Estimates of Family Living Wage Per Day Based on NSCB Cost Menus (In Pesos)
and Food Expenditures Ratios of Families in the 5th-7th Deciles
Solely Dependent on Wages and Salary
(Family Size is 6)
 


Region
NCR
CAR
Region I
Region II
Region III
Region IV
Region V
Region VI
Region VII
Region VIII
Region IX
Region X
Region XI
Region XII
ARMM
 
* Used average CPI (2000=100)

1/  Peso equivalent of daily per capita food threshold
2/  Based on 1994 FIES, inflated to 1997.

Legend:

   FE - Food Expenditure
   NF - Non-Food Expenditure
   10% - proportion of "other components" to allow for savings/investments
   FLW - Family Living Wage (FE + NF + 10% of TFE)

SOURCE OF DATA   :     National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB Menu-Urban Area)
                                      National Statistics Office, 1994 FIES
                                      National Wages and Productivity Commission
 
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