TABLE 4C. AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME , AVERAGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURES AND AVERAGE SAVING OF FAMILIES
          AT CURRENT PRICES, BY NATIONAL INCOME DECILE: 1997 AND 2000

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   DECILE                       1997               |               2000
                   AVERAGE     AVERAGE     AVERAGE |  AVERAGE     AVERAGE    AVERAGE
                    INCOME   EXPENDITURE    SAVING |  INCOME    EXPENDITURE   SAVING
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PHILIPPINES        123,168      99,537      23,631    144,506     119,276     25,230

FIRST DECILE        29,380      32,788      (3,408)    35,513      39,342     (3,829)
SECOND DECILE       40,518      41,005        (487)    47,786      49,382     (1,596)
THIRD DECILE        49,679      48,559       1,120     57,338      57,066        272
FOURTH DECILE       58,658      54,852       3,806     69,831      66,499      3,332
FIFTH DECILE        71,027      64,934       6,093     86,668      80,232      6,436
SIXTH DECILE        89,691      79,589      10,102    106,992      95,674     11,318
SEVENTH DECILE     112,981      96,507      16,474    133,370     116,222     17,148
EIGHTH DECILE      144,695     118,463      26,232    168,519     140,524     27,995
NINTH DECILE       197,548     156,148      41,400    233,430     188,518     44,912
TENTH DECILE       437,556     302,557     134,999    505,621     359,307    146,314

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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
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