NSCB - Philippine Poverty Statistics - Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families: 2000, 2003 and 2006

Table 3.

Annual Per Capita Food Thresholds, Subsistence Incidence
and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families: 2000, 2003 and 2006

Region/Province	Annual Per Capita Food Threshold (in Pesos)			Subsistence Incidence Among Families (%)						Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families
	Annual Per Capita Food Threshold (in Pesos)			Estimates (%)			Coefficient of Variation			Estimates			Coefficient of Variation
	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006	2000	2003	2006
PHILIPPINES	7,707	8,149	10,025	12.3	10.2	11.0	2.6	2.3	2.2	1,849,876	1,675,179	1,913,668	2.6	2.3	2.2

NCR	9,570	9,974	11,807	0.7	0.4	0.7	21.8	30.8	19.3	15,818	8,919	17,214	22.1	30.8	18.8
1st District*	9,570	9,974	11,807	0.5	0.2	0.9	55.7	102.2	45.8	1,660	671	3,439	56.5	100.0	46.7
2nd District*	9,570	9,974	11,807	0.3	0.3	0.5	47.8	52.6	41.7	2,088	1,727	4,063	48.3	52.0	39.3
3rd District*	9,570	9,974	11,807	1.8	0.6	0.9	31.2	44.6	35.7	9,030	4,766	4,933	31.8	44.8	35.9
4th District*	9,570	9,974	11,807	0.5	0.3	0.8	46.6	74.6	32.0	3,041	1,755	4,778	47.6	75.2	31.5

Region I	8,552	8,898	10,608	11.4	8.1	8.4	10.1	10.7	9.5	91,945	70,620	79,447	10.6	10.8	9.7
Ilocos Norte*	8,997	9,505	11,106	4.0	7.6	6.3	40.7	31.0	35.6	4,323	8,415	7,536	38.6	31.9	35.5
Ilocos Sur*	8,937	9,098	10,788	11.1	9.4	5.2	19.6	33.1	33.5	12,801	11,674	6,829	18.7	32.0	33.5
La Union*	8,797	9,045	10,839	12.4	8.0	9.8	25.8	15.3	22.1	15,941	10,782	14,363	24.1	15.1	22.5
Pangasinan	8,386	8,693	10,459	12.9	7.9	9.2	12.9	14.5	11.5	58,880	39,750	50,719	14.3	14.7	11.9

Region II	7,560	8,010	9,346	9.3	5.5	6.3	14.6	11.4	13.5	52,947	32,452	38,920	14.4	11.4	13.7
Batanes	9,973	8,328	10,680	0.0	0.0	-	b	b	b	0	0	-	b	b	-
Cagayan*	7,210	7,497	9,018	5.8	4.2	6.4	28.8	21.7	28.2	11,318	8,594	13,678	29.3	21.3	28.6
Isabela	7,674	8,212	9,564	13.2	7.9	7.9	19.7	14.4	15.1	34,564	21,132	22,585	19.2	14.4	15.5
Nueva Vizcaya*	8,021	7,991	8,939	4.0	1.5	2.0	45.2	59.2	36.7	3,011	1,180	1,669	44.2	60.1	36.1
Quirino*	7,305	7,881	9,266	13.4	4.7	2.9	29.3	50.7	69.6	4,054	1,546	988	29.0	47.1	74.8

Region III	8,764	9,347	10,897	4.2	2.8	3.4	15.1	12.1	15.3	64,886	50,674	65,746	15.4	12.2	15.4
Aurora*	8,281	8,795	10,303	12.3	14.7	16.9	18.0	49.3	91.1	4,415	5,493	6,855	17.9	45.4	92.0
Bataan*	8,366	8,565	9,741	1.2	2.6	1.0	48.8	32.6	67.8	1,316	3,201	1,314	48.3	33.1	71.3
Bulacan*	8,760	9,661	11,124	0.7	1.2	1.1	33.1	27.7	39.9	2,643	6,075	6,279	30.4	27.3	41.2
Nueva Ecija	9,389	9,636	11,248	3.5	5.3	7.9	26.2	21.6	16.0	11,626	19,342	29,725	26.7	22.7	16.4
Pampanga*	9,336	9,719	10,835	3.2	1.0	0.4	31.1	38.9	57.4	10,959	3,870	1,756	30.6	39.3	58.0
Tarlac*	8,455	8,824	10,307	12.1	2.8	4.4	32.5	31.5	28.5	24,564	6,522	10,709	35.6	30.7	27.4
Zambales*	8,461	9,259	10,898	7.2	4.4	6.1	23.7	22.8	51.2	9,362	6,172	9,109	23.8	25.3	51.3

Region IV-A	8,783	9,224	10,781	5.1	3.5	4.1	15.4	13.8	8.6	90,963	76,152	91,222	15.5	13.7	8.6
Batangas	9,399	9,787	11,299	4.8	6.0	6.2	23.1	18.3	12.3	16,572	24,239	26,186	24.2	17.4	11.6
Cavite*	9,316	10,300	11,530	1.5	1.0	0.7	29.8	34.0	41.5	5,450	5,134	3,619	30.1	35.1	41.4
Laguna*	8,793	8,970	10,768	1.3	1.7	2.1	26.9	26.4	27.0	5,209	7,884	10,131	27.1	25.8	28.4
Quezon	8,543	8,764	10,447	17.4	10.0	12.5	21.9	25.6	14.0	59,414	36,094	47,362	22.2	25.1	13.2
Rizal*	8,815	8,802	10,707	1.3	0.6	0.9	38.8	34.2	36.4	4,319	2,801	3,924	39.4	34.6	36.5

Region IV-B	8,078	8,328	9,781	17.4	17.7	19.9	12.0	7.4	8.3	77,842	88,435	108,391	11.9	7.8	9.5
Marinduque*	8,152	8,209	9,532	15.3	11.7	13.1	23.1	17.9	34.8	6,535	5,378	6,598	19.3	18.4	32.9
Occidental Mindoro	7,820	8,235	9,599	12.5	20.3	25.1	29.8	23.5	18.0	9,262	17,186	23,041	22.8	25.9	24.8
Oriental Mindoro	8,356	9,043	10,673	20.1	15.3	23.2	26.9	9.6	10.4	26,623	22,026	36,552	28.1	11.3	12.1
Palawan*	7,816	7,843	9,067	12.5	19.5	16.9	21.9	13.0	20.1	18,177	33,051	30,904	23.4	12.7	21.9
Romblon	7,999	8,426	9,453	32.5	19.2	18.1	38.8	16.3	14.3	17,245	10,793	11,296	14.8	15.7	16.0

Region V	8,047	8,379	10,174	23.3	20.3	19.0	6.5	6.1	6.0	209,289	192,390	192,298	6.8	6.4	6.3
Albay	8,265	8,646	10,497	14.1	16.0	15.3	21.3	13.2	10.0	29,144	35,397	35,838	20.8	13.2	9.9
Camarines Norte*	7,929	8,514	10,165	28.7	25.7	15.7	16.0	22.0	28.2	27,587	25,003	16,171	16.8	20.9	30.5
Camarines Sur	7,836	8,008	9,615	21.1	18.1	16.8	14.6	11.7	10.5	62,433	55,108	55,015	16.0	11.6	10.7
Catanduanes*	7,951	7,828	9,527	26.3	13.5	15.9	22.1	33.4	29.1	11,108	5,770	7,253	21.8	48.6	40.5
Masbate	8,172	8,500	10,276	38.7	36.7	30.7	10.0	10.5	13.8	52,815	53,669	48,435	10.0	10.9	14.6
Sorsogon	8,200	8,649	10,812	21.6	13.0	20.7	12.4	20.9	13.2	26,202	17,443	29,586	12.4	24.3	14.5

Region VI	7,983	8,384	9,962	17.4	12.9	12.5	7.5	8.4	7.2	210,909	163,225	170,685	7.8	8.4	7.1
Aklan	7,987	8,161	9,914	15.1	13.0	17.1	23.7	24.6	9.7	13,033	12,061	16,919	27.0	20.8	5.4
Antique	7,916	8,193	10,216	16.7	21.2	23.9	11.6	20.4	18.3	15,391	20,683	25,561	11.4	20.9	19.1
Capiz	7,297	7,737	9,638	17.2	6.3	6.3	17.6	21.3	18.8	22,520	8,342	9,084	17.6	17.8	16.4
Guimaras	7,714	7,982	10,229	6.6	18.3	10.3	21.2	25.3	7.0	1,735	5,321	3,233	21.1	40.0	23.8
Iloilo	8,227	8,463	9,861	13.5	12.5	8.8	12.6	18.4	16.1	49,089	48,577	36,617	13.1	18.7	16.2
Negros Occidental	8,021	8,544	9,973	21.3	13.0	13.9	12.4	12.5	11.9	109,141	68,241	79,271	13.0	12.5	11.7

Region VII	6,759	7,016	9,502	16.9	11.1	14.5	7.9	8.6	7.7	187,280	134,560	187,804	8.6	8.7	8.3
Bohol	6,851	7,424	9,803	32.3	14.9	22.1	10.2	17.0	15.7	67,880	33,647	52,527	12.7	17.8	17.3
Cebu	6,732	7,147	9,696	12.1	6.8	9.4	12.5	14.4	9.2	78,858	49,938	73,677	13.7	14.3	9.8
Negros Oriental	6,670	6,612	8,959	17.1	20.4	23.8	20.8	13.6	15.2	38,571	49,350	60,317	20.9	14.0	17.2
Siquijor	6,497	6,832	8,414	11.3	9.1	6.8	30.1	43.8	5.4	1,971	1,625	1,284	26.2	44.7	-

Region VIII	7,080	7,689	9,671	19.1	15.4	19.6	9.7	8.1	8.8	140,967	116,276	159,702	10.2	8.7	9.5
Biliran	7,271	7,992	8,837	15.6	21.8	10.5	22.9	3.4	12.3	4,475	6,414	3,354	22.9	41.0	42.7
Eastern Samar*	7,162	7,936	9,414	25.0	17.3	22.3	16.4	20.5	28.5	18,566	13,143	18,482	16.2	18.7	27.0
Leyte	6,933	7,486	9,501	16.7	15.7	18.4	20.5	12.5	12.8	56,644	53,104	67,366	22.0	12.8	14.1
Northern Samar*	6,717	7,331	10,115	24.2	13.7	32.2	17.9	34.9	23.4	22,804	14,009	35,117	17.8	36.8	27.4
Southern Leyte	7,026	7,673	9,638	9.5	11.0	8.8	21.4	29.7	18.4	6,943	8,325	7,209	21.3	31.4	16.5
Western Samar	7,542	8,177	9,775	24.6	16.2	19.7	15.5	13.0	14.7	31,534	21,281	28,173	15.0	15.1	14.6

Region IXc	6,574	7,244	9,406	21.0	27.8	24.3	11.2	7.4	7.7	113,953	162,964	151,609	12.1	7.9	8.0
Zamboanga del Norte	6,914	7,473	9,787	30.6	48.3	43.0	16.3	9.6	11.1	50,834	82,945	78,811	16.1	10.1	11.9
Zamboanga del Surd	6,325	7,046	8,978	16.7	17.9	16.8	15.8	14.3	11.3	63,119	53,678	53,023	17.6	14.5	11.5
Zamboanga Sibugay*	e	7,003	9,095	e	25.0	15.7	e	18.1	25.6	e	25,065	17,086	e	22.6	25.2
Isabela City*	f	7,205	8,913	f	8.7	17.4	f	95.8	61.5	f	1,276	2,689	f	100.0	61.8

Region X	7,296	7,995	9,757	19.2	19.5	19.2	7.0	8.2	7.2	132,490	144,286	151,307	7.1	7.6	7.2
Bukidnon	6,706	7,693	9,219	15.9	22.2	15.5	17.7	17.3	14.6	32,102	48,072	36,079	17.5	13.7	13.6
Camiguin	7,950	8,617	10,418	20.3	14.6	20.5	18.6	46.8	10.4	2,934	2,262	3,455	18.7	64.3	27.2
Lanao del Norte	7,692	8,381	10,196	29.2	26.1	24.1	10.2	13.3	16.0	44,637	41,020	39,543	11.9	12.6	15.9
Misamis Occidental	7,304	7,906	9,717	25.3	21.4	26.2	13.1	22.2	14.6	24,832	22,313	29,127	14.2	21.2	16.9
Misamis Oriental	7,385	7,987	9,830	12.7	12.5	16.4	15.1	15.2	12.1	27,986	30,619	43,103	14.9	16.2	12.5

Region XI	7,087	7,856	10,283	12.8	13.9	14.7	12.8	2.2	7.4	92,900	112,936	123,800	13.1	7.5	7.4
Davao del Norteg	7,207	8,063	10,792	19.3	14.5	17.4	18.0	10.7	15.7	51,481	23,512	28,885	19.8	9.2	15.8
Davao del Sur	6,880	7,601	9,784	7.3	9.9	11.4	24.5	11.4	10.0	27,074	42,559	50,613	23.5	10.9	9.9
Davao Oriental*	7,027	7,799	10,061	16.7	21.7	19.5	13.7	21.8	22.0	14,346	19,495	18,727	14.0	22.1	23.3
Compostela Valley	h	8,116	10,848	h	21.2	18.8	h	2.7	17.1	h	27,370	25,576	h	19.0	16.8

Region XII	7,235	7,807	9,702	17.9	14.0	14.5	11.2	7.8	7.3	116,320	99,131	108,265	11.2	8.1	7.2
North Cotabato	7,188	7,528	8,994	20.9	9.4	11.0	17.0	16.6	18.0	40,014	18,936	23,812	17.1	14.9	19.3
Saranggani	7,204	7,860	9,694	31.8	25.1	21.4	32.7	11.2	13.8	26,253	23,412	20,929	32.7	10.4	11.9
South Cotabato	7,114	7,932	10,190	11.7	11.3	12.4	19.0	12.2	9.7	26,414	28,500	33,212	19.4	13.2	8.6
Sultan Kudarat	7,454	7,706	9,616	18.1	18.4	19.4	21.4	22.2	19.1	21,493	23,091	25,657	20.8	25.4	17.6
Cotabato City*	7,965	8,402	10,385	7.0	15.1	13.2	32.4	21.7	37.8	2,146	5,192	4,654	32.5	26.6	47.1

CAR	8,744	9,141	10,837	13.7	10.3	13.2	10.3	12.3	11.9	37,728	28,782	39,829	10.6	12.6	11.6
Abra	8,845	9,410	11,505	23.5	16.5	26.1	19.1	26.6	19.0	9,290	6,965	11,723	24.2	29.3	20.2
Apayao*	7,919	8,347	11,099	11.6	4.6	32.2	30.6	43.2	39.1	1,987	904	6,786	29.5	40.8	38.9
Benguet*	8,846	8,980	10,325	3.1	1.9	1.3	42.2	27.7	39.7	3,889	2,379	1,713	41.7	28.0	36.2
Ifugao*	8,490	8,623	9,919	32.7	10.5	6.7	13.9	43.2	38.1	10,653	3,385	2,394	12.8	43.9	37.4
Kalinga	8,194	8,620	10,234	17.7	21.4	26.5	29.7	26.4	17.2	5,458	7,038	9,333	29.9	25.2	17.1
Mt. Province*	9,726	9,755	10,874	23.2	27.6	24.8	28.2	18.0	27.0	6,451	8,111	7,879	28.3	21.2	28.4

ARMMi	8,313	8,730	10,318	23.9	18.2	22.5	8.1	11.0	10.0	113,831	91,760	119,917	9.3	10.9	10.7
Basilan*i	6,956	7,336	9,256	9.7	5.9	4.2	27.6	31.7	70.4	5,877	3,190	2,302	27.5	47.9	62.7
Lanao del Sur	8,635	9,119	10,571	18.3	17.5	22.7	15.4	23.6	18.7	22,110	22,463	30,491	16.7	21.5	23.3
Maguindanao	8,242	8,496	10,190	35.1	30.0	27.3	12.5	13.9	16.6	51,304	46,510	47,130	15.7	15.6	18.2
Sulu	8,615	9,322	11,085	27.8	13.3	14.4	16.1	32.3	15.7	27,636	14,203	15,721	18.1	31.8	16.2
Tawi-tawi*	7,769	7,900	9,839	14.2	8.9	38.7	28.4	33.1	23.9	6,903	5,395	24,273	25.5	24.7	23.4

Caraga	7,667	8,361	10,342	24.4	24.5	24.2	8.2	7.7	6.4	99,808	101,616	107,511	8.8	8.1	6.9
Agusan del Norte	7,542	7,969	9,429	22.2	17.9	15.8	11.9	13.3	17.4	23,363	19,508	18,274	12.0	12.2	16.7
Agusan del Sur	7,655	8,288	10,080	31.9	27.9	28.0	15.4	18.4	12.3	36,597	31,642	33,489	15.4	21.3	15.0
Surigao Del Norte	7,998	8,988	10,830	21.6	27.6	26.9	17.9	11.4	9.8	19,786	26,539	28,130	23.5	10.1	9.9
Surigao Del Sur	7,519	8,136	10,724	20.6	24.6	26.3	19.3	12.8	12.6	20,062	23,927	27,619	19.6	12.7	13.1

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 CVs were computed since no sample household were 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:

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 2006 subsistence incidence is greater than 20%


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