Table 9.  Percentage Distribution of Owner-Households in Occupied Housing Units by Mode of Acquisition of the Housing Unit
          and Region : 1990
          (Figures are estimates based on a 10% sample)

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                                  |             |  M O D E    O F    A C Q U I S I T I O N    O F    T H E    H O U S I N G    U N I T
                                  |    Total    |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  |    Owner-   |           |   Constructed    |Constructed|Constructed|         |           |
        Region                    | Households  |           |  by the Owner/   | by Hired/ |   by an   |         |  Others   |   Not
                                  | in Occupied | Purchased | Occupants With or|  Skilled  | Organized |Inherited| (Lottery, | Reported
                                  |Housing Units|           | Without Help of  |  Workers  |Contractor |         |Gift, etc.)|
                                  |             |           |Friends/Relatives |           |           |         |           |
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PHILIPPINES                           9,466,809        21.7               56.9        16.4          .7       3.5          .5         .3
                                       
  URBAN                               4,257,092        27.4               50.5        15.5         1.2       4.2          .7         .5
  RURAL                               5,209,717        17.3               61.9        17.1          .3       2.9          .3         .1

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION                 964,658        35.8               44.0         9.1         2.0       6.2         1.4        1.5
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION        186,106        18.2               56.6        15.9          .5       8.1          .5         .2
REGION I - ILOCOS REGION                599,502        21.0               51.3        23.0          .6       3.9          .3          -
REGION II - CAGAYAN VALLEY              413,092        21.4               59.1        15.3          .4       3.2          .4         .1
REGION III - CENTRAL LUZON            1,000,510        23.8               54.0        17.1          .7       3.9          .4         .1
REGION IV - SOUTHERN TAGALOG          1,315,972        22.8               51.5        21.0         1.0       3.2          .4         .1
REGION V - BICOL REGION                 621,900        16.8               61.5        18.0          .3       3.1          .4          -
REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS             847,860        15.8               60.4        20.7          .4       2.4          .2          -
REGION VII - CENTRAL VISAYAS            796,129        15.7               58.1        21.4          .4       3.7          .4         .4
REGION VIII - EASTERN VISAYAS           520,879        17.9               60.0        17.9          .4       3.2          .4         .2
REGION IX - WESTERN MINDANAO            509,180        20.6               65.8        10.0          .4       2.4          .5         .2
REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO            544,468        21.5               62.8        12.7          .4       2.2          .3         .1
REGION XI - SOUTHERN MINDANAO           680,742        22.5               62.6        11.0         1.0       2.1          .5         .4
REGION XII - CENTRAL MINDANAO           465,811        22.3               65.3         8.3          .4       3.1          .6         .1

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Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing - Housing Tables
        Household Statistics Department
        NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
        Republic of the Philippines