TABLE 3C.   AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME AND GROWTH RATE AT CURRENT PRICES
            BY REGION: 1997 AND 2000

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                       AVERAGE FAMILY INCOME|
        REGION           1997        2000   | GROWTH RATE
                                            |  (1997-2000)
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PHILIPPINES            123,168     144,506         17.3

 NCR                   270,993     300,544         10.9
  CAR                  112,361     141,794         26.2
 ILOCOS                102,597     120,648         17.6
 CAGAYAN VALLEY         86,822     107,912         24.3
 CENTRAL LUZON         133,130     153,004         14.9
 SOUTHERN TAGALOG      132,363     163,196         23.3
 BICOL                  77,132      89,169         15.6
 WESTERN VISAYAS        86,770     111,309         28.3
 CENTRAL VISAYAS        85,215      99,629         16.9
 EASTERN VISAYAS        67,772      91,924         35.6
 WESTERN MINDANAO       87,294      85,934         -1.6
 NORTHERN MINDANAO      99,486     110,537         11.1
 SOUTHERN MINDANAO      94,408     111,705         18.3
 CENTRAL MINDANAO       81,093      91,320         12.6
 A.R.M.M.               74,885      76,989          2.8
 CARAGA                 71,726      81,813         14.1

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Source:  Preliminary Results of 2000 Family Income and Expenditures Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines