"Table 3. Poverty Incidence for Children, by Region:  2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Region,2006,,,,2009,,,,2012,,,,2015,,,,Increase/Decrease,,,,,,,,,,,,
,Poverty Incidence (%),Coefficient of Variation,90% Confidence Interval,,Poverty Incidence (%),Coefficient of Variation,90% Confidence Interval,,Poverty Incidence (%),Coefficient of Variation,90% Confidence Interval,,Poverty Incidence (%),Coefficient of Variation,90% Confidence Interval,,Poverty Incidence,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,Lower Limit,Upper Limit,,,Lower Limit,Upper Limit,,,Lower Limit,Upper Limit,,,Lower Limit,Upper Limit,06-09,09-12,12-15,,,,,,,,,,
Philippines ,35.2,1.7,34.3,36.2,35.3,1.4,34.5,36.2,35.2,1.7,34.2,36.2,31.4,1.9,30.4,32.4,0.1 ,(0.1),(3.8),,,,,,,,,,
NCR,7.1,12.7,5.7,8.6,6.1,10.8,5.0,7.2,7.1,10.3,5.9,8.3,7.0,10.7,5.7,8.2,(1.0),0.9 ,(0.1),,,,,,,,,,
CAR,35.2,9.5,29.7,40.8,33.4,8.0,29.0,37.8,31.0,10.2,25.8,36.2,28.1,9.7,23.6,32.6,(1.9),(2.4),(2.9),,,,,,,,,,
Region I,34.4,5.9,31.1,37.8,29.5,6.3,26.4,32.6,26.6,7.2,23.5,29.7,19.3,10.7,15.9,22.7,(4.9),(2.9),(7.3),,,,,,,,,,
Region II,34.4,6.2,30.9,37.9,32.9,6.5,29.4,36.4,29.3,7.0,25.9,32.7,22.5,7.8,19.6,25.4,(1.5),(3.6),(6.8),,,,,,,,,,
Region III,17.5,7.7,15.3,19.8,19.6,5.9,17.7,21.5,19.8,7.4,17.4,22.2,17.7,8.2,15.3,20.1,2.0 ,0.2 ,(2.1),,,,,,,,,,
Region IVA,15.4,9.7,13.2,18.2,17.6,6.4,15.8,19.5,18.1,8.6,15.6,20.7,14.9,8.9,12.7,17.1,2.3 ,0.5 ,(3.3),,,,,,,,,,
Region IVB,50.6,5.4,46.1,55.0,44.4,5.3,40.5,48.2,39.9,7.1,35.3,44.6,34.5,9.5,29.1,39.9,(6.2),(4.4),(5.5),,,,,,,,,,
Region V,53.5,3.6,50.3,56.7,53.4,3.4,50.4,56.4,51.1,4.4,47.4,54.8,46.7,4.1,43.5,49.9,(0.1),(2.3),(4.4),,,,,,,,,,
Region VI,39.4,5.4,35.9,42.9,41.0,4.3,38.1,43.9,39.9,5.0,36.6,43.2,33.5,6.8,29.7,37.2,1.6 ,(1.1),(6.4),,,,,,,,,,
Region VII,45.6,5.1,41.8,49.5,40.2,5.2,36.8,43.6,40.4,5.6,36.6,44.1,37.5,5.3,34.2,40.8,(5.4),0.2 ,(2.9),,,,,,,,,,
Region VIII,51.0,4.6,47.1,54.8,52.6,4.1,49.0,56.1,56.5,3.9,52.9,60.1,49.3,5.2,45.1,53.6,1.6 ,4.0 ,(7.2),,,,,,,,,,
Region IX,55.0,5.7,49.9,60.2,54.6,3.7,51.3,57.9,48.6,5.4,44.3,52.9,42.8,6.0,38.6,47.0,(0.4),(6.0),(5.8),,,,,,,,,,
Region X,47.5,5.1,43.5,51.5,49.3,4.6,45.5,53.0,50.6,4.9,46.5,54.6,47.6,6.0,42.9,52.4,1.8 ,1.3 ,(2.9),,,,,,,,,,
Region XI,39.9,6.5,35.6,44.2,40.8,6.2,36.7,44.9,40.8,5.7,36.9,44.7,31.7,6.9,28.0,35.3,0.9 ,(0.0),(9.1),,,,,,,,,,
Region XII,45.4,4.9,41.7,49.1,46.7,4.3,43.4,50.1,54.1,4.6,50.0,58.3,48.4,5.3,44.2,52.6,1.3 ,7.4 ,(5.8),,,,,,,,,,
Caraga,58.3,4.1,54.4,62.3,63.4,3.1,60.1,66.7,49.7,5.1,45.6,53.8,49.1,4.5,45.5,52.7,5.1 ,(13.7),(0.6),,,,,,,,,,
ARMM,52.6,5.8,47.6,57.6,56.1,5.1,51.4,60.9,64.1,4.3,59.6,68.7,63.1,4.3,58.7,67.6,3.5 ,8.0 ,(1.0),,,,,,,,,,
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Notes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1/ Child refers to individual below 18 years old based on, RA 7610, Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2/ Poverty incidence among children refers to the proportion of children (belonging to poor families) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold  to the total number ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
   of children.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,