TABLE 4. REASONS FOR FUEL SWITCHING BY REGION, URBAN-RURAL: 1995
         ( In thousands - details may not add up to totals due to rounding )

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                                    Total No. of                              Reason for Fuel Switching
                                    Households
Region and Area                     that Switched     Moved to     Previous Fuel  Change in  New Fuel    New Fuel     Others
                                    Primary           Another      Increased      Income     is More     is More
                                    Cooking Fuel      Place         Price                    Available   Convenient
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   PHILIPPINES                               857        321           345         362        480          600       285

   URBAN                                     581        228           261         274        339          419       193
   RURAL                                     276         94            84          88        142          181        92

National Capital Region (NCR)                115         65            69          78         73           71        27
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)        13          7             6           8          1            2        -

I.   Ilocos                                   54         31            25          33         24           32        11
II.  Cagayan Valley                           36          6             6           7         10           12        12
III  Central Luzon                           125         43            47          48         78           87        48
IV.  Southern Tagalog                        185         50            41          52        106          131        66
V.   Bicol                                    73         20            22          23         37           54        26
VI.  Western Visayas                          59         12            25          29         46           52        27
VII  Central Visayas                          28          8            15           6         18           19        10
VII  Eastern Visayas                          33         14            22          21         25           32        19
IX.  Western Mindanao                         27          7             4           3          7           23         3
X.   Northern Mindanao                        37         13            15          17         19           29        10
XI.  Southern Mindanao                        55         40            42          33         33           40        25
XII  Central Mindanao                         15          6             6           4          5           13         2
Autonomous Region in Muslim                    1         -             -           -          -             1        -
         Mindanao (ARMM)
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Source:  1995 Household Energy Consumption Survey (HECS),
         NSO - DOE