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Children in Poor Households by Region: 1985 to 2006
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Percentage of children aged 0 to 14 in poor households by region, (PIDS estimates)

Place	1985	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2003	2006
Philippines	58.8	55.5	55.4	51.2	43.5	43.9	40.2	43.9
NCR	34.8	33.8	24.2	16.3	10.2	13.0	11.7	15.8
CAR	46.3	58.0	63.8	64.7	51.1	46.9	41.2	44.5
Region I - Ilocos	54.5	63.2	64.0	64.4	49.5	46.3	41.2	43.6
Region II - Cagayan Valley	52.9	53.6	61.0	53.2	43.1	38.9	33.7	34.5
Region III - Central Luzon	42.0	44.2	44.3	39.8	24.5	29.7	25.7	28.3
Region IVA - CALABARZON	51.1	49.8	47.4	38.5	30.4	28.7	26.3	30.9
Region IVB - MIMAROPA	65.4	73.8	72.1	68.0	54.2	56.8	58.7	63.9
Region V - Bicol	77.5	70.6	70.3	69.1	64.5	64.3	61.0	63.0
Region VI - Western Visayas	78.2	67.5	66.1	61.4	56.0	57.2	51.3	51.3
Region VII - Central Visayas	71.6	62.3	57.5	47.9	46.3	47.5	38.1	46.0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas	74.2	64.2	56.3	54.4	58.6	57.7	54.4	62.2
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	68.9	58.7	61.2	59.7	48.4	54.8	59.8	56.8
Region X - Northern Mindanao	62.6	55.6	64.7	62.5	55.1	55.1	54.6	53.4
Region XI - Davao	57.1	59.2	56.5	57.1	45.2	41.7	44.6	48.5
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	61.2	55.9	68.0	59.0	56.6	56.4	47.2	51.3
CARAGA	64.0	55.9	68.1	64.7	60.8	61.3	64.6	61.8
ARMM	55.7	36.5	62.2	69.5	61.3	66.2	60.4	69.3

Source: FIES,NSO

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Number of children aged 0 to 14 in poor households by region, (PIDS estimates)

Place	1985	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2003	2006
Philippines	12816090	12500861	13933663	13317835	11996790	12331583	11803412	12886631
NCR	872824	874592	742896	506538	350736	466801	415999	552529
CAR	205644	266627	348748	339032	280964	255799	217672	225613
Region I - Ilocos	703518	832092	883305	875196	722619	651643	614733	650760
Region II - Cagayan Valley	467646	461002	564635	529995	456857	369989	326992	325653
Region III - Central Luzon	870631	918409	1078771	1016587	667029	791189	799508	870489
Region IVA - CALABARZON	1033792	934273	1137287	916830	782091	855864	957167	1083037
Region IVB - MIMAROPA	448281	584652	596406	556867	495614	540308	586842	673910
Region V - Bicol	1270515	1261673	1383422	1439788	1452923	1313452	1237754	1326257
Region VI - Western Visayas	1524532	1440204	1536828	1489187	1310455	1320473	1140058	1140761
Region VII - Central Visayas	1125586	1026034	1003865	884386	887359	937722	807871	986425
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas	917895	834036	799512	801166	910005	856316	864125	963722
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	599569	533995	562323	613023	504729	609746	689369	664042
Region X - Northern Mindanao	719317	652296	819791	810868	773377	754618	755556	739188
Region XI - Davao	647748	645243	666305	728069	590014	561906	644672	681179
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	521149	528283	709046	600595	614530	733084	624589	667340
CARAGA	452601	398117	532044	563930	537160	518820	526459	516190
ARMM	434841	309333	568478	645778	660328	793852	594043	819537

Source: FIES,NSO

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Percentage of children aged 0 to 14 in subsistence poor households by region, (PIDS estimates)

Place	1985	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2003	2006
Philippines	36.7	32.0	32.3	29.8	27.6	22.7	19.6	21.2
NCR	10.7	8.8	4.5	1.7	1.7	2.0	1.2	1.8
CAR	21.3	25.6	43.4	37.7	37.4	25.0	20.2	24.2
Region I - Ilocos	26.9	33.2	38.2	38.7	33.4	23.6	17.3	17.2
Region II - Cagayan Valley	30.6	29.2	32.8	31.4	25.4	16.6	11.4	13.5
Region III - Central Luzon	20.2	18.0	18.9	17.0	9.2	8.6	6.3	6.8
Region IVA - CALABARZON	24.0	26.6	21.3	16.6	12.4	10.9	7.4	10.0
Region IVB - MIMAROPA	51.8	52.5	50.6	43.6	36.5	32.7	31.3	35.0
Region V - Bicol	54.4	47.2	45.4	47.0	46.9	38.4	36.4	34.6
Region VI - Western Visayas	53.2	41.2	38.4	37.9	34.6	32.2	25.5	25.1
Region VII - Central Visayas	56.3	40.7	36.6	28.7	32.8	28.3	21.6	25.6
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas	58.7	46.4	41.4	36.1	41.5	33.3	28.5	36.3
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	52.0	40.9	39.6	41.0	33.5	33.3	42.1	38.5
Region X - Northern Mindanao	45.2	33.7	44.9	43.7	38.4	32.6	33.8	33.7
Region XI - Davao	36.4	36.5	34.9	34.4	32.6	22.7	25.2	26.7
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	36.6	34.1	45.6	37.9	40.9	29.8	24.5	25.9
CARAGA	42.3	34.9	45.8	44.7	47.8	39.1	39.5	38.5
ARMM	28.2	18.4	35.6	32.3	34.6	32.8	28.3	32.8

Source: FIES,NSO

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Number of children ages 0 to 14 in subsistence poor households by region, (PIDS estimates)

Place	1985	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2003	2006
Philippines	7994245	7208873	8112088	7739984	7619613	6379229	5751354	6235928
NCR	268527	228289	138908	53144	58763	73322	41260	64432
CAR	94578	117477	237337	197417	205376	136197	106570	122367
Region I - Ilocos	347094	436473	526760	525836	487346	331810	258293	257076
Region II - Cagayan Valley	270359	251249	303978	312602	268420	157552	110956	126963
Region III - Central Luzon	417999	374318	459790	435250	250911	229610	194459	209477
Region IVA - CALABARZON	485175	498346	510911	396383	319677	325514	271378	349472
Region IVB - MIMAROPA	354961	415884	418574	357558	333594	311072	312475	369101
Region V - Bicol	891872	842940	892917	980379	1057391	785015	737707	727930
Region VI - Western Visayas	1036043	879496	892712	918494	810980	742094	566351	558997
Region VII - Central Visayas	885006	669816	639699	529957	628680	558130	458028	549686
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas	725491	602170	587218	530649	644240	495284	453250	562406
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	452685	372315	363735	421049	349242	370237	484460	450116
Region X - Northern Mindanao	519915	395785	568323	566541	539330	445724	466692	465575
Region XI - Davao	413544	398077	411759	439132	426242	305933	364464	375454
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	311420	321957	475535	386539	444204	387094	324198	337293
CARAGA	299220	248208	358053	389141	422146	331291	321997	321381
ARMM	220356	156073	325879	299912	373072	393350	278818	388202

Source: FIES,NSO

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Total number of children aged 0 to 14 by region

Place	1985	1988	1991	1994	1997	2000	2003	2006
Philippines	21801475	22510479	25148373	25987542	27559344	28071934	29349234	29375602
NCR	2508369	2585919	3074268	3106598	3423231	3579586	3545238	3497685
CAR	444613	459537	546793	524197	549736	545238	528697	506553
Region I - Ilocos	1290357	1316630	1379612	1359525	1460894	1407336	1492137	1492052
Region II - Cagayan Valley	884352	860838	925545	995991	1058775	951782	970033	942850
Region III - Central Luzon	2073676	2078649	2435664	2553950	2717422	2666918	3106484	3077409
Region IVA - CALABARZON	2022266	1874364	2398121	2382198	2571104	2981983	3645384	3501359
Region IVB - MIMAROPA	685804	792339	826744	819370	914870	951188	999222	1054778
Region V - Bicol	1639712	1786895	1968875	2084820	2254070	2042824	2028949	2105749
Region VI - Western Visayas	1948341	2133940	2324687	2424243	2340574	2307149	2220793	2223700
Region VII - Central Visayas	1572843	1646302	1745829	1846931	1916305	1974904	2120583	2146700
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas	1236718	1298592	1418983	1471483	1553047	1485259	1588446	1550296
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	870410	909291	918541	1027210	1042846	1112550	1152100	1169907
Region X - Northern Mindanao	1149049	1174040	1266849	1296359	1403924	1368865	1382574	1383372
Region XI - Davao	1135294	1089940	1179099	1275208	1306020	1349058	1446442	1405514
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	851668	944347	1042950	1018795	1085615	1300832	1323120	1300283
CARAGA	707017	711608	781312	871523	883634	846622	814907	835428
ARMM	780985	847248	914499	929140	1077278	1199842	984124	1181968

Source: FIES,NSO

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