.9    22.9      24.5       32.8

I - Ilocos                                            947        53      114     294       369        116
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        39.2      23.9     38.3    42.8      39.3       38.1
Enterpreneurial Activities                           25.8      20.9     34.0    32.8      22.0       14.7
Other sources of Income                              34.9      55.2     27.7    24.4      38.7       47.2

II - Cagayan Valley                                   620        39       94     197       206         82
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        40.4      44.6     47.0    39.4      32.6       53.2
Enterpreneurial Activities                           37.3      22.8     34.7    43.8      39.8       25.7
Other sources of Income                              22.2      32.6     18.4    16.8      27.6       21.1

III - Central Luzon                                 1,909        47      136     374       911        441
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        51.0      40.4     47.8    50.9      54.7       45.5
Enterpreneurial Activities                           22.6      18.2     20.1    28.7      22.3       19.5
Other sources of Income                              26.4      41.4     32.1    20.4      23.1       35.0

IVA - CALABARZON                                    2,251        72      151     401     1,058        569
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        55.8      17.9     35.7    54.2      62.3       54.9
Enterpreneurial Activities                           21.1      30.6     40.7    29.3      18.0       14.5
Other sources of Income                              23.1      51.6     23.6    16.5      19.7       30.6

IVB - MIMAROPA                                        545        74      119     170       141         41 
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        37.5      21.5     31.4    37.6      45.9       54.6
Enterpreneurial Activities                           41.4      54.0     50.9    46.0      27.7       19.8
Other sources of Income                              21.0      24.5     17.7    16.4      26.4       25.5

V - Bicol                                           1,010       113      205     329       267         95
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        35.5      20.7     30.9    35.3      41.2       47.2
Enterpreneurial Activities                           36.3      35.6     41.0    44.1      30.0       17.5
Other sources of Income                              28.3      43.7     28.1    20.6      28.8       35.4

VI - Western Visayas                                1,370       128      283     402       393        163
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        45.4      28.7     43.8    47.3      50.7       44.4
Enterpreneurial Activities                           25.2      22.5     29.9    29.4      22.7       15.0
Other sources of Income                              29.3      48.8     26.3    23.3      26.6       40.6

VII - Central Visayas                               1,293       194      185     311       414        190
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        47.4      22.4     34.4    51.7      62.1       46.9
Enterpreneurial Activities                           28.0      42.9     46.1    30.6      15.9       17.2
Other sources of Income                              24.6      34.7     19.6    17.8      21.9       35.9

VIII - Eastern Visayas                                814       132      180     232       182         88
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        36.4      27.1     31.2    35.2      39.7       56.8
Enterpreneurial Activities                           40.1      39.3     47.6    48.0      34.6       16.4
Other sources of Income                              23.6      33.6     21.2    16.8      25.7       26.8

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                              623       135      127     146       142         73
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        37.1      21.3     31.7    36.9      50.4       50.6
Enterpreneurial Activities                           45.4      59.6     57.9    46.7      31.5       21.7
Other sources of Income                              17.5      19.1     10.4    16.4      18.0       27.7

X - Northern Mindanao                                 789       103      155     204       221        107
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        49.5      31.6     45.0    51.8      55.9       55.3
Enterpreneurial Activities                           31.9      46.0     41.8    34.4      23.0       17.5
Other sources of Income                              18.7      22.5     13.2    13.8      21.0       27.2

XI - Davao                                            841        88      136     227       291         99
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        49.2      31.6     32.2    51.1      61.1       48.6
Enterpreneurial Activities                           35.5      47.5     55.9    36.9      24.4       25.7
Other sources of Income                              15.4      20.9     11.9    11.9      14.5       25.6

XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                                    749        82      152     238       221         55
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        45.2      35.6     40.4    45.3      49.6       54.1
Enterpreneurial Activities                           40.2      41.6     49.9    43.3      33.6       24.6
Other sources of Income                              14.6      22.8      9.7    11.4      16.8       21.3

XIII - Caraga                                         444        62      100     129       111         41
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        42.1      27.8     36.4    42.1      48.5       60.7
Enterpreneurial Activities                           40.1      45.1     51.9    45.6      28.3       19.1
Other sources of Income                              17.7      27.2     11.7    12.3      23.2       20.3

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao                  534        41      144     232       100         17
Number of families (in thousands)

Percent                                             100.0     100.0    100.0   100.0     100.0      100.0
Wage/Salaries                                        15.5       6.9      8.3     9.9      32.3       76.8
Enterpreneurial Activities                           78.0      81.2     89.0    83.9      57.9       15.3
Other sources of Income                               6.5      11.8      2.8     6.2       9.8        7.9

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Source:  National Statistics Office, 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey
         
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