Table 12 Income Quality, Per Capita Income and Poverty Incidence by Region 1985, 1988, 1991
		Inequality (Gini Coefficient)			Poverty Incidence (% of families)			Per Capita Income (pesos)
Region		1985	1988	1991	1985	1988	1991	1985	1988	1991
National Capital Region		0.4146	0.4258	0.4397	23.0	21.6	14.9	24,372	26,975	27,082
Cordillera Autonomous Region*		n.a.	0.3741	0.4374	n.a.	41.9	37.6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
I	Ilocos	0.4011	0.3743	0.4058	37.5	44.9	49.4	6,478	6,883	7,000
II	Cagayan Valley	0.3856	0.3952	0.4209	37.8	40.4	43.1	5,864	6,192	5,944
III	Central Luzon	0.3992	0.3861	0.4079	27.7	29.3	33.0	9,743	10,671	10,945
IV	Southern Tagalog	0.4058	0.4034	0.4278	40.3	41.1	38.0	11,222	12,159	12,397
V	Bicol	0.3798	0.3876	0.3971	60.5	54.5	56.1	4,663	4,577	4,727
VI	Western Visayas	0.4499	0.4080	.04037	59.9	49.4	46.7	8,375	8,673	8,788
VII	Central Visayas	0.4537	0.4602	0.4647	57.4	46.8	42.4	8,500	9,685	9,823
VIII	Eastern Visayas	0.3904	0.4041	0.4417	59.0	48.9	40.7	5,280	5,345	5,286
IX	Western Mindanao	0.3047	0.4087	0.4476	54.3	38.7	54.5	6,539	6,425	6,488
X	Northern Mindanao	0.4539	0.4424	0.4007	53.1	46.1	55.2	10,164	10,294	9,857
XI	Southern Mindanao	0.3932	0.4019	0.4452	43.9	43.1	47.5	11,497	11,871	11,539
XII	Central Mindanao	0.3709	0.3583	0.3754	57.7	36.1	51.0	8,459	8,570	8,170
Philippines		0.4466	0.4446	0.4735	44.2	40.2	40.7	10,461	11,243	11,311

* For 1985, included in Regions II and III
Sources: National Statistical Coordination Board, "Highlights of the1991 Family Income and Exependiture Survey;" NEDA National Planning and Policy Staff and Development Planning and Research Project, "Income Distribution in the Philippines (1957-1988): An Application of the Dagum Model to the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Data" by Ma. Cynthia S. Bantilan et al.