2003 Provincial Poverty Statistics Rev June590ci

Table 1.
Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Families: 2000 and 2003
Annual Per Capita Poverty Poverty Incidence Among Families (%) Magnitude of Poor Families
Threshold (in Pesos) Estimates (%) Coefficient of Variation Estimates Coefficient of Variation
Region/Province
2000 Inc/Dec 2000 2000 2000 2000
2003 Final 2003 Final Inc/Dec 2003 Final 2003 Final Inc/Dec (%) 2003 Final
Revised (%) Revised Revised Revised Revised
PHILIPPINES 11,458 12,309 7.4 27.5 24.4 (3.1) 1.6 1.3 4,146,663 4,022,695 (3.0) 1.6 1.4
NCR 15,722 16,737 6.5 5.8 4.8 (1.0) 8.2 9.2 127,655 110,864 (13.2) 8.8 10.1
1st District* 16,218 17,223 6.2 5.8 3.8 (2.1) 21.6 25.9 19,257 13,530 (29.7) 22.0 27.0
2nd District 15,727 16,715 6.3 4.1 5.8 1.6 16.5 16.9 30,701 29,282 (4.6) 17.3 21.4
3rd District 15,090 16,298 8.0 9.4 5.0 (4.4) 13.8 17.2 47,206 40,811 (13.5) 14.8 17.7
4th District 16,359 17,137 4.8 4.9 4.5 (0.5) 15.6 15.1 30,491 27,241 (10.7) 18.6 16.2
Region I 12,687 13,281 4.7 29.5 24.4 (5.1) 5.4 6.0 237,910 213,846 (10.1) 6.2 6.2
Ilocos Norte 13,143 12,893 (1.9) 18.2 19.6 1.4 18.7 19.4 19,466 21,694 11.4 22.4 20.1
Ilocos Sur 13,515 12,824 (5.1) 30.4 22.8 (7.6) 9.4 19.0 35,189 28,302 (19.6) 11.5 19.1
La Union 12,978 13,356 2.9 33.2 24.6 (8.7) 14.0 12.7 42,654 33,163 (22.2) 14.3 13.4
Pangasinan 12,363 13,412 8.5 30.8 25.8 (5.0) 7.4 7.6 140,601 130,687 (7.1) 8.6 8.0
Region II 11,128 11,417 2.6 25.3 19.3 (6.0) 7.9 5.8 143,421 113,298 (21.0) 8.0 6.0
Batanes* 15,264 12,279 (19.6) 10.4 6.3 (4.2) 36.5 a 348 225 (35.5) 35.7 a
Cagayan 10,209 10,320 1.1 21.5 16.5 (4.9) 14.6 11.1 42,062 33,437 (20.5) 16.2 10.8
Isabela 11,616 11,808 1.7 30.2 23.9 (6.3) 11.1 7.1 79,001 64,397 (18.5) 10.6 7.5
Nueva Vizcaya* 11,611 11,880 2.3 16.5 9.2 (7.3) 28.8 27.4 12,501 7,252 (42.0) 29.0 29.5
Quirino* 10,713 12,463 16.3 31.4 24.1 (7.3) 16.7 31.2 9,508 7,987 (16.0) 16.3 26.8
Region III 13,760 14,378 4.5 17.3 13.4 (3.9) 6.2 6.5 268,558 242,820 (9.6) 6.8 6.6
Aurora* 11,405 12,898 13.1 26.9 29.2 2.4 9.8 59.0 9,638 10,951 13.6 9.7 56.9
Bataan* 12,434 13,607 9.4 9.9 10.2 0.2 16.8 22.2 10,958 12,594 14.9 17.6 24.4
Bulacan 13,882 15,027 8.2 5.4 8.5 3.2 15.7 14.7 21,801 44,800 105.5 16.1 14.7
Region/Province
2000 Inc/Dec 2000 2000 2000 2000
Nueva Ecija 14,750 14,394 (2.4) 27.6 22.2 (5.4) 9.3 12.1 90,754 81,038 (10.7) 11.0 12.9
Pampanga 14,698 15,148 3.1 14.4 10.5 (3.9) 13.2 13.8 48,461 40,661 (16.1) 15.2 14.2
Tarlac 12,578 13,866 10.2 27.6 14.8 (12.8) 18.5 11.9 56,095 34,102 (39.2) 22.5 11.4
Zambales 12,733 12,754 0.2 23.7 13.4 (10.3) 10.6 17.4 30,852 18,674 (39.5) 11.3 18.1
Region IV-A 13,670 14,720 7.7 15.2 14.5 (0.7) 7.3 5.8 272,484 316,911 16.3 7.6 5.8
Batangas 15,192 15,957 5.0 20.7 24.5 3.8 11.0 5.6 71,045 99,383 39.9 14.1 6.1
Cavite 14,742 16,150 9.6 10.2 8.6 (1.6) 16.0 15.8 38,084 44,707 17.4 15.8 16.4
Laguna 12,937 13,921 7.6 8.1 8.4 0.3 14.4 14.6 31,303 39,339 25.7 16.2 13.5
Quezon 12,501 13,349 6.8 32.9 32.8 (0.1) 14.0 11.9 112,630 118,941 5.6 14.1 12.3
Rizal* 13,676 13,903 1.7 5.6 3.4 (2.3) 21.3 19.0 19,422 14,542 (25.1) 21.6 19.4
Region IV-B 12,013 12,402 3.2 36.4 39.9 3.5 7.4 4.7 162,668 199,485 22.6 7.0 5.5
Marinduque 11,553 11,781 2.0 42.7 38.3 (4.4) 8.2 11.6 18,311 17,669 (3.5) 10.2 13.1
Occidental Mindoro 11,745 12,522 6.6 38.1 40.9 2.8 11.5 14.8 28,248 34,557 22.3 11.8 18.8
Oriental Mindoro 13,510 13,813 2.2 39.8 37.0 (2.8) 18.9 7.8 52,623 53,094 0.9 17.1 11.3
Palawan 11,163 11,591 3.8 24.7 43.1 18.4 14.5 8.4 35,749 73,049 104.3 14.3 7.8
Romblon 10,758 11,769 9.4 52.2 37.5 (14.8) 10.5 10.6 27,737 21,116 (23.9) 10.6 11.0
Region V 11,375 12,379 8.8 45.3 40.6 (4.7) 4.2 3.6 407,176 383,625 (5.8) 4.7 4.3
Albay 12,144 12,915 6.3 40.3 34.4 (5.9) 11.5 8.1 83,398 76,200 (8.6) 11.2 8.5
Camarines Norte 11,505 12,727 10.6 52.7 46.1 (6.5) 10.9 14.4 50,670 44,874 (11.4) 11.8 14.0
Camarines Sur 11,054 11,873 7.4 40.8 40.1 (0.7) 9.3 7.0 120,762 121,936 1.0 11.8 7.7
Catanduanes 11,587 11,815 2.0 43.9 31.8 (12.1) 10.9 10.3 18,541 13,604 (26.6) 10.4 29.3
Masbate 11,019 12,504 13.5 61.3 55.9 (5.4) 5.8 5.7 83,660 81,804 (2.2) 5.9 7.4
Sorsogon 11,146 12,452 11.7 41.4 33.7 (7.6) 7.3 10.3 50,146 45,207 (9.8) 7.6 14.5
Region/Province
2000 Inc/Dec 2000 2000 2000 2000
Region VI 11,314 12,291 8.6 36.7 31.4 (5.3) 4.0 4.2 444,172 397,073 (10.6) 4.5 4.3
Aklan 11,527 11,980 3.9 36.3 33.5 (2.8) 15.2 10.8 31,386 31,068 (1.0) 18.8 11.2
Antique 10,938 11,377 4.0 35.1 43.4 8.3 8.1 10.6 32,393 42,389 30.9 7.8 11.8
Capiz 10,536 11,298 7.2 40.8 21.6 (19.3) 9.6 13.3 53,542 28,711 (46.4) 9.7 11.7
Guimaras 10,759 11,694 8.7 22.6 32.7 10.1 18.7 13.2 5,900 9,525 61.5 18.7 29.0
Iloilo 12,122 13,221 9.1 29.7 31.1 1.3 7.8 9.2 108,241 121,067 11.8 9.4 9.4
Negros Occidental 11,126 12,131 9.0 41.6 31.4 (10.2) 6.5 6.0 212,710 164,313 (22.8) 7.1 6.3
Region VII 9,659 9,805 1.5 31.5 23.6 (8.0) 5.9 5.5 348,154 286,478 (17.7) 6.9 5.6
Bohol 9,762 10,032 2.8 50.2 29.2 (20.9) 9.4 12.8 105,470 65,953 (37.5) 11.9 13.0
Cebu 9,914 10,222 3.1 26.2 17.1 (9.0) 8.7 8.3 170,929 125,346 (26.7) 10.5 8.3
Negros Oriental 8,981 9,017 0.4 29.7 37.1 7.4 14.7 9.2 66,788 89,654 34.2 14.5 9.8
Siquijor 8,892 9,767 9.8 28.6 30.9 2.4 15.9 13.3 4,967 5,525 11.2 15.8 13.2
Region VIII 9,530 10,804 13.4 37.6 35.3 (2.2) 5.8 4.7 276,878 266,423 (3.8) 6.8 5.5
Biliran 9,858 11,144 13.0 33.3 46.5 13.3 18.3 13.4 9,531 13,709 43.8 18.2 43.2
Eastern Samar 9,108 11,025 21.0 45.9 33.9 (12.1) 7.1 19.3 34,037 25,754 (24.3) 7.1 16.5
Leyte 9,447 10,600 12.2 34.9 34.6 (0.3) 11.9 6.4 118,200 117,288 (0.8) 14.3 6.9
Northern Samar 8,898 9,945 11.8 39.8 33.8 (6.0) 12.3 17.7 37,591 34,696 (7.7) 12.7 21.6
Southern Leyte 9,459 10,668 12.8 26.3 31.9 5.6 12.1 11.7 19,277 24,064 24.8 12.4 16.3
Western Samar 10,338 11,675 12.9 45.5 38.7 (6.8) 9.5 9.2 58,242 50,913 (12.6) 10.1 10.2
Region IXb 9,128 10,407 14.0 38.6 44.0 5.4 7.0 4.6 209,842 258,497 23.2 8.2 5.2
Zamboanga del Norte 9,417 10,871 15.4 47.0 64.6 17.5 12.0 6.5 78,059 110,831 42.0 10.3 7.1
Zamboanga del Surc 8,975 10,310 14.9 34.9 34.4 (0.5) 9.1 7.1 131,783 103,323 (21.6) 11.6 7.4
Zamboanga Sibugay d 9,580 d 40.7 13.9 d 40,712 18.6
Isabela City* e 10,429 e 24.7 45.1 e 3,630 51.1
Region/Province
2000 Inc/Dec 2000 2000 2000 2000
Region X 10,509 11,605 10.4 38.0 37.7 (0.3) 4.5 5.3 261,501 278,538 6.5 5.0 4.6
Bukidnon 9,201 11,083 20.5 33.4 36.9 3.5 11.3 13.9 67,599 79,985 18.3 12.3 9.1
Camiguin* 12,155 12,109 (0.4) 54.2 34.5 (19.7) 10.5 21.7 7,826 5,356 (31.6) 10.5 40.4
Lanao del Norte 11,296 12,103 7.1 49.3 46.5 (2.9) 6.7 7.9 75,376 73,114 (3.0) 8.8 7.8
Misamis Occidental 10,184 11,711 15.0 46.8 48.1 1.2 7.8 11.7 45,954 50,189 9.2 10.0 13.2
Misamis Oriental 11,176 11,594 3.7 29.3 28.5 (0.8) 9.3 6.7 64,745 69,895 8.0 9.3 7.7
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Region XI 10,278 11,399 10.9 27.9 28.5 0.5 8.5 5.8 202,121 231,068 14.3 9.4 5.8
Davao del Nortef 10,566 11,833 12.0 39.5 30.3 (9.2) 12.2 7.8 105,169 49,251 (53.2) 15.7 9.8
Davao del Sur 9,987 11,470 14.8 18.3 24.2 5.8 13.3 8.2 68,084 103,963 52.7 12.3 8.4
Davao Oriental 9,906 10,580 6.8 33.7 37.2 3.5 13.8 18.2 28,868 33,443 15.9 14.5 17.9
Compostela Valley g 11,422 g 34.4 17.1 g 44,410 14.6
Region XII 10,458 11,328 8.3 40.7 32.1 (8.6) 6.1 5.4 264,301 227,093 (14.1) 7.1 5.6
North Cotabato 9,990 10,972 9.8 41.6 26.1 (15.5) 9.5 11.9 79,750 52,759 (33.8) 10.4 11.3
Saranggani* 10,419 10,846 4.1 48.4 44.4 (4.0) 22.1 8.7 39,997 41,346 3.4 22.2 6.9
South Cotabato 10,686 11,741 9.9 34.7 26.4 (8.3) 12.2 7.4 78,688 66,792 (15.1) 15.0 8.2
Sultan Kudarat 10,544 10,870 3.1 48.8 41.5 (7.4) 10.3 14.5 57,817 52,064 (10.0) 13.7 17.4
Cotabato City 12,670 13,805 9.0 26.4 41.2 14.8 17.3 13.5 8,049 14,132 75.6 17.5 20.1
CAR 13,071 14,033 7.4 30.8 25.8 (5.0) 5.2 6.6 84,717 72,084 (14.9) 5.7 7.2
Abra 13,426 14,654 9.2 47.6 41.0 (6.7) 6.2 13.0 18,798 17,339 (7.8) 13.1 14.9
Apayao* 11,368 12,256 7.8 26.5 16.8 (9.7) 15.9 30.3 4,543 3,313 (27.1) 14.5 29.4
Benguet* 14,014 14,447 3.1 13.9 11.0 (2.9) 15.5 19.9 17,620 13,472 (23.5) 15.5 22.2
Ifugao* 11,809 13,148 11.3 55.7 28.1 (27.6) 8.0 21.9 18,140 9,069 (50.0) 8.5 21.2
Kalinga 11,652 13,284 14.0 39.3 46.1 6.8 15.0 11.7 12,140 15,151 24.8 15.2 8.8
Mt. Province 15,122 14,855 (1.8) 48.4 46.7 (1.7) 13.3 13.0 13,476 13,740 2.0 13.3 15.5
Region/Province
2000 Inc/Dec 2000 2000 2000 2000
ARMMh 12,199 12,733 4.4 53.8 45.4 (8.4) 4.2 5.4 255,879 228,970 (10.5) 5.7 6.1
Basilanh
9,509 10,987 15.5 31.5 33.5 1.9 13.1 5.8 19,110 17,958 (6.0) 12.8 26.3
Lanao del Sur 13,892 13,702 (1.4) 54.7 37.6 (17.1) 8.3 13.9 66,146 48,351 (26.9) 11.2 13.9
Maguindanao 11,906 12,322 3.5 59.3 60.4 1.1 7.0 7.0 86,539 93,501 8.0 10.4 9.7
Sulu 11,672 13,473 15.4 58.9 45.1 (13.8) 9.8 11.3 58,522 48,195 (17.6) 12.0 11.4
Tawi-tawi 12,003 11,707 (2.5) 52.4 34.6 (17.8) 10.2 20.0 25,562 20,964 (18.0) 12.8 17.2
Caraga 10,903 11,996 10.0 43.8 47.1 3.2 4.9 4.2 179,226 195,622 9.1 5.6 4.8
Agusan del Norte 10,933 11,460 4.8 40.9 33.2 (7.6) 7.0 7.9 42,992 36,198 (15.8) 7.4 7.3
Agusan del Sur 11,017 12,150 10.3 52.3 52.8 0.5 10.4 8.8 59,948 59,815 (0.2) 10.3 12.0
Surigao Del Norte 11,160 12,998 16.5 42.6 54.5 11.9 11.0 8.1 38,936 52,417 34.6 16.7 8.3
Surigao Del Sur 10,421 11,227 7.7 38.4 48.6 10.2 8.7 7.2 37,350 47,192 26.4 9.2 7.4
a - No CV was computed since only one sample household was classified as poor.
b - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
c - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
d - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
e - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
f - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
g - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
h - 2000 estimates include Isabela City
Notes:
1. Zamboanga Sibugay (Region IX) and Compostela Valley (Region XI) are new provinces created under EO 36 and EO 103.
2. Isabela City (Region IX) and Cotabato City (Region XII) have been separated from their respective mother provinces - Basilan and Maguindanao (both ARMM) under the present
regional configuration.
* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of poverty incidence is greater than 20%
Table 2. Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population: 2000 and 2003
Poverty Incidence Among the Population (%) Magnitude of Poor Population

Annual Per Capita Poverty
Threshold (in Pesos) Coefficient of
Region/Province Estimate (%) Estimate Coefficient of Variation
Variation
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
Inc/Dec 2003 Final 2003 Final 2003 Final
Revised Final (%) Revised Final Revised Revised (%) Revised
PHILIPPINES 11,458 12,309 7.4 33.0 30.0 (3.0) 1.5 1.3 25,472,782 23,836,104 (6.4) 1.6 1.4
NCR 15,722 16,737 6.5 7.8 6.9 (0.8) 8.1 9.1 860,934 742,549 (13.8) 8.9 10.2
1st District* 16,218 17,223 6.2 7.3 5.5 (1.8) 20.5 25.7 120,663 90,446 (25.0) 21.3 27.6
2nd District 15,727 16,715 6.3 6.0 8.6 2.6 16.8 16.7 229,301 202,197 (11.8) 17.7 21.4
3rd District 15,090 16,298 8.0 12.1 6.9 (5.2) 13.5 17.2 304,583 261,328 (14.2) 14.6 18.1
4th District 16,359 17,137 4.8 6.7 6.5 (0.2) 15.9 15.0 206,387 188,578 (8.6) 19.1 16.9
Region I 12,687 13,281 4.7 35.3 30.2 (5.0) 5.5 5.8 1,452,222 1,262,799 (13.0) 6.9 6.2
Ilocos Norte 13,143 12,893 (1.9) 22.8 24.6 1.8 18.9 19.0 115,116 120,945 5.1 24.0 21.3
Ilocos Sur 13,515 12,824 (5.1) 35.2 28.4 (6.7) 9.4 17.1 194,881 154,922 (20.5) 12.5 17.6
La Union 12,978 13,356 2.9 38.4 30.2 (8.2) 13.4 12.3 253,382 198,307 (21.7) 14.5 13.7
Pangasinan 12,363 13,412 8.5 37.0 31.7 (5.3) 7.4 7.5 888,844 788,625 (11.3) 9.6 8.0
Region II 11,128 11,417 2.6 30.4 24.5 (5.9) 7.8 5.6 821,294 659,666 (19.7) 8.7 6.1
Batanes* 15,264 12,279 (19.6) 18.1 9.0 (9.0) 31.7 a 2,535 1,459 (42.4) 35.5 a
Cagayan 10,209 10,320 1.1 27.0 21.4 (5.6) 14.6 10.5 252,930 196,014 (22.5) 17.3 10.9
Isabela 11,616 11,808 1.7 34.6 30.1 (4.6) 10.9 6.8 424,580 372,429 (12.3) 11.5 7.9
Nueva Vizcaya* 11,611 11,880 2.3 22.2 12.1 (10.2) 28.9 27.5 81,696 44,502 (45.5) 32.0 29.3
Quirino 10,713 12,463 16.3 38.2 29.2 (9.0) 16.2 28.6 59,555 45,262 (24.0) 17.0 23.8
Region III 13,760 14,378 4.5 21.4 17.5 (3.9) 5.7 6.2 1,695,227 1,535,784 (9.4) 6.6 6.7
Aurora 11,405 12,898 13.1 33.6 39.0 5.4 9.5 47.1 59,985 66,417 10.7 9.6 52.2
Bataan* 12,434 13,607 9.4 12.1 13.9 1.8 15.8 22.4 68,659 79,841 16.3 17.3 24.7
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Variation
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
Bulacan 13,882 15,027 8.2 7.5 12.3 4.8 16.4 14.4 147,812 307,762 108.2 17.5 15.1
Nueva Ecija 14,750 14,394 (2.4) 32.7 27.1 (5.5) 8.9 11.7 532,961 484,106 (9.2) 10.1 13.4
Pampanga 14,698 15,148 3.1 18.2 14.7 (3.5) 11.5 13.0 331,739 289,106 (12.9) 14.4 13.9
Tarlac 12,578 13,866 10.2 33.6 18.4 (15.2) 16.3 12.5 360,109 208,104 (42.2) 22.1 12.0
Zambales 12,733 12,754 0.2 28.2 15.5 (12.7) 10.3 15.3 193,962 100,447 (48.2) 11.5 16.9
Region IV-A 13,670 14,720 7.7 19.1 18.4 (0.7) 6.7 5.2 1,697,033 1,899,827 11.9 7.1 5.5
Batangas 15,192 15,957 5.0 25.8 30.4 4.6 9.8 5.8 440,603 602,557 36.8 12.9 6.7
Cavite 14,742 16,150 9.6 13.0 12.5 (0.5) 16.1 14.4 244,712 300,636 22.9 16.0 15.3
Laguna 12,937 13,921 7.6 10.8 10.6 (0.2) 14.9 15.3 207,184 236,460 14.1 17.1 15.1
Quezon 12,501 13,349 6.8 39.3 39.8 0.5 12.7 10.1 668,237 660,224 (1.2) 13.0 11.3
Rizal* 13,676 13,903 1.7 8.1 4.9 (3.2) 20.4 19.2 136,296 99,950 (26.7) 21.2 20.3
Region IV-B 12,013 12,402 3.2 45.3 48.1 2.8 6.6 4.3 1,032,123 1,163,867 12.8 7.5 5.6
Marinduque 11,553 11,781 2.0 52.7 47.4 (5.3) 7.3 10.4 113,553 101,271 (10.8) 10.7 14.1
Occidental Mindoro 11,745 12,522 6.6 46.2 50.5 4.3 10.7 11.6 176,790 203,741 15.2 11.5 17.2
Oriental Mindoro 13,510 13,813 2.2 48.9 44.3 (4.6) 16.4 7.8 340,690 321,441 (5.6) 18.4 11.8
Palawan 11,163 11,591 3.8 31.9 52.0 20.0 13.0 7.6 230,174 419,389 82.2 14.4 8.1
Romblon 10,758 11,769 9.4 64.4 43.6 (20.8) 8.7 11.6 170,917 118,026 (30.9) 12.5 11.7
Region V 11,375 12,379 8.8 52.6 48.5 (4.1) 4.0 3.3 2,540,660 2,332,719 (8.2) 4.8 4.4
Albay 12,144 12,915 6.3 48.4 42.7 (5.7) 10.5 7.3 553,629 464,510 (16.1) 11.8 9.7
Camarines Norte 11,505 12,727 10.6 57.3 55.5 (1.9) 10.6 12.5 301,147 269,604 (10.5) 11.0 14.7
Camarines Sur 11,054 11,873 7.4 47.2 47.1 (0.0) 8.9 6.2 765,373 750,674 (1.9) 11.5 7.2
Catanduanes 11,587 11,815 2.0 51.9 36.8 (15.2) 11.0 11.2 117,740 76,609 (34.9) 9.9 27.2
Masbate 11,019 12,504 13.5 70.2 63.4 (6.8) 4.7 5.0 482,818 470,670 (2.5) 6.4 8.3
Sorsogon 11,146 12,452 11.7 51.4 43.5 (7.9) 6.6 9.3 319,952 300,652 (6.0) 7.6 14.3
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Variation
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
Region VI 11,314 12,291 8.6 44.5 39.2 (5.3) 3.6 4.0 2,773,352 2,374,772 (14.4) 4.3 4.5
Aklan 11,527 11,980 3.9 42.9 41.8 (1.2) 13.3 9.0 190,470 173,340 (9.0) 16.6 10.2
Antique 10,938 11,377 4.0 45.9 48.9 3.0 8.5 12.5 208,169 232,602 11.7 8.5 15.2
Capiz 10,536 11,298 7.2 47.2 29.2 (18.0) 9.2 10.9 328,635 194,558 (40.8) 9.8 10.7
Guimaras 10,759 11,694 8.7 28.3 49.5 21.2 19.2 9.2 37,838 66,944 76.9 20.8 22.0
Iloilo 12,122 13,221 9.1 36.9 38.6 1.7 7.5 8.5 695,280 708,899 2.0 9.1 9.5
Negros Occidental 11,126 12,131 9.0 50.2 39.5 (10.7) 5.5 5.9 1,312,961 998,429 (24.0) 6.7 6.7
Region VII 9,659 9,805 1.5 36.2 28.3 (7.9) 5.5 5.3 2,016,910 1,652,316 (18.1) 6.6 5.6
Bohol 9,762 10,032 2.8 56.7 34.9 (21.8) 9.2 11.9 590,926 375,277 (36.5) 11.1 11.6
Cebu 9,914 10,222 3.1 29.5 21.1 (8.3) 8.1 7.7 973,490 746,100 (23.4) 10.3 8.0
Negros Oriental 8,981 9,017 0.4 37.1 43.4 6.3 12.8 9.3 427,509 502,825 17.6 14.0 10.9
Siquijor 8,892 9,767 9.8 32.7 37.4 4.7 17.7 9.2 24,984 28,114 12.5 21.1 6.3
Region VIII 9,530 10,804 13.4 45.1 43.0 (2.1) 5.8 4.3 1,649,582 1,619,731 (1.8) 7.5 5.7
Biliran 9,858 11,144 13.0 43.4 55.6 12.2 16.2 9.3 58,135 77,193 32.8 21.1 41.0
Eastern Samar 9,108 11,025 21.0 55.6 41.1 (14.5) 5.6 16.8 203,104 159,184 (21.6) 8.1 15.2
Leyte 9,447 10,600 12.2 40.8 42.3 1.5 12.7 6.3 680,536 692,391 1.7 16.6 7.7
Northern Samar 8,898 9,945 11.8 49.5 40.8 (8.7) 10.8 14.5 240,228 215,859 (10.1) 13.0 21.2
Southern Leyte 9,459 10,668 12.8 35.1 41.2 6.1 11.4 11.0 116,738 147,484 26.3 12.5 15.0
Western Samar 10,338 11,675 12.9 52.4 45.9 (6.6) 8.4 8.7 350,841 327,620 (6.6) 9.6 11.5
Region IXb 9,128 10,407 14.0 44.8 49.2 4.4 6.4 4.2 1,257,210 1,427,722 13.6 8.2 5.1
Zamboanga del Sur c
8,975 10,310 14.9 41.4 38.8 (2.6) 8.5 6.3 824,119 571,833 (30.6) 11.3 6.8
Zamboanga Sibugay d 9,580 d 50.3 11.0 d 256,705 18.2
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Variation
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
Isabela City* e 10,429 e 33.5 44.6 e 25,677 54.6
Region X 10,509 11,605 10.4 43.8 44.0 0.2 4.2 4.7 1,582,225 1,567,963 (0.9) 5.1 4.7
Bukidnon 9,201 11,083 20.5 41.0 42.9 1.9 10.5 11.9 449,647 460,292 2.4 12.7 8.8
Camiguin 12,155 12,109 (0.4) 57.0 39.7 (17.3) 10.2 17.3 41,465 29,420 (29.0) 11.3 44.5
Lanao del Norte 11,296 12,103 7.1 54.2 54.0 (0.2) 6.1 7.2 426,347 404,674 (5.1) 8.8 8.0
Misamis Occidental 10,184 11,711 15.0 53.0 54.3 1.3 6.7 9.7 260,764 263,398 1.0 9.3 13.6
Misamis Oriental 11,176 11,594 3.7 34.8 34.8 0.0 8.5 7.2 404,002 410,180 1.5 9.2 8.6
Region XI 10,278 11,399 10.9 33.3 34.7 1.3 8.1 5.4 1,231,277 1,346,269 9.3 9.3 5.7
Davao del Norte f
10,566 11,833 12.0 46.5 36.8 (9.7) 11.4 6.9 642,900 287,572 (55.3) 15.7 9.4
Davao del Sur 9,987 11,470 14.8 21.9 28.9 6.9 13.2 8.0 412,442 591,886 43.5 12.2 8.5
Davao Oriental 9,906 10,580 6.8 40.8 47.9 7.1 10.4 14.0 175,934 210,903 19.9 11.1 16.6
Compostela Valley g 11,422 g 41.9 16.9 g 255,909 14.1
Region XII 10,458 11,328 8.3 46.8 38.4 (8.3) 5.2 5.1 1,595,474 1,319,563 (17.3) 6.5 5.1
North Cotabato 9,990 10,972 9.8 50.1 32.1 (18.0) 8.2 12.9 511,353 317,424 (37.9) 10.6 10.8
Saranggani* 10,419 10,846 4.1 52.3 51.0 (1.3) 20.6 8.8 220,079 241,641 9.8 22.1 6.8
South Cotabato 10,686 11,741 9.9 39.1 31.8 (7.4) 10.0 6.8 469,874 380,204 (19.1) 12.7 7.6
Sultan Kudarat 10,544 10,870 3.1 56.4 49.4 (6.9) 7.7 11.8 344,172 296,215 (13.9) 12.2 15.5
Cotabato City 12,670 13,805 9.0 31.3 48.3 17.0 10.4 49,997 84,079 68.2 17.8 15.6
CAR 13,071 14,033 7.4 37.7 32.2 (5.5) 5.0 6.1 537,975 445,036 (17.3) 5.7 7.0
Abra 13,426 14,654 9.2 57.6 50.2 (7.4) 5.5 13.2 113,326 100,013 (11.7) 12.9 16.7
Apayao* 11,368 12,256 7.8 34.1 23.2 (11.0) 14.4 28.7 28,770 22,815 (20.7) 14.8 27.0
Benguet 14,014 14,447 3.1 18.8 15.0 (3.8) 15.5 15.4 122,178 89,132 (27.0) 16.1 17.7
Ifugao 11,809 13,148 11.3 64.1 35.5 (28.6) 7.1 19.7 113,719 60,226 (47.0) 7.7 21.9
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Variation
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
Kalinga 11,652 13,284 14.0 45.7 52.0 6.3 13.9 10.5 83,844 93,693 11.7 14.5 8.1
Mt. Province 15,122 14,855 (1.8) 57.1 57.0 (0.1) 11.5 10.5 76,137 79,157 4.0 13.0 16.6
ARMMh 12,199 12,733 4.4 60.0 52.8 (7.1) 3.7 5.2 1,652,890 1,373,620 (16.9) 5.6 6.1
Basilanh 9,509 10,987 15.5 39.1 42.0 3.0 11.5 6.9 123,825 101,504 (18.0) 12.5 20.2
Lanao del Sur 13,892 13,702 (1.4) 61.6 44.6 (16.9) 6.8 14.4 432,307 301,215 (30.3) 10.5 15.0
Maguindanao 11,906 12,322 3.5 65.1 68.1 3.0 6.0 6.2 536,479 527,225 (1.7) 10.4 10.2
Sulu 11,672 13,473 15.4 63.3 53.5 (9.8) 8.9 10.1 397,119 315,635 (20.5) 12.5 11.6
Tawi-tawi 12,003 11,707 (2.5) 57.2 40.2 (17.0) 9.5 17.7 163,160 128,041 (21.5) 11.6 15.9
Caraga 10,903 11,996 10.0 51.2 54.0 2.8 4.6 3.9 1,076,395 1,111,901 3.3 6.0 4.9
Agusan del Norte 10,933 11,460 4.8 46.3 40.0 (6.3) 7.2 7.3 259,475 219,514 (15.4) 7.7 7.2
Agusan del Sur 11,017 12,150 10.3 60.1 60.3 0.2 9.4 8.8 359,215 337,889 (5.9) 11.5 13.2
Surigao Del Sur 10,421 11,227 7.7 45.8 57.1 11.2 8.2 6.9 225,640 276,735 22.6 9.9 7.2
a - No CV was computed since only one sample household was classified as poor.
b - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
c - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
d - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
e - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
f - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
g - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
h - 2000 estimates include Isabela City
Notes:
* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of poverty incidence is greater than 20%
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Table 3. Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families: 2000 and 2003
Annual Per Capita Food Subsistence Incidence Among Families (%) Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families
Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Inc/Dec 2003 Final 2003 Final Inc/Dec (%) 2003 Final
Revised Final (%) Revised Final Revised Revised Revised
PHILIPPINES 7,707 8,149 5.7 12.3 10.2 (2.1) 2.6 2.3 1,849,876 1,675,179 (9.4) 2.6 2.3
NCR* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.7 0.4 (0.3) 21.8 30.8 15,818 8,919 (43.6) 22.1 30.8
1st District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.5 0.2 (0.3) 55.7 102.2 1,660 671 (59.6) 56.5 100.0
2nd District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 47.8 52.6 2,088 1,727 (17.3) 48.3 52.0
3rd District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 1.8 0.6 (1.2) 31.2 44.6 9,030 4,766 (47.2) 31.8 44.8
4th District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.5 0.3 (0.2) 46.6 74.6 3,041 1,755 (42.3) 47.6 75.2
Region I 8,552 8,898 4.0 11.4 8.1 (3.3) 10.1 10.7 91,945 70,620 (23.2) 10.6 10.8
Ilocos Norte* 8,997 9,505 5.6 4.0 7.6 3.6 40.7 31.0 4,323 8,415 94.7 38.6 31.9
Ilocos Sur* 8,937 9,098 1.8 11.1 9.4 (1.7) 19.6 33.1 12,801 11,674 (8.8) 18.7 32.0
La Union* 8,797 9,045 2.8 12.4 8.0 (4.4) 25.8 15.3 15,941 10,782 (32.4) 24.1 15.1
Pangasinan 8,386 8,693 3.7 12.9 7.9 (5.0) 12.9 14.5 58,880 39,750 (32.5) 14.3 14.7
Region II 7,560 8,010 6.0 9.3 5.5 (3.8) 14.6 11.4 52,947 32,452 (38.7) 14.4 11.4
Batanes a
9,973 8,328 (16.5) 0.0 0.0 - b b 0 0 - b b
Cagayan* 7,210 7,497 4.0 5.8 4.2 (1.5) 28.8 21.7 11,318 8,594 (24.1) 29.3 21.3
Isabela 7,674 8,212 7.0 13.2 7.9 (5.4) 19.7 14.4 34,564 21,132 (38.9) 19.2 14.4
Nueva Vizcaya* 8,021 7,991 (0.4) 4.0 1.5 (2.5) 45.2 59.2 3,011 1,180 (60.8) 44.2 60.1
Quirino* 7,305 7,881 7.9 13.4 4.7 (8.7) 29.3 50.7 4,054 1,546 (61.9) 29.0 47.1
Region III 8,764 9,347 6.7 4.2 2.8 (1.4) 15.1 12.1 64,886 50,674 (21.9) 15.4 12.2
Aurora* 8,281 8,795 6.2 12.3 14.7 2.3 18.0 49.3 4,415 5,493 24.4 17.9 45.4
Bataan* 8,366 8,565 2.4 1.2 2.6 1.4 48.8 32.6 1,316 3,201 143.2 48.3 33.1
Bulacan* 8,760 9,661 10.3 0.7 1.2 0.5 33.1 27.7 2,643 6,075 129.8 30.4 27.3
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Nueva Ecija* 9,389 9,636 2.6 3.5 5.3 1.8 26.2 21.6 11,626 19,342 66.4 26.7 22.7
Pampanga* 9,336 9,719 4.1 3.2 1.0 (2.3) 31.1 38.9 10,959 3,870 (64.7) 30.6 39.3
Tarlac* 8,455 8,824 4.4 12.1 2.8 (9.3) 32.5 31.5 24,564 6,522 (73.4) 35.6 30.7
Zambales* 8,461 9,259 9.4 7.2 4.4 (2.8) 23.7 22.8 9,362 6,172 (34.1) 23.8 25.3
Region IV-A 8,783 9,224 5.0 5.1 3.5 (1.6) 15.4 13.8 90,963 76,152 (16.3) 15.5 13.7
Batangas* 9,399 9,787 4.1 4.8 6.0 1.1 23.1 18.3 16,572 24,239 46.3 24.2 17.4
Cavite* 9,316 10,300 10.6 1.5 1.0 (0.5) 29.8 34.0 5,450 5,134 (5.8) 30.1 35.1
Laguna* 8,793 8,970 2.0 1.3 1.7 0.3 26.9 26.4 5,209 7,884 51.4 27.1 25.8
Quezon* 8,543 8,764 2.6 17.4 10.0 (7.4) 21.9 25.6 59,414 36,094 (39.3) 22.2 25.1
Rizal* 8,815 8,802 (0.2) 1.3 0.6 (0.6) 38.8 34.2 4,319 2,801 (35.2) 39.4 34.6
Region IV-B 8,078 8,328 3.1 17.4 17.7 0.3 12.0 7.4 77,842 88,435 13.6 11.9 7.8
Marinduque*b 8,152 8,209 0.7 15.3 11.7 (3.6) 23.1 17.9 6,535 5,378 (17.7) 19.3 18.4
Occidental Mindoro* 7,820 8,235 5.3 12.5 20.3 7.8 29.8 23.5 9,262 17,186 85.6 22.8 25.9
Oriental Mindoro* 8,356 9,043 8.2 20.1 15.3 (4.8) 26.9 9.6 26,623 22,026 (17.3) 28.1 11.3
Palawan* 7,816 7,843 0.3 12.5 19.5 6.9 21.9 13.0 18,177 33,051 81.8 23.4 12.7
Romblon* 7,999 8,426 5.3 32.5 19.2 (13.3) 38.8 16.3 17,245 10,793 (37.4) 14.8 15.7
Region V 8,047 8,379 4.1 23.3 20.3 (2.9) 6.5 6.1 209,289 192,390 (8.1) 6.8 6.4
Albay* 8,265 8,646 4.6 14.1 16.0 1.9 21.3 13.2 29,144 35,397 21.5 20.8 13.2
Camarines Norte* 7,929 8,514 7.4 28.7 25.7 (3.0) 16.0 22.0 27,587 25,003 (9.4) 16.8 20.9
Camarines Sur 7,836 8,008 2.2 21.1 18.1 (3.0) 14.6 11.7 62,433 55,108 (11.7) 16.0 11.6
Catanduanes* 7,951 7,828 (1.5) 26.3 13.5 (12.8) 22.1 33.4 11,108 5,770 (48.1) 21.8 48.6
Masbate 8,172 8,500 4.0 38.7 36.7 (2.0) 10.0 10.5 52,815 53,669 1.6 10.0 10.9
Sorsogon* 8,200 8,649 5.5 21.6 13.0 (8.6) 12.4 20.9 26,202 17,443 (33.4) 12.4 24.3
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Region VI 7,983 8,384 5.0 17.4 12.9 (4.5) 7.5 8.4 210,909 163,225 (22.6) 7.8 8.4
Aklan* 7,987 8,161 2.2 15.1 13.0 (2.1) 23.7 24.6 13,033 12,061 (7.5) 27.0 20.8
Antique* 7,916 8,193 3.5 16.7 21.2 4.5 11.6 20.4 15,391 20,683 34.4 11.4 20.9
Capiz* 7,297 7,737 6.0 17.2 6.3 (10.9) 17.6 21.3 22,520 8,342 (63.0) 17.6 17.8
Guimaras* 7,714 7,982 3.5 6.6 18.3 11.6 21.2 25.3 1,735 5,321 206.8 21.1 40.0
Iloilo 8,227 8,463 2.9 13.5 12.5 (1.0) 12.6 18.4 49,089 48,577 (1.0) 13.1 18.7
Region VII 6,759 7,016 3.8 16.9 11.1 (5.9) 7.9 8.6 187,280 134,560 (28.2) 8.6 8.7
Bohol 6,851 7,424 8.4 32.3 14.9 (17.4) 10.2 17.0 67,880 33,647 (50.4) 12.7 17.8
Cebu 6,732 7,147 6.2 12.1 6.8 (5.3) 12.5 14.4 78,858 49,938 (36.7) 13.7 14.3
Negros Oriental* 6,670 6,612 (0.9) 17.1 20.4 3.3 20.8 13.6 38,571 49,350 27.9 20.9 14.0
Siquijor*a 6,497 6,832 5.2 11.3 9.1 (2.2) 30.1 43.8 1,971 1,625 (17.5) 26.2 44.7
Region VIII 7,080 7,689 8.6 19.1 15.4 (3.7) 9.7 8.1 140,967 116,276 (17.5) 10.2 8.7
Biliran* 7,271 7,992 9.9 15.6 21.8 6.2 22.9 3.4 4,475 6,414 43.3 22.9 41.0
Eastern Samar* 7,162 7,936 10.8 25.0 17.3 (7.8) 16.4 20.5 18,566 13,143 (29.2) 16.2 18.7
Leyte* 6,933 7,486 8.0 16.7 15.7 (1.1) 20.5 12.5 56,644 53,104 (6.2) 22.0 12.8
Northern Samar* 6,717 7,331 9.1 24.2 13.7 (10.5) 17.9 34.9 22,804 14,009 (38.6) 17.8 36.8
Southern Leyte*a 7,026 7,673 9.2 9.5 11.0 1.6 21.4 29.7 6,943 8,325 19.9 21.3 31.4
Western Samar 7,542 8,177 8.4 24.6 16.2 (8.4) 15.5 13.0 31,534 21,281 (32.5) 15.0 15.1
Region IXc 6,574 7,244 10.2 21.0 27.8 6.8 11.2 7.4 113,953 162,964 43.0 12.1 7.9
Zamboanga del Surd 6,325 7,046 11.4 16.7 17.9 1.1 15.8 14.3 63,119 53,678 (15.0) 17.6 14.5
Zamboanga Sibugay e 7,003 e 25.0 18.1 e 25,065 22.6
Isabela City* f 7,205 f 8.7 95.8 f 1,276 100.0
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Region X 7,296 7,995 9.6 19.2 19.5 0.3 7.0 8.2 132,490 144,286 8.9 7.1 7.6
Bukidnon 6,706 7,693 14.7 15.9 22.2 6.3 17.7 17.3 32,102 48,072 49.8 17.5 13.7
Camiguin* 7,950 8,617 8.4 20.3 14.6 (5.7) 18.6 46.8 2,934 2,262 (22.9) 18.7 64.3
Lanao del Norte 7,692 8,381 9.0 29.2 26.1 (3.2) 10.2 13.3 44,637 41,020 (8.1) 11.9 12.6
Misamis Occidental* 7,304 7,906 8.2 25.3 21.4 (3.9) 13.1 22.2 24,832 22,313 (10.1) 14.2 21.2
Misamis Oriental 7,385 7,987 8.2 12.7 12.5 (0.2) 15.1 15.2 27,986 30,619 9.4 14.9 16.2
Region XI 7,087 7,856 10.9 12.8 13.9 1.1 12.8 2.2 92,900 112,936 21.6 13.1 7.5
Davao del Norteg 7,207 8,063 11.9 19.3 14.5 (4.8) 18.0 10.7 51,481 23,512 (54.3) 19.8 9.2
Davao del Sur* 6,880 7,601 10.5 7.3 9.9 2.6 24.5 11.4 27,074 42,559 57.2 23.5 10.9
Davao Oriental* 7,027 7,799 11.0 16.7 21.7 5.0 13.7 21.8 14,346 19,495 35.9 14.0 22.1
Compostela Valley h 8,116 h 21.2 2.7 h 27,370 19.0
Region XII 7,235 7,807 7.9 17.9 14.0 (3.9) 11.2 7.8 116,320 99,131 (14.8) 11.2 8.1
North Cotabato 7,188 7,528 4.7 20.9 9.4 (11.5) 17.0 16.6 40,014 18,936 (52.7) 17.1 14.9
Saranggani* 7,204 7,860 9.1 31.8 25.1 (6.7) 32.7 11.2 26,253 23,412 (10.8) 32.7 10.4
South Cotabato 7,114 7,932 11.5 11.7 11.3 (0.4) 19.0 12.2 26,414 28,500 7.9 19.4 13.2
Sultan Kudarat* 7,454 7,706 3.4 18.1 18.4 0.2 21.4 22.2 21,493 23,091 7.4 20.8 25.4
Cotabato City* 7,965 8,402 5.5 7.0 15.1 8.1 32.4 21.7 2,146 5,192 142.0 32.5 26.6
CAR 8,744 9,141 4.5 13.7 10.3 (3.4) 10.3 12.3 37,728 28,782 (23.7) 10.6 12.6
Abra* a
8,845 9,410 6.4 23.5 16.5 (7.1) 19.1 26.6 9,290 6,965 (25.0) 24.2 29.3
Apayao* 7,919 8,347 5.4 11.6 4.6 (7.0) 30.6 43.2 1,987 904 (54.5) 29.5 40.8
Benguet* 8,846 8,980 1.5 3.1 1.9 (1.1) 42.2 27.7 3,889 2,379 (38.8) 41.7 28.0
Ifugao* 8,490 8,623 1.6 32.7 10.5 (22.2) 13.9 43.2 10,653 3,385 (68.2) 12.8 43.9
Kalinga* 8,194 8,620 5.2 17.7 21.4 3.8 29.7 26.4 5,458 7,038 28.9 29.9 25.2
Mt. Province* 9,726 9,755 0.3 23.2 27.6 4.4 28.2 18.0 6,451 8,111 25.7 28.3 21.2
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
ARMMi 8,313 8,730 5.0 23.9 18.2 (5.7) 8.1 11.0 113,831 91,760 (19.4) 9.3 10.9
Basilan* i
6,956 7,336 5.5 9.7 5.9 (3.8) 27.6 31.7 5,877 3,190 (45.7) 27.5 47.9
Lanao del Sur* 8,635 9,119 5.6 18.3 17.5 (0.8) 15.4 23.6 22,110 22,463 1.6 16.7 21.5
Maguindanao 8,242 8,496 3.1 35.1 30.0 (5.1) 12.5 13.9 51,304 46,510 (9.3) 15.7 15.6
Sulu* 8,615 9,322 8.2 27.8 13.3 (14.5) 16.1 32.3 27,636 14,203 (48.6) 18.1 31.8
Tawi-tawi* 7,769 7,900 1.7 14.2 8.9 (5.2) 28.4 33.1 6,903 5,395 (21.9) 25.5 24.7
Caraga 7,667 8,361 9.0 24.4 24.5 0.0 8.2 7.7 99,808 101,616 1.8 8.8 8.1
Agusan del Norte 7,542 7,969 5.7 22.2 17.9 (4.3) 11.9 13.3 23,363 19,508 (16.5) 12.0 12.2
Agusan del Sur 7,655 8,288 8.3 31.9 27.9 (4.0) 15.4 18.4 36,597 31,642 (13.5) 15.4 21.3
Surigao Del Sur 7,519 8,136 8.2 20.6 24.6 4.0 19.3 12.8 20,062 23,927 19.3 19.6 12.7
a - The provincial rural food threshold was used as the estimate of the overall provincial food threshold for the 5 provinces with no sample from the urban areas, namely, Batanes,
Marinduque, Siquijor, Southern Leyte and Abra.
b - No CV was computed since no sample household was classified as food poor.
c - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
d - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
e - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
f - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
g - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
h - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
i - 2000 estimates include Isabela City
Notes:
* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of subsistence incidence is greater than 20%
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Table 4. Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Population: 2000 and 2003
Subsistence Incidence Among the Population (%) Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Population
Annual Per Capita Food
Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
PHILIPPINES 7,707 8,149 5.7 15.8 13.5 (2.3) 2.5 2.2 12,200,041 10,751,883 (11.9) 2.6 2.3
NCR* 9,570 9,974 4.2 1.0 0.7 (0.4) 21.0 32.2 115,148 71,813 (37.6) 21.3 32.4
1st District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.9 0.1 (0.8) 56.6 101.3 14,782 2,349 (84.1) 58.0 27.6
2nd District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.5 0.6 0.0 47.8 52.6 20,710 13,135 (36.6) 48.2 21.4
3rd District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 2.4 1.0 (1.3) 30.5 45.6 59,737 39,101 (34.5) 30.9 18.1
4th District* 9,570 9,974 4.2 0.6 0.6 (0.0) 44.9 73.5 19,919 17,227 (13.5) 46.6 16.9
Region I 8,552 8,898 4.0 15.2 11.2 (4.0) 10.7 10.9 627,524 469,733 (25.1) 11.8 11.1
Ilocos Norte* 8,997 9,505 5.6 6.0 10.7 4.8 42.3 28.1 30,216 52,849 74.9 40.3 21.3
Ilocos Sur* 8,937 9,098 1.8 14.8 13.1 (1.7) 18.7 31.5 81,958 71,131 (13.2) 19.2 17.6
La Union* 8,797 9,045 2.8 14.9 10.6 (4.4) 26.8 18.9 98,471 69,387 (29.5) 25.4 13.7
Pangasinan 8,386 8,693 3.7 17.4 11.1 (6.2) 13.7 15.0 416,878 276,367 (33.7) 16.0 8.0
Region II 7,560 8,010 6.0 11.8 7.6 (4.2) 14.6 11.1 318,266 204,177 (35.8) 14.9 11.6
Batanes a
9,973 8,328 (16.5) 0.0 0.0 - b b 0 0 - b b
Cagayan* 7,210 7,497 4.0 7.6 5.6 (2.0) 30.9 22.5 71,242 51,415 (27.8) 31.5 10.9
Isabela 7,674 8,212 7.0 16.1 11.0 (5.1) 19.5 13.2 197,362 136,630 (30.8) 20.2 7.9
Nueva Vizcaya* 8,021 7,991 (0.4) 5.7 1.9 (3.8) 42.2 62.5 21,000 7,135 (66.0) 42.4 29.3
Quirino* 7,305 7,881 7.9 18.4 5.8 (12.6) 28.6 50.3 28,662 8,997 (68.6) 29.4 23.8
Region III 8,764 9,347 6.7 5.5 4.1 (1.4) 14.8 12.4 436,961 361,040 (17.4) 15.2 12.7
Aurora* 8,281 8,795 6.2 16.5 21.9 5.5 17.6 40.3 29,373 37,308 27.0 17.5 52.2
Bataan* 8,366 8,565 2.4 1.4 4.2 2.8 48.6 31.9 8,075 24,340 201.4 48.7 24.7
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Bulacan* 8,760 9,661 10.3 0.8 2.0 1.2 33.1 28.9 16,341 49,985 205.9 30.5 15.1
Nueva Ecija* 9,389 9,636 2.6 4.1 7.6 3.5 25.9 22.8 66,898 135,299 102.2 25.4 13.4
Pampanga* 9,336 9,719 4.1 4.5 1.7 (2.9) 30.9 38.4 82,871 32,574 (60.7) 31.3 13.9
Tarlac* 8,455 8,824 4.4 15.7 4.1 (11.7) 29.2 35.0 168,350 46,010 (72.7) 33.9 12.0
Zambales* 8,461 9,259 9.4 9.5 5.5 (4.0) 26.1 25.2 65,052 35,525 (45.4) 27.1 16.9
Region IV-A 8,783 9,224 5.0 6.5 4.7 (1.9) 14.3 12.3 582,248 482,177 (17.2) 14.4 12.3
Batangas* 9,399 9,787 4.1 6.5 8.0 1.5 20.2 16.2 111,539 159,346 42.9 21.0 6.7
Cavite* 9,316 10,300 10.6 1.9 1.3 (0.6) 31.5 31.3 35,818 30,554 (14.7) 31.6 15.3
Laguna* 8,793 8,970 2.0 1.8 2.4 0.6 27.3 26.6 33,698 52,913 57.0 27.8 15.1
Quezon* 8,543 8,764 2.6 21.8 12.9 (9.0) 20.7 23.7 371,039 213,040 (42.6) 21.1 11.3
Rizal* 8,815 8,802 (0.2) 1.8 1.3 (0.5) 37.3 41.0 30,154 26,323 (12.7) 38.2 20.3
Region IV-B 8,078 8,328 3.1 24.1 23.8 (0.2) 11.6 7.2 548,806 556,010 1.3 12.7 7.8
Marinduquea 8,152 8,209 0.7 21.6 14.2 (7.4) 16.4 19.0 46,476 30,344 (34.7) 18.8 14.1
Occidental Mindoro* 7,820 8,235 5.3 16.6 25.6 9.0 21.9 22.8 63,396 103,390 63.1 21.9 17.2
Oriental Mindoro* 8,356 9,043 8.2 28.3 20.5 (7.8) 26.4 9.1 197,338 148,688 (24.7) 29.7 11.8
Palawan* 7,816 7,843 0.3 17.4 25.5 8.1 21.8 12.7 125,270 205,901 64.4 22.7 8.1
Romblon 7,999 8,426 5.3 43.8 25.0 (18.8) 12.2 16.5 116,326 67,687 (41.8) 15.7 11.7
Region V 8,047 8,379 4.1 29.3 26.6 (2.8) 6.7 6.0 1,416,821 1,278,526 (9.8) 7.2 6.7
Albay* 8,265 8,646 4.6 19.3 22.1 2.8 20.9 12.4 221,046 240,983 9.0 22.0 9.7
Camarines Norte* 7,929 8,514 7.4 34.6 35.4 0.8 14.4 21.4 181,572 172,098 (5.2) 14.5 14.7
Camarines Sur 7,836 8,008 2.2 26.1 23.9 (2.2) 15.9 11.3 423,627 380,588 (10.2) 17.3 7.2
Catanduanes* 7,951 7,828 (1.5) 32.9 17.4 (15.5) 22.2 34.3 74,666 36,337 (51.3) 21.8 27.2
Masbate 8,172 8,500 4.0 48.6 43.1 (5.5) 8.9 9.6 334,659 320,241 (4.3) 10.5 8.3
Sorsogon 8,200 8,649 5.5 29.1 18.6 (10.5) 11.2 19.5 181,250 128,279 (29.2) 11.5 14.3
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Region VI 7,983 8,384 5.0 23.1 17.8 (5.3) 6.8 8.1 1,436,703 1,075,621 (25.1) 7.3 8.3
Aklan* 7,987 8,161 2.2 21.0 19.3 (1.7) 20.8 23.8 93,183 80,035 (14.1) 24.4 10.2
Antique 7,916 8,193 3.5 22.2 25.6 3.4 13.7 19.3 100,582 121,946 21.2 13.5 15.2
Capiz* 7,297 7,737 6.0 21.8 9.4 (12.4) 18.7 20.5 151,521 62,725 (58.6) 19.5 10.7
Guimaras* 7,714 7,982 3.5 10.7 29.5 18.8 21.2 22.2 14,240 39,908 180.3 23.0 22.0
Iloilo 8,227 8,463 2.9 18.7 17.3 (1.3) 12.5 17.1 351,741 318,077 (9.6) 13.1 9.5
Region VII 6,759 7,016 3.8 20.7 14.5 (6.2) 7.8 8.2 1,153,790 847,167 (26.6) 8.6 8.4
Bohol 6,851 7,424 8.4 39.7 19.0 (20.7) 10.8 16.7 414,239 204,694 (50.6) 13.0 11.6
Cebu 6,732 7,147 6.2 14.3 9.2 (5.1) 11.9 13.2 473,212 325,342 (31.2) 13.4 8.0
Negros Oriental* 6,670 6,612 (0.9) 22.1 26.4 4.3 20.1 12.8 255,449 306,568 20.0 20.9 10.9
Siquijor*a 6,497 6,832 5.2 14.3 14.1 (0.2) 27.9 30.2 10,889 10,563 (3.0) 26.6 6.3
Region VIII 7,080 7,689 8.6 24.8 21.3 (3.5) 9.5 7.7 906,085 783,762 (13.5) 10.6 8.9
Biliran* 7,271 7,992 9.9 24.0 28.6 4.5 20.9 10.2 32,154 39,680 23.4 25.6 41.0
Eastern Samar 7,162 7,936 10.8 32.0 22.9 (9.1) 15.4 17.9 117,011 88,695 (24.2) 16.3 15.2
Leyte* 6,933 7,486 8.0 21.3 21.1 (0.3) 21.2 12.1 355,708 344,336 (3.2) 23.9 7.7
Northern Samar 6,717 7,331 9.1 30.9 19.1 (11.9) 16.4 31.5 150,155 100,901 (32.8) 17.1 21.2
Southern Leyte*a 7,026 7,673 9.2 14.4 16.7 2.3 21.7 26.5 47,968 59,851 24.8 22.2 15.0
Western Samar 7,542 8,177 8.4 30.4 21.0 (9.3) 13.8 13.2 203,088 150,299 (26.0) 13.5 11.5
Region IXc 6,574 7,244 10.2 25.8 32.7 6.9 10.3 6.7 723,122 947,462 31.0 11.5 7.4
Zamboanga del Sur d
6,325 7,046 11.4 20.9 21.2 0.3 14.7 12.4 416,746 313,336 (24.8) 16.5 6.8
Zamboanga Sibugay e 7,003 e 33.4 15.6 e 170,820 18.2
Isabela City* f 7,205 f 12.5 91.5 f 9,568 54.6
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
Region X 7,296 7,995 9.6 23.8 25.2 1.4 6.5 7.6 859,049 897,663 4.5 7.1 7.5
Bukidnon 6,706 7,693 14.7 21.2 28.1 6.9 16.1 15.5 232,055 301,056 29.7 17.6 8.8
Camiguin* 7,950 8,617 8.4 23.5 19.9 (3.5) 18.1 37.0 17,067 14,760 (13.5) 18.3 44.5
Lanao del Norte 7,692 8,381 9.0 34.7 33.2 (1.5) 9.2 12.3 272,911 248,582 (8.9) 10.8 8.0
Misamis Occidental* 7,304 7,906 8.2 30.5 28.1 (2.4) 11.9 20.5 150,036 136,234 (9.2) 13.1 13.6
Misamis Oriental 7,385 7,987 8.2 16.1 16.7 0.6 14.8 14.8 186,981 197,030 5.4 14.9 8.6
Region XI 7,087 7,856 10.9 16.7 18.0 1.2 12.3 7.7 618,519 698,790 13.0 12.8 7.5
Davao del Norte g
7,207 8,063 11.9 25.2 19.0 (6.3) 16.8 11.6 348,821 148,356 (57.5) 19.4 9.4
Davao del Sur* 6,880 7,601 10.5 9.3 12.6 3.2 24.0 12.2 175,471 257,708 46.9 23.0 8.5
Davao Oriental 7,027 7,799 11.0 21.8 29.2 7.4 11.8 15.7 94,226 128,715 36.6 11.7 16.6
Compostela Valley* h 8,116 h 26.9 21.1 h 164,011 14.1
Region XII 7,235 7,807 7.9 22.6 18.4 (4.1) 9.7 7.5 769,780 633,489 (17.7) 10.2 7.5
North Cotabato 7,188 7,528 4.7 28.4 13.0 (15.5) 14.8 17.6 290,222 128,332 (55.8) 16.2 10.8
Saranggani* 7,204 7,860 9.1 36.0 32.8 (3.2) 29.5 12.5 151,421 155,562 2.7 31.2 6.8
South Cotabato 7,114 7,932 11.5 15.0 14.8 (0.2) 16.6 11.9 180,061 177,504 (1.4) 17.3 7.6
Sultan Kudarat 7,454 7,706 3.4 21.8 23.2 1.4 18.4 18.9 133,251 139,088 4.4 19.5 15.5
Cotabato City 7,965 8,402 5.5 9.3 19.0 9.7 19.8 14,825 33,002 122.6 33.5 15.6
CAR 8,744 9,141 4.5 17.9 12.7 (5.3) 10.5 11.5 255,524 194,386 (23.9) 10.7 12.2
Abra* a
8,845 9,410 6.4 32.0 22.4 (9.6) 19.8 25.1 62,949 44,566 (29.2) 23.8 16.7
Apayao* 7,919 8,347 5.4 14.7 6.9 (7.8) 29.8 48.1 12,352 6,777 (45.1) 29.9 27.0
Benguet* 8,846 8,980 1.5 4.6 3.0 (1.6) 42.4 26.8 29,964 17,739 (40.8) 42.2 17.7
Ifugao* 8,490 8,623 1.6 39.3 14.0 (25.3) 15.5 37.5 69,704 23,691 (66.0) 14.3 21.9
Kalinga* 8,194 8,620 5.2 21.5 26.3 4.8 28.7 24.2 39,481 47,393 20.0 28.5 8.1
Mt. Province* 9,726 9,755 0.3 30.8 39.0 8.3 26.5 15.8 41,073 54,219 32.0 27.5 16.6
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Region/Province
2000 2003 Inc/Dec 2000 2003 2000 2000 2000
ARMMi 8,313 8,730 5.0 28.5 23.6 (4.9) 7.5 10.8 786,595 614,285 (21.9) 8.9 11.1
Basilan* i
6,956 7,336 5.5 13.6 7.1 (6.5) 26.0 31.5 43,034 17,119 (60.2) 26.3 20.2
Lanao del Sur* 8,635 9,119 5.6 22.5 22.6 0.1 14.5 24.3 158,055 152,807 (3.3) 16.5 15.0
Maguindanao 8,242 8,496 3.1 40.0 38.4 (1.6) 11.2 13.0 329,647 297,428 (9.8) 15.0 10.2
Sulu* 8,615 9,322 8.2 32.1 18.6 (13.5) 15.4 29.1 201,252 109,645 (45.5) 18.7 11.6
Tawi-tawi* 7,769 7,900 1.7 19.2 11.7 (7.4) 26.3 30.7 54,607 37,285 (31.7) 24.9 15.9
Caraga 7,667 8,361 9.0 30.7 30.9 0.2 7.7 7.3 645,100 635,781 (1.4) 9.0 8.0
Agusan del Norte 7,542 7,969 5.7 26.4 23.1 (3.3) 11.8 13.5 147,719 126,844 (14.1) 12.2 7.2
Agusan del Sur 7,655 8,288 8.3 40.7 34.9 (5.8) 13.7 17.1 243,302 195,407 (19.7) 15.9 13.2
Surigao Del Sur 7,519 8,136 8.2 26.7 32.1 5.5 17.4 12.5 131,215 155,828 18.8 18.9 7.2
a - The provincial rural food threshold was used as the estimate of the overall provincial food threshold for the 5 provinces with no sample from the urban areas, namely, Batanes, Marinduque,
Siquijor, Southern Leyte and Abra.
b - No CV was computed since no sample household was classified as food poor.
c - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.
d - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
e - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
f - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
g - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
h - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
i - 2000 estimates include Isabela City
Notes:
* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of subsistence incidence is greater than 20%
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Table 5. Magnitude and Share to the Total Poor Families and Population: 2000 and 2003
Families Population
Magnitude of Poor % Share to the Total Poor Magnitude of Poor % Share to the Total Poor
Region
Inc/Dec 2000 Inc/Dec 2000
2000 Revised 2003 Final 2003 Final Diff 2000 Revised 2003 Final 2003 Final Diff
(%) Revised (%) Revised
PHILIPPINES 4,146,663 4,022,695 (3.0) 100 100 0 25,472,782 23,836,104 (6.4) 100 100 0
NCR 127,655 110,864 (13.2) 3.1 2.8 (0.3) 860,934 742,549 (13.8) 3.4 3.1 (0.3)
1st District 19,257 13,530 (29.7) 0.5 0.3 (0.1) 120,663 90,446 (25.0) 0.5 0.4 (0.1)
2nd District 30,701 29,282 (4.6) 0.7 0.7 (0.0) 229,301 202,197 (11.8) 0.9 0.8 (0.1)
3rd District 47,206 40,811 (13.5) 1.1 1.0 (0.1) 304,583 261,328 (14.2) 1.2 1.1 (0.1)
4th District 30,491 27,241 (10.7) 0.7 0.7 (0.1) 206,387 188,578 (8.6) 0.8 0.8 (0.0)
Region I 237,910 213,846 (10.1) 5.7 5.3 (0.4) 1,452,222 1,262,799 (13.0) 5.7 5.3 (0.4)
Ilocos Norte 19,466 21,694 11.4 0.5 0.5 0.1 115,116 120,945 5.1 0.5 0.5 0.1
Ilocos Sur 35,189 28,302 (19.6) 0.8 0.7 (0.1) 194,881 154,922 (20.5) 0.8 0.6 (0.1)
La Union 42,654 33,163 (22.2) 1.0 0.8 (0.2) 253,382 198,307 (21.7) 1.0 0.8 (0.2)
Pangasinan 140,601 130,687 (7.1) 3.4 3.2 (0.1) 888,844 788,625 (11.3) 3.5 3.3 (0.2)
Region II 143,421 113,298 (21.0) 3.5 2.8 (0.6) 821,294 659,666 (19.7) 3.2 2.8 (0.5)
Batanes 348 225 (35.5) 0.0 0.0 (0.0) 2,535 1,459 (42.4) 0.0 0.0 (0.0)
Cagayan 42,062 33,437 (20.5) 1.0 0.8 (0.2) 252,930 196,014 (22.5) 1.0 0.8 (0.2)
Isabela 79,001 64,397 (18.5) 1.9 1.6 (0.3) 424,580 372,429 (12.3) 1.7 1.6 (0.1)
Nueva Vizcaya 12,501 7,252 (42.0) 0.3 0.2 (0.1) 81,696 44,502 (45.5) 0.3 0.2 (0.1)
Quirino 9,508 7,987 (16.0) 0.2 0.2 (0.0) 59,555 45,262 (24.0) 0.2 0.2 (0.0)
Region III 268,558 242,820 (9.6) 6.5 6.0 (0.4) 1,695,227 1,535,784 (9.4) 6.7 6.4 (0.2)
Aurora 9,638 10,951 13.6 0.2 0.3 0.0 59,985 66,417 10.7 0.2 0.3 0.0
Bataan 10,958 12,594 14.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 68,659 79,841 16.3 0.3 0.3 0.1
Bulacan 21,801 44,800 105.5 0.5 1.1 0.6 147,812 307,762 108.2 0.6 1.3 0.7
Nueva Ecija 90,754 81,038 (10.7) 2.2 2.0 (0.2) 532,961 484,106 (9.2) 2.1 2.0 (0.1)
Pampanga 48,461 40,661 (16.1) 1.2 1.0 (0.2) 331,739 289,106 (12.9) 1.3 1.2 (0.1)
Tarlac 56,095 34,102 (39.2) 1.4 0.8 (0.5) 360,109 208,104 (42.2) 1.4 0.9 (0.5)
Zambales 30,852 18,674 (39.5) 0.7 0.5 (0.3) 193,962 100,447 (48.2) 0.8 0.4 (0.3)
Families Population
Region
Region IV-A 272,484 316,911 16.3 6.6 7.9 1.3 1,697,033 1,899,827 11.9 6.7 8.0 1.3
Batangas 71,045 99,383 39.9 1.7 2.5 0.8 440,603 602,557 36.8 1.7 2.5 0.8
Cavite 38,084 44,707 17.4 0.9 1.1 0.2 244,712 300,636 22.9 1.0 1.3 0.3
Laguna 31,303 39,339 25.7 0.8 1.0 0.2 207,184 236,460 14.1 0.8 1.0 0.2
Quezon 112,630 118,941 5.6 2.7 3.0 0.2 668,237 660,224 (1.2) 2.6 2.8 0.1
Rizal 19,422 14,542 (25.1) 0.5 0.4 (0.1) 136,296 99,950 (26.7) 0.5 0.4 (0.1)
Region IV-B 162,668 199,485 22.6 3.9 5.0 1.0 1,032,123 1,163,867 12.8 4.1 4.9 0.8
Marinduque 18,311 17,669 (3.5) 0.4 0.4 (0.0) 113,553 101,271 (10.8) 0.4 0.4 (0.0)
Occidental Mindoro 28,248 34,557 22.3 0.7 0.9 0.2 176,790 203,741 15.2 0.7 0.9 0.2
Oriental Mindoro 52,623 53,094 0.9 1.3 1.3 0.1 340,690 321,441 (5.6) 1.3 1.3 0.0
Palawan 35,749 73,049 104.3 0.9 1.8 1.0 230,174 419,389 82.2 0.9 1.8 0.9
Romblon 27,737 21,116 (23.9) 0.7 0.5 (0.1) 170,917 118,026 (30.9) 0.7 0.5 (0.2)
Region V 407,176 383,625 (5.8) 9.8 9.5 (0.3) 2,540,660 2,332,719 (8.2) 10.0 9.8 (0.2)
Albay 83,398 76,200 (8.6) 2.0 1.9 (0.1) 553,629 464,510 (16.1) 2.2 1.9 (0.2)
Camarines Norte 50,670 44,874 (11.4) 1.2 1.1 (0.1) 301,147 269,604 (10.5) 1.2 1.1 (0.1)
Camarines Sur 120,762 121,936 1.0 2.9 3.0 0.1 765,373 750,674 (1.9) 3.0 3.1 0.1
Catanduanes 18,541 13,604 (26.6) 0.4 0.3 (0.1) 117,740 76,609 (34.9) 0.5 0.3 (0.1)
Masbate 83,660 81,804 (2.2) 2.0 2.0 0.0 482,818 470,670 (2.5) 1.9 2.0 0.1
Sorsogon 50,146 45,207 (9.8) 1.2 1.1 (0.1) 319,952 300,652 (6.0) 1.3 1.3 0.0
Region VI 444,172 397,073 (10.6) 10.7 9.9 (0.8) 2,773,352 2,374,772 (14.4) 10.9 10.0 (0.9)
Aklan 31,386 31,068 (1.0) 0.8 0.8 0.0 190,470 173,340 (9.0) 0.7 0.7 (0.0)
Antique 32,393 42,389 30.9 0.8 1.1 0.3 208,169 232,602 11.7 0.8 1.0 0.2
Capiz 53,542 28,711 (46.4) 1.3 0.7 (0.6) 328,635 194,558 (40.8) 1.3 0.8 (0.5)
Guimaras 5,900 9,525 61.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 37,838 66,944 76.9 0.1 0.3 0.1
Iloilo 108,241 121,067 11.8 2.6 3.0 0.4 695,280 708,899 2.0 2.7 3.0 0.2
Negros Occidental 212,710 164,313 (22.8) 5.1 4.1 (1.0) 1,312,961 998,429 (24.0) 5.2 4.2 (1.0)
Region VII 348,154 286,478 (17.7) 8.4 7.1 (1.3) 2,016,910 1,652,316 (18.1) 7.9 6.9 (1.0)
Bohol 105,470 65,953 (37.5) 2.5 1.6 (0.9) 590,926 375,277 (36.5) 2.3 1.6 (0.7)
Cebu 170,929 125,346 (26.7) 4.1 3.1 (1.0) 973,490 746,100 (23.4) 3.8 3.1 (0.7)
Negros Oriental 66,788 89,654 34.2 1.6 2.2 0.6 427,509 502,825 17.6 1.7 2.1 0.4
Siquijor 4,967 5,525 11.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 24,984 28,114 12.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Families Population
Region
Region VIII 276,878 266,423 (3.8) 6.7 6.6 (0.1) 1,649,582 1,619,731 (1.8) 6.5 6.8 0.3
Biliran 9,531 13,709 43.8 0.2 0.3 0.1 58,135 77,193 32.8 0.2 0.3 0.1
Eastern Samar 34,037 25,754 (24.3) 0.8 0.6 (0.2) 203,104 159,184 (21.6) 0.8 0.7 (0.1)
Leyte 118,200 117,288 (0.8) 2.9 2.9 0.1 680,536 692,391 1.7 2.7 2.9 0.2
Northern Samar 37,591 34,696 (7.7) 0.9 0.9 (0.0) 240,228 215,859 (10.1) 0.9 0.9 (0.0)
Southern Leyte 19,277 24,064 24.8 0.5 0.6 0.1 116,738 147,484 26.3 0.5 0.6 0.2
Western Samar 58,242 50,913 (12.6) 1.4 1.3 (0.1) 350,841 327,620 (6.6) 1.4 1.4 (0.0)
Region IXa 209,842 258,497 23.2 5.1 6.4 1.4 1,257,210 1,427,722 13.6 4.9 6.0 1.1
Zamboanga del Norte 78,059 110,831 42.0 1.9 2.8 0.9 433,091 573,506 32.4 1.7 2.4 0.7
Zamboanga del Surb 131,783 103,323 (21.6) 3.2 2.6 (0.6) 824,119 571,833 (30.6) 3.2 2.4 (0.8)
Zamboanga Sibugay c 40,712 c 256,705 1.1
Isabela City d 3,630 d 25,677 0.1
Region X 261,501 278,538 6.5 6.3 6.9 0.6 1,582,225 1,567,963 (0.9) 6.2 6.6 0.4
Bukidnon 67,599 79,985 18.3 1.6 2.0 0.4 449,647 460,292 2.4 1.8 1.9 0.2
Camiguin 7,826 5,356 (31.6) 0.2 0.1 (0.1) 41,465 29,420 (29.0) 0.2 0.1 (0.0)
Lanao del Norte 75,376 73,114 (3.0) 1.8 1.8 (0.0) 426,347 404,674 (5.1) 1.7 1.7 0.0
Misamis Occidental 45,954 50,189 9.2 1.1 1.2 0.1 260,764 263,398 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.1
Misamis Oriental 64,745 69,895 8.0 1.6 1.7 0.2 404,002 410,180 1.5 1.6 1.7 0.1
Region XI 202,121 231,068 14.3 4.9 5.7 0.9 1,231,277 1,346,269 9.3 4.8 5.6 0.8
Davao del Nortee 105,169 49,251 (53.2) 2.5 1.2 (1.3) 642,900 287,572 (55.3) 2.5 1.2 (1.3)
Davao del Sur 68,084 103,963 52.7 1.6 2.6 0.9 412,442 591,886 43.5 1.6 2.5 0.9
Davao Oriental 28,868 33,443 15.9 0.7 0.8 0.1 175,934 210,903 19.9 0.7 0.9 0.2
Compostela Valley f 44,410 1.1 f 255,909 1.1
Region XII 264,301 227,093 (14.1) 6.4 5.6 (0.7) 1,595,474 1,319,563 (17.3) 6.3 5.5 (0.7)
North Cotabato 79,750 52,759 (33.8) 1.9 1.3 (0.6) 511,353 317,424 (37.9) 2.0 1.3 (0.7)
Saranggani 39,997 41,346 3.4 1.0 1.0 0.1 220,079 241,641 9.8 0.9 1.0 0.1
South Cotabato 78,688 66,792 (15.1) 1.9 1.7 (0.2) 469,874 380,204 (19.1) 1.8 1.6 (0.2)
Sultan Kudarat 57,817 52,064 (10.0) 1.4 1.3 (0.1) 344,172 296,215 (13.9) 1.4 1.2 (0.1)
Cotabato City 8,049 14,132 75.6 0.2 0.4 0.2 49,997 84,079 68.2 0.2 0.4 0.2
Families Population
Region
CAR 84,717 72,084 (14.9) 2.0 1.8 (0.3) 537,975 445,036 (17.3) 2.1 1.9 (0.2)
Abra 18,798 17,339 (7.8) 0.5 0.4 (0.0) 113,326 100,013 (11.7) 0.4 0.4 (0.0)
Apayao 4,543 3,313 (27.1) 0.1 0.1 (0.0) 28,770 22,815 (20.7) 0.1 0.1 (0.0)
Benguet 17,620 13,472 (23.5) 0.4 0.3 (0.1) 122,178 89,132 (27.0) 0.5 0.4 (0.1)
Ifugao 18,140 9,069 (50.0) 0.4 0.2 (0.2) 113,719 60,226 (47.0) 0.4 0.3 (0.2)
Kalinga 12,140 15,151 24.8 0.3 0.4 0.1 83,844 93,693 11.7 0.3 0.4 0.1
Mt. Province 13,476 13,740 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 76,137 79,157 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
ARMMg 255,879 228,970 (10.5) 6.2 5.7 (0.5) 1,652,890 1,373,620 (16.9) 6.5 5.8 (0.7)
Basilang 19,110 17,958 (6.0) 0.5 0.4 (0.0) 123,825 101,504 (18.0) 0.5 0.4 (0.1)
Lanao del Sur 66,146 48,351 (26.9) 1.6 1.2 (0.4) 432,307 301,215 (30.3) 1.7 1.3 (0.4)
Maguindanao 86,539 93,501 8.0 2.1 2.3 0.2 536,479 527,225 (1.7) 2.1 2.2 0.1
Sulu 58,522 48,195 (17.6) 1.4 1.2 (0.2) 397,119 315,635 (20.5) 1.6 1.3 (0.2)
Tawi-tawi 25,562 20,964 (18.0) 0.6 0.5 (0.1) 163,160 128,041 (21.5) 0.6 0.5 (0.1)
Caraga 179,226 195,622 9.1 4.3 4.9 0.5 1,076,395 1,111,901 3.3 4.2 4.7 0.4
Agusan del Norte 42,992 36,198 (15.8) 1.0 0.9 (0.1) 259,475 219,514 (15.4) 1.0 0.9 (0.1)
Agusan del Sur 59,948 59,815 (0.2) 1.4 1.5 0.0 359,215 337,889 (5.9) 1.4 1.4 0.0
Surigao Del Norte 38,936 52,417 34.6 0.9 1.3 0.4 232,065 277,763 19.7 0.9 1.2 0.3
Surigao Del Sur 37,350 47,192 26.4 0.9 1.2 0.3 225,640 276,735 22.6 0.9 1.2 0.3
a - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.

b - 2000 estimates still include Zamboanga Sibugay
c - No separate estimate yet; still included in Zamboanga del Sur.
d - No separate estimate yet; still included in Basilan
e - 2000 estimates include Compostela Valley
f - No separate estimate yet; still included in Davao del Norte
g - 2000 estimates include Isabela City
Notes:
Table 6. Standar Error and Confidence Interval of Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor FAMILIES: 2000 and 2003
Poverty Incidence Among Families Magnitude of Poor Families

90% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval
Region Standard Error 2000 Revised 2003 Final Standard Error 2000 Revised 2003 Final
2000 2003 Lower Upper Lower Upper
2000 Revised 2003 Final Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit
Revised Final Limit Limit Limit Limit
PHILIPPINES 0.4 0.3 26.8 28.2 23.9 24.9 67,584 55,687 4,028,860 4,251,261 3,931,044 4,114,345
NCR 0.5 0.4 5.0 6.6 4.1 5.6 11,270 11,147 109,112 146,200 92,517.1 129,210.1
1st District 1.3 1.0 3.8 7.9 2.2 5.4 4,239 3,652 12,283 26,231 7,519 19,541
2nd District 0.7 1.0 3.0 5.3 4.2 7.4 5,319 6,265 21,950 39,453 18,971 39,593
3rd District 1.3 0.9 7.3 11.6 3.6 6.4 6,964 7,217 35,748 58,665 28,934 52,688
4th District 0.8 0.7 3.7 6.2 3.3 5.6 5,681 4,426 21,144 39,838 19,956 34,526
Region I 1.6 1.5 26.8 32.1 22.0 26.8 14,815 13,298 213,533 262,287 191,960 235,731
Ilocos Norte 3.4 3.8 12.6 23.8 13.3 25.9 4,365 4,354 12,284 26,648 14,528 28,859
Ilocos Sur 2.9 4.3 25.7 35.1 15.7 29.9 4,052 5,412 28,521 41,857 19,395 37,208
La Union 4.7 3.1 25.6 40.9 19.4 29.7 6,097 4,445 32,621 52,686 25,848 40,479
Pangasinan 2.3 2.0 27.0 34.6 22.6 29.0 12,118 10,432 120,663 160,540 113,518 147,857
Region II 2.0 1.1 22.0 28.6 17.4 21.1 11,515 6,761 124,474 162,367 102,170 124,426
Batanes 3.8 0.0 4.2 16.7 6.3 6.3 124 225 144 553 (145) 594
Cagayan 3.1 1.8 16.3 26.6 13.5 19.5 6,820 3,620 30,841 53,283 27,480 39,395
Isabela 3.4 1.7 24.7 35.8 21.1 26.7 8,397 4,838 65,185 92,818 56,435 72,358
Nueva Vizcaya 4.7 2.5 8.7 24.3 5.0 13.3 3,628 2,140 6,532 18,470 3,730 10,775
Quirino 5.3 7.5 22.7 40.0 11.7 36.5 1,548 2,140 6,960 12,055 4,465 11,509
Region III 1.1 0.9 15.4 18.9 12.0 14.8 18,000 16,133 235,711 294,945 216,269 269,372
Aurora 2.6 17.2 22.5 31.2 0.8 57.6 934 6,227 8,100 11,175 703 21,199
Bataan 1.7 2.3 7.2 12.7 6.5 13.9 1,932 3,078 7,778 14,137 7,528 17,660
Bulacan 0.8 1.3 4.0 6.8 6.5 10.6 3,513 6,575 16,022 27,581 33,978 55,622
Nueva Ecija 2.6 2.7 23.3 31.8 17.8 26.6 9,974 10,435 74,343 107,164 63,865 98,212
Pampanga 1.9 1.4 11.2 17.5 8.1 12.8 7,385 5,777 36,310 60,612 31,152 50,170
Tarlac 5.0 1.8 18.7 35.1 11.9 17.7 11,874 3,892 33,327 72,402 27,696 40,507
Zambales 2.5 2.3 19.5 27.8 9.6 17.2 3,472 3,373 25,140 36,564 13,123 24,225
Region IV-A 1.1 0.8 13.4 17.1 13.1 15.9 20,754 18,462 238,336 306,632 286,527 347,296
Batangas 2.3 1.4 17.0 24.4 22.2 26.8 10,028 6,014 54,546 87,545 89,486 109,280
Cavite 1.6 1.4 7.5 12.9 6.4 10.9 6,012 7,312 28,191 47,976 32,673 56,740
Laguna 1.2 1.2 6.2 10.0 6.4 10.4 5,056 5,300 22,983 39,623 30,615 48,062
Quezon 4.6 3.9 25.4 40.5 26.4 39.3 15,839 14,670 86,569 138,692 94,798 143,085
Rizal 1.2 0.6 3.7 7.6 2.3 4.4 4,191 2,814 12,526 26,317 9,910 19,173
Region IV-B 2.7 1.9 31.9 40.8 36.8 43.0 11,435 11,004 143,853 181,482 181,373 217,596
Marinduque 3.5 4.4 37.0 48.5 31.0 45.7 1,865 2,307 15,244 21,379 13,873 21,465
Occidental Mindoro 4.4 6.0 30.9 45.3 30.9 50.8 3,335 6,481 22,761 33,734 23,890 45,224
Oriental Mindoro 7.5 2.9 27.4 52.2 32.2 41.7 9,020 5,994 37,781 67,465 43,229 62,959
Palawan 3.6 3.6 18.8 30.6 37.1 49.1 5,108 5,697 27,345 44,153 63,672 82,426
Romblon 5.5 4.0 43.3 61.2 30.9 44.0 2,949 2,320 22,884 32,589 17,298 24,934
Region V 1.9 1.5 42.2 48.4 38.1 43.0 19,215 16,309 375,561 438,791 356,784 410,466
Albay 4.6 2.8 32.6 47.9 29.8 39.0 9,369 6,479 67,982 98,813 65,536 86,863
Camarines Norte 5.8 6.7 43.2 62.2 35.2 57.1 5,972 6,287 40,844 60,495 34,527 55,221
Camarines Sur 3.8 2.8 34.6 47.0 35.5 44.7 14,247 9,439 97,319 144,204 106,401 137,472
Catanduanes 4.8 3.3 36.0 51.8 26.4 37.2 1,919 3,981 15,383 21,699 7,052 20,156
Masbate 3.6 3.2 55.5 67.2 50.7 61.2 4,952 6,058 75,513 91,807 71,833 91,774
Sorsogon 3.0 3.5 36.4 46.3 28.0 39.5 3,816 6,543 43,867 56,426 34,438 55,976
Region VI 1.5 1.3 34.3 39.1 29.2 33.5 19,996 17,105 411,271 477,073 368,921 425,226
Aklan 5.5 3.6 27.2 45.4 27.5 39.4 5,904 3,467 21,672 41,100 25,363 36,774
Antique 2.8 4.6 30.5 39.8 35.8 51.0 2,522 4,996 28,244 36,542 34,167 50,610
Capiz 3.9 2.9 34.4 47.3 16.8 26.3 5,192 3,357 44,999 62,086 23,187 34,235
Guimaras 4.2 4.3 15.6 29.6 25.6 39.9 1,101 2,765 4,088 7,711 4,975 14,075
Iloilo 2.3 2.8 25.9 33.5 26.4 35.7 10,148 11,362 91,543 124,938 102,368 139,766
Negros Occidental 2.7 1.9 37.1 46.0 28.2 34.5 15,082 10,374 187,895 237,526 147,239 181,387
Region VII 1.9 1.3 28.4 34.6 21.4 25.7 23,886 16,137 308,853 387,455 259,921 313,036
Bohol 4.7 3.7 42.4 58.0 23.1 35.4 12,499 8,558 84,905 126,036 51,868 80,038
Cebu 2.3 1.4 22.5 29.9 14.8 19.5 17,878 10,426 141,513 200,345 108,186 142,506
Negros Oriental 4.4 3.4 22.5 36.9 31.5 42.7 9,699 8,827 50,830 82,746 75,127 104,181
Siquijor 4.5 4.1 21.1 36.0 24.2 37.7 785 727 3,675 6,259 4,329 6,721
Region VIII 2.2 1.6 34.0 41.2 32.6 38.0 18,962 14,760 245,678 308,078 242,131 290,715
Biliran 6.1 6.2 23.3 43.3 36.3 56.8 1,734 5,927 6,679 12,384 3,953 23,464
Eastern Samar 3.3 6.5 40.5 51.3 23.1 44.6 2,413 4,239 30,067 38,007 18,778 32,730
Leyte 4.2 2.2 28.1 41.8 30.9 38.3 16,954 8,146 90,304 146,095 103,880 130,695
Northern Samar 4.9 6.0 31.8 47.9 24.0 43.7 4,761 7,496 29,758 45,424 22,359 47,033
Southern Leyte 3.2 3.7 21.1 31.6 25.8 38.1 2,396 3,918 15,334 23,219 17,617 30,512
Western Samar 4.3 3.5 38.3 52.6 32.8 44.5 5,908 5,182 48,521 67,963 42,384 59,441
Region IX 2.7 2.0 34.2 43.1 40.7 47.4 17,286 13,490 181,400 238,284 236,296 280,699
Zamboanga del Norte 5.7 4.2 37.7 56.3 57.6 71.5 8,036 7,900 64,837 91,281 97,830 123,833
Zamboanga del Sur 3.2 2.4 29.7 40.2 30.4 38.4 15,305 7,681 106,601 156,964 90,681 115,965
Zamboanga Sibugay 5.7 31.4 50.0 7,557 28,274 53,150
Isabela City 11.1 6.4 43.0 1,856 576 6,684
Region X 1.7 2.0 35.2 40.8 34.4 41.0 13,075 12,783 239,988 283,013 257,500 299,576
Bukidnon 3.8 5.1 27.2 39.7 28.4 45.4 8,287 7,309 53,964 81,234 67,955 92,014
Camiguin 5.7 7.5 44.8 63.6 22.2 46.9 825 2,163 6,469 9,184 1,795 8,916
Lanao del Norte 3.3 3.7 43.9 54.8 40.5 52.5 6,650 5,674 64,435 86,317 63,775 82,453
Misamis Occidental 3.6 5.6 40.9 52.8 38.8 57.3 4,603 6,642 38,381 53,527 39,257 61,120
Misamis Oriental 2.7 1.9 24.8 33.8 25.3 31.6 6,016 5,383 54,846 74,644 61,036 78,754
Region XI 2.4 1.7 24.0 31.8 25.8 31.2 19,029 13,320 170,812 233,430 209,145 252,991
Davao del Norte 4.8 2.4 31.6 47.4 26.4 34.2 16,563 4,823 77,917 132,421 41,313 57,190
Davao del Sur 2.4 2.0 14.3 22.3 20.9 27.5 8,380 8,711 54,296 81,872 89,626 118,300
Davao Oriental 4.6 6.8 26.0 41.3 26.0 48.4 4,189 6,000 21,974 35,761 23,567 43,319
Compostela Valley 5.9 24.7 44.0 6,502 33,709 55,112
Region XII 2.5 1.7 36.8 45.1 29.2 34.9 18,507 12,800 231,097 291,998 206,026 248,160
North Cotabato 4.0 3.1 35.0 48.1 21.0 31.2 8,257 5,940 66,165 93,335 42,982 62,535
Saranggani 10.7 3.9 30.8 66.1 38.0 50.8 8,884 2,836 25,379 54,614 36,678 46,015
South Cotabato 4.3 2.0 28.2 42.3 23.2 29.6 11,359 5,487 57,244 94,625 57,761 75,823
Sultan Kudarat 5.0 6.0 40.6 57.1 31.5 51.4 7,943 9,072 44,748 70,886 37,133 66,995
Cotabato City 4.6 5.6 19.0 33.9 32.1 50.4 1,411 2,847 5,076 11,023 9,447 18,818
CAR 1.6 1.7 5.0 6.6 23.0 28.6 4,792 5,158 76,833 92,601 63,595 80,573
Abra 3.0 5.3 42.8 52.5 32.2 49.7 2,469 2,591 14,735 22,860 13,074 21,604
Apayao 4.2 5.1 19.6 33.5 8.4 25.2 660 974 3,456 5,630 1,710 4,915
Benguet 2.1 2.2 10.3 17.4 7.4 14.6 2,731 2,985 13,127 22,113 8,560 18,385
Ifugao 4.5 6.1 48.4 63.0 18.0 38.2 1,541 1,923 15,605 20,675 5,903 12,234
Kalinga 5.9 5.4 29.6 49.0 37.3 55.0 1,842 1,340 9,110 15,170 12,945 17,357
Mt. Province 6.4 6.0 37.8 59.0 36.7 56.6 1,791 2,129 10,530 16,422 10,236 17,245
ARMM 2.3 2.4 28.1 33.5 41.4 49.4 14,502 13,875 231,400 279,122 206,134 251,806
Basilan 4.3 1.9 25.4 39.5 30.3 36.7 2,373 4,716 14,586 22,396 10,196 25,720
Lanao del Sur 4.5 5.2 47.2 62.1 29.0 46.2 7,416 6,725 53,944 78,349 37,283 59,420
Maguindanao 4.1 4.2 52.5 66.1 53.4 67.4 9,037 9,039 70,951 102,127 78,624 108,378
Sulu 5.8 5.1 49.4 68.4 36.7 53.4 7,020 5,503 46,971 70,073 39,138 57,253
Tawi-tawi 5.3 6.9 43.6 61.2 23.2 46.1 3,260 3,612 20,198 30,926 15,019 26,909
Caraga 2.1 2.0 40.3 47.4 43.8 50.3 10,112 9,459 162,588 195,865 180,055 211,190
Agusan del Norte 2.9 2.6 36.1 45.6 28.9 37.5 3,178 2,639 37,762 48,221 31,855 40,541
Agusan del Sur 5.5 4.6 43.3 61.2 45.2 60.4 6,164 7,187 49,806 70,090 47,987 71,643
Surigao Del Norte 4.7 4.4 34.9 50.2 47.2 61.7 6,515 4,326 28,216 49,657 45,298 59,536
Surigao Del Sur 3.3 3.5 32.9 43.9 42.8 54.4 3,422 3,484 31,719 42,981 41,458 52,927
Table 7. Standard Error and Confidence Interval of Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor POPULATION: 2000 and 2003
Poverty Incidence Among the Population Magnitude of Poor Population

PHILIPPINES 0.5 0.4 32.2 33.8 29.4 30.7 412,384 331,634 24,800,000 26,100,000 23,300,000 24,400,000
NCR 0.6 0.6 6.7 8.8 5.9 8.0 76,458 75,811 735,133 986,736 617,778.2 867,320.8
1st District 1.5 1.4 4.8 9.8 3.2 7.8 25,721 24,930 78,343 162,983 49,416 131,477
2nd District 1.0 1.4 4.3 7.6 6.2 10.9 40,584 43,230 162,526 296,077 131,048 273,346
3rd District 1.6 1.2 9.4 14.7 5.0 8.9 44,583 47,326 231,228 377,938 183,439 339,218
4th District 1.1 1.0 4.9 8.4 4.9 8.1 39,365 31,894 141,617 271,157 136,086 241,070
Region I 1.9 1.7 32.1 38.4 27.4 33.1 100,135 78,515 1,287,463 1,616,981 1,133,578 1,392,020
Ilocos Norte 4.3 4.7 15.7 29.9 16.9 32.3 27,680 25,755 69,572 160,660 78,557 163,334
Ilocos Sur 3.3 4.9 29.7 40.6 20.5 36.4 24,361 27,230 154,799 234,963 110,106 199,737
La Union 5.2 3.7 30.0 46.9 24.1 36.4 36,857 27,072 192,738 314,025 153,752 242,862
Pangasinan 2.7 2.4 32.5 41.5 27.8 35.6 85,493 63,458 748,177 1,029,511 684,185 893,065
Region II 2.4 1.4 26.5 34.3 22.2 26.7 71,295 40,199 703,987 938,601 593,506 725,827
Batanes 5.7 0.0 8.6 27.5 9.0 9.0 901 1,459 1,053 4,017 (942) 3,861
Cagayan 3.9 2.2 20.5 33.4 17.7 25.0 43,652 21,295 181,106 324,754 160,966 231,062
Isabela 3.8 2.1 28.4 40.9 26.7 33.5 48,886 29,573 344,145 505,015 323,758 421,101
Nueva Vizcaya 6.4 3.3 11.7 32.8 6.6 17.5 26,169 13,020 38,637 124,754 23,074 65,930
Quirino 6.2 8.4 28.0 48.3 15.4 42.9 10,100 10,784 42,936 76,173 27,514 63,010
Region III 1.2 1.1 19.2 23.2 15.7 19.3 110,214 102,494 1,493,091 1,855,777 1,367,098 1,704,470
Aurora 3.2 18.4 28.4 38.9 8.8 69.3 5,754 34,680 50,517 69,452 9,340 123,494
Bataan 1.9 3.1 8.9 15.2 8.8 19.0 11,908 19,700 49,065 88,253 47,419 112,264
Bulacan 1.2 1.8 5.5 9.5 9.4 15.2 25,880 46,478 105,230 190,395 231,267 384,257
Nueva Ecija 2.9 3.2 27.9 37.4 21.9 32.3 54,060 65,019 444,013 621,910 377,096 591,116
Pampanga 2.1 1.9 14.7 21.6 11.6 17.9 47,726 40,215 253,212 410,265 222,920 355,293
Tarlac 5.4 2.3 24.0 41.7 14.6 22.2 74,889 24,904 216,096 462,536 167,117 249,091
Zambales 2.9 2.4 23.4 33.0 11.6 19.4 22,224 17,001 157,395 230,529 72,467 128,428
Region IV-A 1.3 1.0 17.0 21.2 16.8 20.0 120,052 105,014 1,499,503 1,894,563 1,726,994 2,072,660
Batangas 2.5 1.8 21.7 29.9 27.5 33.3 57,054 40,458 346,729 534,477 535,971 669,143
Cavite 2.1 1.8 9.5 16.4 9.5 15.4 39,081 46,034 180,409 309,015 224,874 376,399
Laguna 1.6 1.6 8.2 13.5 7.9 13.3 35,454 35,666 148,849 265,520 177,760 295,159
Quezon 5.0 4.0 31.1 47.5 33.2 46.5 86,841 74,759 525,352 811,123 537,185 783,264
Rizal 1.7 0.9 5.4 10.8 3.3 6.4 28,838 20,272 88,847 183,746 66,585 133,314
Region IV-B 3.0 2.1 40.3 50.2 44.7 51.5 77,663 64,911 904,338 1,159,907 1,057,036 1,270,698
Marinduque 3.9 4.9 46.4 59.1 39.3 55.5 12,110 14,324 93,628 133,478 77,696 124,846
Palawan 4.1 4.0 25.1 38.7 45.5 58.5 33,085 34,063 175,738 284,611 363,328 475,450
Romblon 5.6 5.1 55.2 73.6 35.3 51.9 21,324 13,859 135,831 206,003 95,217 140,834
Region V 2.1 1.6 49.2 56.0 45.9 51.1 121,483 101,855 2,340,775 2,740,545 2,165,085 2,500,354
Albay 5.1 3.1 40.0 56.8 37.5 47.8 65,142 44,862 446,446 660,812 390,675 538,344
Camarines Norte 6.1 6.9 47.3 67.4 44.1 66.9 33,016 39,696 246,825 355,470 204,272 334,937
Camarines Sur 4.2 2.9 40.3 54.1 42.3 52.0 88,020 54,377 620,549 910,198 661,179 840,169
Catanduanes 5.7 4.1 42.6 61.3 30.0 43.5 11,673 20,847 98,534 136,947 42,299 110,919
Masbate 3.3 3.2 64.8 75.6 58.1 68.6 30,862 39,245 432,040 533,597 406,081 535,260
Sorsogon 3.4 4.0 45.8 56.9 36.9 50.2 24,258 43,063 280,038 359,866 229,778 371,526
Region VI 1.6 1.6 41.9 47.2 36.7 41.8 118,700 106,210 2,578,047 2,968,658 2,199,969 2,549,574
Aklan 5.7 3.7 33.6 52.3 35.6 47.9 31,594 17,713 138,487 242,453 144,188 202,491
Antique 3.9 6.1 39.4 52.3 38.8 58.9 17,702 35,391 179,043 237,295 174,355 290,850
Capiz 4.3 3.2 40.1 54.3 24.0 34.4 32,299 20,886 275,491 381,778 160,184 228,933
Guimaras 5.4 4.6 19.4 37.2 41.9 57.0 7,867 14,752 24,895 50,781 42,665 91,222
Iloilo 2.8 3.3 32.3 41.5 33.2 44.0 63,310 67,411 591,112 799,449 597,953 819,845
Negros Occidental 2.8 2.3 45.7 54.7 35.7 43.4 87,550 67,203 1,168,909 1,457,013 887,825 1,109,033
Region VII 2.0 1.5 32.9 39.4 25.8 30.8 133,872 92,139 1,796,641 2,237,178 1,500,672 1,803,960
Bohol 5.2 4.2 48.1 65.3 28.0 41.7 65,588 43,494 483,010 698,842 303,694 446,859
Cebu 2.4 1.6 25.5 33.4 18.5 23.8 100,159 60,041 808,692 1,138,289 647,283 844,916
Negros Oriental 4.7 4.0 29.3 44.9 36.8 50.0 59,669 54,680 329,332 525,687 412,832 592,818
Siquijor 5.8 3.4 23.2 42.3 31.8 43.1 5,260 1,758 16,330 33,638 25,221 31,007
Region VIII 2.6 1.8 40.9 49.4 40.0 46.1 124,277 91,794 1,445,100 1,854,064 1,468,655 1,770,806
Biliran 7.1 5.1 31.8 55.0 47.1 64.0 12,293 31,623 37,908 78,362 25,148 129,238
Eastern Samar 3.1 6.9 50.5 60.7 29.7 52.4 16,511 24,175 175,938 230,271 119,397 198,972
Leyte 5.2 2.7 32.3 49.3 37.9 46.7 112,661 53,320 495,167 865,906 604,636 780,146
Northern Samar 5.4 5.9 40.7 58.3 31.1 50.5 31,184 45,748 188,918 291,537 140,567 291,151
Southern Leyte 4.0 4.5 28.5 41.7 33.8 48.7 33,812 22,155 92,730 140,745 111,022 183,946
Western Samar 4.4 4.0 45.2 59.7 39.3 52.4 14,591 37,616 295,207 406,475 265,711 389,528
Region IX 2.9 2.1 40.1 49.6 45.9 52.6 102,982 73,145 1,087,766 1,426,653 1,307,338 1,548,105
Isabela City 14.9 8.9 58.1 14,007 2,624 48,731
Region X 1.9 2.1 40.8 46.9 40.6 47.5 81,432 73,279 1,448,239 1,716,210 1,447,360 1,688,567
Bukidnon 4.3 5.1 33.9 48.1 34.5 51.3 57,000 40,370 355,861 543,433 393,850 526,734
Camiguin 5.8 6.9 47.5 66.5 28.4 51.0 4,703 13,092 33,728 49,203 7,873 50,967
Lanao del Norte 3.3 3.9 48.7 59.6 47.6 60.5 37,396 32,222 364,816 487,878 351,643 457,705
Region XI 2.7 1.9 28.9 37.8 31.6 37.8 114,591 76,315 1,042,732 1,419,821 1,220,669 1,471,869
Davao del Norte 5.3 2.5 37.8 55.2 32.6 40.9 101,047 27,114 476,641 809,159 242,948 332,196
Davao del Sur 2.9 2.3 17.2 26.7 25.0 32.7 50,390 50,568 329,533 495,352 508,661 675,111
Davao Oriental 4.2 6.7 33.8 47.7 36.9 58.9 19,534 34,944 143,794 208,075 153,392 268,414
Region XII 2.4 2.0 43.0 51.0 35.2 41.7 102,258 67,606 1,407,946 1,744,449 1,208,296 1,430,829
North Cotabato 4.1 4.1 43.3 56.8 25.3 38.9 54,207 34,314 422,162 600,543 260,949 373,898
Saranggani 10.8 4.5 34.6 70.1 43.6 58.4 48,567 16,508 140,167 299,990 214,473 268,810
South Cotabato 3.9 2.2 33.0 45.9 28.2 35.3 57,269 28,954 356,368 544,827 332,551 427,856
Sultan Kudarat 4.3 5.8 49.3 63.5 39.8 59.0 41,846 45,939 275,320 413,024 220,609 371,821
Cotabato City 5.2 5.0 22.8 39.8 40.0 56.6 8,910 13,113 31,342 68,652 62,498 105,660
CAR 1.9 2.0 34.6 40.9 29.0 35.4 30,601 31,154 487,626 588,325 393,762 496,309
Abra 3.2 6.6 52.4 62.9 39.3 61.1 14,575 16,691 89,345 137,308 72,543 127,483
Apayao 4.9 6.6 26.0 42.3 12.2 34.1 4,270 6,170 21,743 35,796 12,660 32,971
Benguet 2.9 2.3 14.0 23.6 11.2 18.7 19,614 15,785 89,907 154,450 63,152 115,111
Ifugao 4.6 7.0 56.6 71.6 24.0 47.0 8,722 13,201 99,369 128,070 38,500 81,952
Kalinga 6.4 5.5 35.2 56.1 43.0 61.0 12,117 7,605 63,908 103,781 81,177 106,210
Mt. Province 6.6 6.0 46.3 67.9 47.1 66.9 9,907 13,139 59,836 92,439 57,532 100,781
ARMM 2.2 2.7 56.6 63.9 48.3 57.4 92,435 84,444 1,498,025 1,802,205 1,234,640 1,512,599
Basilan 4.6 2.9 32.7 47.9 37.2 46.8 15,106 20,547 96,196 145,905 67,687 135,320
Lanao del Sur 4.2 6.4 54.6 68.5 34.1 55.2 45,555 45,256 357,351 507,262 226,732 375,699
Maguindanao 4.0 4.2 58.5 71.8 61.1 75.1 55,567 53,836 440,011 632,946 438,621 615,830
Sulu 5.6 5.4 54.0 72.6 44.6 62.4 49,452 36,694 315,753 478,486 255,244 376,026
Tawi-tawi 5.5 7.1 48.3 66.2 28.5 52.0 18,918 20,391 132,032 194,288 94,481 161,601
Caraga 2.3 2.1 47.3 55.1 50.5 57.5 65,054 54,034 969,356 1,183,434 1,022,972 1,200,830
Agusan del Norte 3.3 2.9 40.8 51.9 35.2 44.8 19,987 15,860 226,589 292,362 193,411 245,618
Agusan del Sur 5.6 5.3 50.8 69.3 51.6 69.0 41,225 44,470 291,384 427,046 264,699 411,079
Surigao Del Sur 3.8 3.9 39.6 52.1 50.6 63.5 22,397 19,872 188,788 262,491 244,030 309,440
Table 8. Standard Error and Confidence Interval of Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor FAMILIES: 2000 and 2003
Subsistence Incidence Among Families Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families

PHILIPPINES 0.3 0.2 11.8 12.8 9.8 10.5 47,743 38,063 1,768,732 1,925,843 1,612,535 1,737,824
NCR 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.6 3,499 2,747 10,061 21,575 4,397 13,441
1st District 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.0 (0.1) 0.5 938 671 116 3,203 (434) 1,776
2nd District 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.6 1,007 898 430 3,745 249 3,206
3rd District 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.7 0.2 1.0 2,872 2,133 4,304 13,755 1,256 8,276
4th District 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.9 (0.1) 0.6 1,449 1,320 658 5,425 (418) 3,927
Region I 1.1 0.9 9.5 13.3 6.6 9.5 9,724 7,604 75,946 107,944 58,106 83,134
Ilocos Norte 1.6 2.4 1.3 6.7 3.7 11.5 1,670 2,684 1,575 7,070 3,998 12,832
Ilocos Sur 2.2 3.1 7.5 14.6 4.3 14.5 2,392 3,739 8,866 16,737 5,520 17,827
La Union 3.2 1.2 7.1 17.7 6.0 10.0 3,848 1,632 9,609 22,273 8,096 13,468
Pangasinan 1.7 1.1 10.2 15.6 6.0 9.7 8,440 5,829 44,993 72,767 30,157 49,342
Region II 1.4 0.6 7.1 11.6 4.5 6.6 7,616 3,692 40,415 65,478 26,376 38,528
Batanes
Cagayan 1.7 0.9 3.0 8.5 2.7 5.8 3,320 1,832 5,855 16,781 5,578 11,609
Isabela 2.6 1.1 8.9 17.5 6.0 9.7 6,621 3,039 23,671 45,458 16,130 26,134
Nueva Vizcaya 1.8 0.9 1.0 6.9 0.0 2.9 1,330 710 822 5,199 12 2,349
Quirino 3.9 2.4 6.9 19.8 0.8 8.6 1,175 729 2,121 5,987 347 2,745
Region III 0.6 0.3 3.1 5.1 2.2 3.4 9,741 6,169 47,346 79,401 40,521 60,827
Aurora 2.2 7.2 8.7 16.0 2.8 26.5 793 2,492 3,111 5,719 1,391 9,595
Bataan 0.6 0.8 0.2 2.2 1.2 4.0 636 1,059 270 2,363 1,458 4,944
Bulacan 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.6 1.7 804 1,661 1,320 3,966 3,342 8,808
Nueva Ecija 0.9 1.1 2.0 5.1 3.4 7.2 3,108 4,383 6,511 16,740 12,128 26,555
Pampanga 1.0 0.4 1.6 4.9 0.4 1.6 3,350 1,520 5,447 16,471 1,369 6,371
Tarlac 3.8 0.9 5.5 18.0 1.4 4.3 8,207 2,004 9,547 36,556 3,225 9,819
Zambales 1.7 1.0 4.4 10.0 2.8 6.1 2,227 1,561 5,698 13,025 3,602 8,741
Region IV-A 0.8 0.5 3.8 6.4 2.7 4.3 14,055 10,402 67,838 114,089 59,032 93,272
Batangas 1.1 1.1 3.0 6.7 4.2 7.8 4,006 4,215 9,980 23,164 17,303 31,176
Cavite 0.4 0.3 0.7 2.2 0.4 1.5 1,642 1,802 2,749 8,151 2,168 8,099
Laguna 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.9 1.0 2.4 1,409 2,031 2,890 7,528 4,541 11,228
Quezon 3.8 2.5 11.1 23.6 5.8 14.2 13,187 9,062 37,716 81,111 21,179 51,009
Rizal 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.1 0.3 1.0 1,703 970 1,517 7,121 1,205 4,397
Region IV-B 2.1 1.3 14.0 20.8 15.5 19.8 9,302 6,902 62,537 93,146 77,076 99,795
Marinduque 2.7 2.1 10.9 19.6 8.2 15.1 1,261 991 4,461 8,609 3,747 7,010
Palawan 3.0 2.5 7.7 17.4 15.3 23.7 4,260 4,209 11,167 25,187 26,125 39,978
Romblon 4.8 3.1 24.6 40.3 14.0 24.3 2,549 1,693 13,051 21,439 8,007 13,579
Region V 1.5 1.2 20.8 25.8 18.3 22.4 14,238 12,233 185,863 232,715 172,256 212,524
Albay 3.0 2.1 9.2 19.0 12.5 19.5 6,048 4,663 19,192 39,096 27,722 43,072
Camarines Norte 4.6 5.7 21.1 36.2 16.4 35.0 4,629 5,222 19,970 35,203 16,409 33,597
Camarines Sur 3.1 2.1 16.0 26.1 14.6 21.6 10,018 6,398 45,950 78,917 44,577 65,638
Catanduanes 5.8 4.5 16.8 35.8 6.1 20.9 2,418 2,804 7,129 15,087 1,156 10,384
Masbate 3.9 3.9 32.4 45.1 30.4 43.0 5,285 5,824 44,119 61,510 44,084 63,253
Sorsogon 2.7 2.7 17.2 26.0 8.5 17.5 3,250 4,235 20,855 31,549 10,474 24,413
Region VI 1.3 1.1 15.3 19.6 11.1 14.7 16,537 13,693 183,700 238,119 140,690 185,761
Aklan 3.6 3.2 9.2 21.0 7.7 18.3 3,516 2,507 7,249 18,818 7,935 16,188
Antique 1.9 4.3 13.5 19.9 14.1 28.3 1,758 4,324 12,498 18,284 13,567 27,799
Capiz 3.0 1.3 12.2 22.1 4.1 8.5 3,963 1,486 16,001 29,040 5,897 10,788
Guimaras 1.4 4.6 4.3 9.0 10.7 25.9 366 2,128 1,133 2,336 1,818 8,824
Iloilo 1.7 2.3 10.7 16.3 8.7 16.2 6,452 9,086 38,473 59,705 33,623 63,530
Region VII 1.3 0.9 14.7 19.2 9.5 12.6 16,039 11,650 160,890 213,669 115,386 153,735
Bohol 3.3 2.5 26.9 37.7 10.7 19.1 8,640 5,998 53,665 82,096 23,775 43,519
Cebu 1.5 1.0 9.6 14.6 5.2 8.5 10,825 7,160 61,046 96,669 38,154 61,723
Negros Oriental 3.6 2.8 11.3 23.0 15.8 25.0 8,071 6,925 25,290 51,851 37,953 60,748
Siquijor 3.4 4.0 5.7 16.9 2.5 15.6 517 727 1,120 2,822 429 2,821
Region VIII 1.8 1.3 16.1 22.2 13.4 17.5 14,367 10,132 117,328 164,606 99,600 132,952
Biliran 3.6 0.7 9.7 21.5 20.6 23.0 1,024 2,632 2,790 6,160 2,083 10,745
Eastern Samar 4.1 3.5 18.3 31.8 11.4 23.1 3,001 2,464 13,628 23,505 9,089 17,198
Leyte 3.4 2.0 11.1 22.4 12.4 18.9 12,460 6,783 36,142 77,145 41,941 64,266
Northern Samar 4.3 4.8 17.1 31.3 5.8 21.5 4,061 5,154 16,122 29,487 5,527 22,492
Southern Leyte 2.0 3.3 6.1 12.8 5.6 16.4 1,479 2,615 4,509 9,376 4,021 12,628
Western Samar 3.8 2.1 18.3 30.9 12.7 19.6 4,735 3,204 23,744 39,324 16,008 26,554
Region IX 2.3 2.1 17.1 24.8 24.4 31.2 13,771 12,830 91,295 136,611 141,849 184,080
Isabela City 8.3 (5.0) 22.3 1,276 (824) 3,375
Region X 1.3 1.6 17.0 21.4 16.9 22.1 9,471 10,907 116,907 148,073 126,336 162,237
Bukidnon 2.8 3.8 11.3 20.5 15.9 28.5 5,628 6,574 22,842 41,361 37,253 58,891
Camiguin 3.8 6.8 14.1 26.5 3.4 25.8 547 1,455 2,033 3,834 (132) 4,656
Lanao del Norte 3.0 3.5 24.3 34.1 20.3 31.8 5,292 5,154 35,930 53,344 32,537 49,503
Region XI 1.6 1.1 12.1 15.7 12,192 8,464 72,841 112,960 99,006 126,866
Davao del Norte 3.5 1.6 13.6 25.1 11.9 17.0 10,202 2,155 34,695 68,266 19,965 27,059
Davao del Sur 1.8 1.1 4.4 10.2 8.0 11.8 6,366 4,647 16,600 37,548 34,911 50,206
Davao Oriental 2.3 4.7 13.0 20.5 13.9 29.5 2,009 4,300 11,040 17,652 12,419 26,572
Region XII 2.0 1.1 14.7 21.4 12.2 15.8 12,870 8,017 94,226 136,578 85,936 112,326
North Cotabato 3.6 1.6 15.0 26.7 6.8 11.9 6,861 2,819 28,726 51,302 14,296 23,575
Saranggani 10.4 2.8 14.7 48.9 20.5 29.8 8,582 2,427 12,132 40,373 19,418 27,405
South Cotabato 2.2 1.4 8.1 15.5 9.0 13.5 4,945 3,758 17,360 33,633 22,316 34,685
Sultan Kudarat 3.9 4.1 11.7 24.6 11.7 25.1 4,460 5,866 14,155 28,831 13,437 32,745
Cotabato City 2.3 3.3 3.3 10.8 9.7 20.6 697 1,383 904 3,387 2,916 7,469
CAR 1.4 1.3 11.4 16.0 8.2 12.4 3,986 3,616 31,169 44,287 22,831.1 34,732.1
Abra 4.5 4.4 16.2 30.9 9.3 23.6 2,246 2,042 5,595 12,985 3,604 10,327
Apayao 3.5 2.0 5.8 17.4 1.3 7.8 586 369 1,022 2,952 297 1,511
Benguet 1.3 0.5 0.9 5.2 1.1 2.8 1,621 666 1,222 6,556 1,283 3,476
Ifugao 4.6 4.5 25.2 40.2 3.0 18.0 1,369 1,486 8,401 12,905 939 5,830
Kalinga 5.3 5.7 9.0 26.3 12.1 30.7 1,633 1,774 2,772 8,145 4,119 9,957
Mt. Province 6.5 5.0 12.4 33.9 19.4 35.7 1,827 1,722 3,446 9,457 5,276 10,946
ARMM 2.0 2.0 20.9 27.3 14.9 21.5 10,529 10,017 96,349 130,997 75,274 108,247
Basilan 2.8 1.9 5.5 14.6 2.8 9.0 1,570 1,528 3,135 8,302 676 5,704
Lanao del Sur 2.8 4.1 13.6 22.9 10.7 24.3 3,687 4,821 16,044 28,177 14,527 30,398
Maguindanao 4.4 4.2 27.9 42.4 23.2 36.9 8,066 7,248 37,854 64,755 34,580 58,439
Sulu 4.5 4.3 20.4 35.2 6.2 20.3 4,989 4,522 19,428 35,844 6,761 21,645
Tawi-tawi 4.0 3.0 7.5 20.8 4.1 13.8 1,758 1,333 4,012 9,795 3,200 7,589
Caraga 2.0 1.9 21.1 27.7 21.4 27.5 8,740 8,213 85,428 114,188 88,098 115,134
Agusan del Norte 2.6 2.4 17.9 26.5 14.0 21.8 2,793 2,378 18,768 27,958 15,593 23,422
Agusan del Sur 4.9 5.2 23.8 40.0 19.4 36.4 5,623 6,735 27,346 45,849 20,557 42,727
Surigao Del Sur 4.0 3.2 14.1 27.2 19.4 29.8 3,927 3,031 13,601 26,522 18,938 28,916
Table 9. Standard Error and Confidence Interval of Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor POPULATION: 2000 and 2003
Subsistence Incidence Among the Population Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Population

Standard Error Standard Error
Region 2000 Revised 2003 Final 2000 Revised 2003 Final
Lower Upper Lower Upper
2000 Revised 2003 Final 2000 Revised 2003 Final Lower Limit Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit
Limit Limit Limit Limit
PHILIPPINES 0.4 0.3 15.2 16.5 13.1 14.0 310,830 242,482 11,700,000 12,700,000 10,400,000 11,200,000
NCR 1.0 0.2 0.7 1.4 0.3 1.0 24,481 23,237 74,869 155,428 33,570 110,057
1st District 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.7 (0.1) 0.4 8,572 24,930 677 28,887 (1,517) 6,216
2nd District 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.0 9,983 43,230 4,285 37,136 1,852 24,419
3rd District 0.7 0.5 1.2 3.6 0.3 1.8 18,436 47,326 29,404 90,070 9,478 68,724
4th District 0.3 0.4 0.2 1.1 (0.1) 1.3 9,290 31,894 4,634 35,204 (3,815) 38,269
Region I 15.2 1.2 12.6 17.9 9.2 13.3 74,132 52,118 505,550 749,498 383,957 555,510
Ilocos Norte 2.5 3.0 1.8 10.2 5.8 15.7 12,166 25,755 10,198 50,234 26,594 79,104
Ilocos Sur 2.8 4.1 10.3 19.3 6.3 19.8 15,707 27,230 56,115 107,802 35,012 107,249
La Union 4.0 2.0 8.3 21.5 7.3 13.9 25,023 27,072 57,299 139,644 47,892 90,882
Pangasinan 2.4 1.7 13.5 21.3 8.4 13.9 66,893 63,458 306,815 526,942 206,354 346,379
Region II 11.8 0.8 9.0 14.6 6.2 9.0 47,415 23,729 240,251 396,281 165,125 243,230
Batanes
Cagayan 2.3 1.3 3.7 11.5 3.5 7.7 22,423 21,295 34,348 108,136 32,316 70,515
Isabela 3.1 1.5 10.9 21.3 8.6 13.4 39,939 29,573 131,646 263,077 104,107 169,154
Nueva Vizcaya 2.4 1.2 1.7 9.7 (0.1) 3.9 8,896 13,020 6,364 35,637 (152) 14,421
Quirino 5.3 2.9 9.7 27.0 1.0 10.6 8,432 10,784 14,789 42,536 1,966 16,029
Region III 5.4 0.5 4.1 6.7 3.3 5.0 64,961 45,774 320,102 533,872 285,704 436,376
Aurora 2.9 8.8 11.7 21.2 7.4 36.5 5,128 34,680 20,935 37,812 11,762 62,853
Bataan 0.7 1.4 0.3 2.6 2.0 6.5 3,932 19,700 1,605 14,544 11,600 37,079
Bulacan 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.3 1.0 2.9 4,978 46,478 8,150 24,532 26,318 73,651
Nueva Ecija 1.1 1.7 2.4 5.8 4.7 10.4 16,989 65,019 38,944 94,852 81,443 189,155
Pampanga 1.4 0.6 2.2 6.8 0.6 2.7 25,916 40,215 40,229 125,513 11,516 53,633
Tarlac 4.5 1.4 8.0 22.7 1.7 6.4 53,676 24,904 70,058 246,694 19,724 72,296
Zambales 2.5 1.4 5.4 13.5 3.2 7.8 17,661 17,001 35,993 94,112 19,224 51,826
Region IV-A 6.5 0.6 5.0 8.1 3.7 5.6 83,670 59,130 444,580 719,917 384,860 579,493
Batangas 1.3 1.3 4.4 8.7 5.9 10.2 23,418 40,458 73,009 150,070 118,734 199,959
Cavite 0.6 0.4 0.9 2.9 0.6 1.9 11,329 46,034 17,177 54,459 14,512 46,596
Laguna 0.5 0.6 1.0 2.5 1.3 3.4 9,357 35,666 18,302 49,095 29,599 76,227
Quezon 4.5 3.0 14.4 29.3 7.8 17.9 78,124 74,759 242,495 499,582 131,282 294,799
Rizal 0.7 0.5 0.7 2.9 0.4 2.2 11,533 20,272 11,178 49,131 7,998 44,648
Region IV-B 24.1 1.6 19.5 28.6 20.3 25.7 69,660 43,606 434,189 663,423 484,243 627,777
Marinduque 3.5 2.7 15.8 27.4 9.8 18.6 8,757 14,324 32,067 60,885 20,896 39,791
Palawan 3.8 3.2 11.1 23.6 20.2 30.8 28,456 34,063 78,449 172,090 161,524 250,278
Romblon 5.3 4.1 35.0 52.6 18.2 31.8 18,310 13,859 86,199 146,453 50,084 85,290
Region V 29.3 1.6 26.1 32.6 24.0 29.2 101,706 85,115 1,249,478 1,584,164 1,138,443 1,418,609
Albay 4.0 2.7 12.7 25.9 17.6 26.7 48,554 44,862 141,158 300,935 183,553 298,413
Camarines Norte 5.0 7.6 26.4 42.8 22.9 47.9 26,338 39,696 138,236 224,908 107,128 237,067
Camarines Sur 4.1 2.7 19.3 32.9 19.4 28.3 73,166 54,377 303,242 544,013 307,448 453,728
Catanduanes 7.3 6.0 20.9 45.0 7.6 27.3 16,313 20,847 47,825 101,507 10,435 62,239
Masbate 4.3 4.1 41.5 55.8 36.3 49.9 35,162 39,245 276,805 392,513 259,805 380,676
Sorsogon 3.3 3.6 23.7 34.5 12.6 24.5 20,908 43,063 146,849 215,652 78,972 177,586
Region VI 23.1 1.4 20.5 25.7 15.4 20.1 104,610 89,671 1,264,581 1,608,826 928,039 1,223,203
Aklan 4.4 4.6 13.8 28.2 11.7 26.8 22,736 17,713 55,774 130,592 52,096 107,974
Antique 3.0 4.9 17.2 27.2 17.5 33.7 13,577 35,391 78,242 122,921 80,316 163,576
Capiz 4.1 1.9 15.1 28.5 6.2 12.6 29,569 20,886 102,869 200,173 43,633 81,817
Guimaras 2.3 6.6 6.9 14.4 18.7 40.3 3,280 14,752 8,843 19,637 18,872 60,944
Iloilo 2.3 3.0 14.8 22.5 12.4 22.2 45,977 67,411 276,092 427,389 224,175 411,979
Region VII 20.7 1.2 18.0 23.3 12.5 16.5 98,884 71,470 991,090 1,316,490 729,541 964,793
Bohol 4.3 3.2 32.7 46.8 13.8 24.2 53,827 43,494 325,674 502,805 146,247 263,140
Cebu 1.7 1.2 11.5 17.1 7.2 11.2 63,403 60,041 368,892 577,533 254,355 396,329
Negros Oriental 4.5 3.4 14.8 29.5 20.8 32.0 53,407 54,680 167,575 343,323 233,520 379,616
Siquijor 4.0 4.3 7.7 20.8 7.1 21.1 2,900 1,758 6,118 15,660 3,877 17,250
Region VIII 24.8 1.6 20.9 28.7 18.2 23.5 95,747 69,579 748,546 1,063,624 669,249 898,276
Biliran 5.0 2.9 15.8 32.3 23.8 33.4 8,237 31,623 18,602 45,707 14,318 65,042
Eastern Samar 4.9 4.1 23.9 40.1 16.1 29.6 19,110 24,175 85,567 148,455 61,398 115,992
Leyte 4.5 2.6 13.9 28.8 16.8 25.3 84,890 53,320 216,033 495,383 268,602 420,070
Northern Samar 5.1 6.0 22.6 39.3 9.2 29.0 25,646 45,748 107,958 192,353 40,149 161,653
Southern Leyte 3.1 4.4 9.3 19.6 9.4 24.0 10,655 22,155 30,437 65,499 32,658 87,043
Western Samar 4.2 2.8 23.5 37.3 16.5 25.6 27,511 37,616 157,822 248,354 110,813 189,785
Region IX 25.8 2.2 21.4 30.2 29.1 36.3 83,445 70,323 585,823 860,420 831,724 1,063,201
Isabela City 11.4 (6.3) 31.3 14,007 (6,179) 25,315
Region X 23.8 1.9 21.2 26.4 22.1 28.4 60,829 66,947 758,963 959,135 787,480 1,007,846
Bukidnon 3.4 4.3 15.6 26.8 20.9 35.2 40,807 40,370 164,914 299,197 236,102 366,011
Camiguin 4.2 7.4 16.5 30.4 7.8 32.1 3,124 13,092 11,926 22,207 (736) 30,257
Lanao del Norte 3.2 4.1 29.4 40.0 26.5 39.9 29,379 32,222 224,572 321,249 196,180 300,983
Region XI 16.7 1.4 13.4 20.1 15.7 20.3 79,436 52,563 487,817 749,221 612,282 785,298
Davao del Norte 4.2 2.2 18.3 32.2 15.3 22.6 67,532 27,114 237,706 459,937 120,137 176,575
Davao del Sur 2.2 1.5 5.7 13.0 10.0 15.1 40,358 50,568 109,067 241,875 207,434 307,982
Davao Oriental 2.6 4.6 17.6 26.1 21.7 36.8 10,989 34,944 76,145 112,308 88,694 168,736
Region XII 22.6 1.4 19.0 26.3 16.2 20.7 77,530 47,667 632,118 887,248 555,039 711,940
North Cotabato 4.2 2.3 21.5 35.4 9.2 16.7 47,003 34,314 212,885 367,559 95,751 160,913
Saranggani 10.6 4.1 18.5 53.5 26.1 39.6 47,271 16,508 73,644 229,199 124,054 187,071
South Cotabato 2.5 1.8 10.8 18.9 11.9 17.7 29,379 28,954 121,625 218,303 139,845 215,162
Sultan Kudarat 4.0 4.4 15.2 28.4 16.0 30.4 25,986 45,939 90,495 176,008 88,571 189,606
Cotabato City 3.1 3.8 4.3 14.3 12.8 25.1 4,973 1,383 6,011 23,639 21,602 44,403
CAR 17.9 1.6 14.8 21.0 11.4 16.7 27,410 23,673 210,425 300,623 155,425 233,346
Abra 6.3 5.6 21.6 42.4 13.1 31.6 14,972 16,691 38,315 87,584 23,461 65,672
Apayao 4.4 3.3 7.5 21.9 1.4 12.3 3,697 6,170 6,269 18,434 1,691 11,862
Benguet 2.0 0.8 1.4 7.8 1.7 4.3 12,650 15,785 9,150 50,778 9,641 25,838
Ifugao 6.1 5.2 29.2 49.3 5.3 22.6 9,958 13,201 53,319 86,088 8,138 39,244
Kalinga 6.2 6.4 11.4 31.7 15.8 36.8 11,237 7,605 20,992 57,971 29,311 65,475
Mt. Province 8.2 6.2 17.4 44.2 28.9 49.2 11,314 13,139 22,457 59,689 33,917 74,521
ARMM 28.7 2.6 25.2 32.2 19.4 27.9 70,090 68,111 670,478 901,127 502,187 726,383
Basilan 3.6 2.2 8.1 20.1 3.4 10.8 11,099 20,547 23,980 60,503 4,711 29,528
Lanao del Sur 3.3 5.5 17.1 27.9 13.6 31.7 26,017 45,256 115,248 200,863 98,850 206,764
Maguindanao 4.6 5.0 32.5 47.6 30.2 46.6 49,335 53,836 247,197 412,097 218,368 376,488
Sulu 5.0 5.4 23.9 40.2 9.7 27.5 37,632 36,694 139,333 263,170 54,498 164,793
Tawi-tawi 5.0 3.6 10.9 27.4 5.8 17.6 13,616 20,391 32,204 77,010 22,833 51,738
Caraga 30.7 2.2 26.8 34.6 27.2 34.6 57,954 50,881 549,744 740,456 552,041 719,521
Agusan del Norte 3.1 3.1 21.3 31.5 18.0 28.2 17,980 15,860 118,135 177,302 100,538 153,151
Agusan del Sur 5.6 6.0 31.5 49.8 25.0 44.7 38,576 44,470 179,831 306,773 126,965 263,849
Surigao Del Sur 4.6 4.0 19.0 34.3 25.5 38.8 24,771 19,872 90,458 171,972 123,173 188,483

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Table 1.

Poverty Incidence Among the Population (%) Magnitude of Poor Population

* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of subsistence incidence is greater than 20%

* Coefficient of Variation (CV) of subsistence incidence is greater than 20%

a - 2000 estimates do not include Isabela City.

Poverty Incidence Among Families Magnitude of Poor Families

Poverty Incidence Among the Population Magnitude of Poor Population

Subsistence Incidence Among Families Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families

Subsistence Incidence Among the Population Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Population

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