"Table 4. Poverty Incidence for Senior Citizens, 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 ,16.9,3.1,16.0,17.8,16.1,2.5,15.5,16.8,16.2,2.9,15.4,16.9,13.2,3.1,12.5,13.8,(0.7),0.0 ,(3.0),,,
NCR,1.4,25.9,0.8,2.0,0.9,28.2,0.5,1.4,2.1,19.4,1.4,2.8,2.0,20.2,1.3,2.6,(0.5),1.1 ,(0.1),,,
CAR,19.9,14.2,15.2,24.5,14.5,15.4,10.8,18.2,14.2,18.4,9.9,18.6,13.1,13.8,10.1,16.1,(5.4),(0.3),(1.1),,,
Region I,14.2,13.0,11.2,17.2,13.1,10.5,10.8,15.3,8.9,11.1,7.3,10.5,7.3,15.2,5.4,9.1,(1.1),(4.2),(1.7),,,
Region II,15.2,12.3,12.1,18.3,16.2,11.4,13.1,19.2,11.8,15.2,8.8,14.7,8.5,14.1,6.5,10.5,1.0 ,(4.4),(3.3),,,
Region III,6.8,14.7,5.2,8.4,7.3,11.7,5.9,8.7,7.9,13.5,6.1,9.6,7.1,13.6,5.5,8.7,0.5 ,0.6 ,(0.8),,,
Region IVA,4.9,19.3,3.4,6.6,6.2,14.4,4.7,7.6,7.7,12.0,6.2,9.3,4.4,15.3,3.3,5.5,1.3 ,1.6 ,(3.3),,,
Region IVB,19.7,13.2,15.4,23.9,20.3,9.5,17.1,23.4,17.1,13.3,13.4,20.9,11.0,16.5,8.0,13.9,0.6 ,(3.1),(6.2),,,
Region V,23.8,9.4,20.1,27.5,23.9,7.6,20.9,26.8,26.5,7.9,23.1,30.0,19.3,9.4,16.3,22.3,0.0 ,2.7 ,(7.2),,,
Region VI,14.9,12.3,11.9,17.9,14.0,8.8,12.0,16.0,17.2,9.2,14.5,19.8,9.9,11.2,8.0,11.7,(0.9),3.2 ,(7.3),,,
Region VII,28.3,8.0,24.5,32.0,23.2,7.7,20.2,26.1,24.8,7.8,21.6,28.0,22.3,8.9,19.1,25.6,(5.1),1.6 ,(2.5),,,
Region VIII,27.0,8.3,23.3,30.6,24.5,7.9,21.3,27.6,27.6,8.3,23.8,31.3,24.7,8.8,21.1,28.3,(2.5),3.1 ,(2.8),,,
Region IX,37.5,9.5,31.7,43.4,33.3,8.7,28.5,38.0,25.1,9.3,21.3,28.9,22.3,10.2,18.6,26.1,(4.3),(8.2),(2.8),,,
Region X,25.0,11.4,20.3,29.7,29.5,9.4,24.9,34.1,26.2,9.1,22.2,30.1,23.1,10.0,19.3,27.0,4.5 ,(3.3),(3.0),,,
Region XI,20.4,12.1,16.3,24.5,20.6,10.9,16.9,24.3,19.2,11.8,15.5,22.9,13.3,12.2,10.6,15.9,0.2 ,(1.4),(5.9),,,
Region XII,24.4,10.7,20.1,28.8,24.4,9.8,20.5,28.4,32.1,8.9,27.4,36.8,24.1,9.1,20.5,27.7,(0.0),7.6 ,(8.0),,,
Caraga,33.2,8.1,28.8,37.6,39.0,6.3,35.0,43.1,24.1,9.4,20.4,27.9,30.8,8.3,26.6,35.0,5.9 ,(14.9),6.6 ,,,
ARMM,35.5,12.3,28.3,42.7,32.6,11.7,26.3,38.9,36.8,11.0,30.1,43.4,38.5,9.7,32.3,44.6,(2.9),4.2 ,1.7 ,,,
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"1/ Senior citizen refers to an individual aged 60 years old and above, based on RA 9257, the Expanded Senior Citizens Act",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2/ Poverty incidence among senior citizens refers to the proportion of senior citizens (belonging to poor families) with per capita income less than the per capita poverty threshold ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    to the total number of senior citizens.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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