Total fuel, light and water expenditures was reported at P112.7 billion
In 2000, total family expenditures for fuel, light and water was reported at P112.7 billion, an increase of P38 billion or 50.9 percent from 1997 figure of P74.6 billion. Of this amount, P59.9 billion or 53.2 percent was on electricity expenditures, the highest among the fuel, light, and water expenditure group. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) expenditures ranked second with P20.5 billion or 18.2 percent, while water expenditures (P13.8 billion or 12.3 %) ranked third. On the average, total fuel, light and water expenditures for each family in 2000 was reported at P7,380.
Adjusted for the 22.0 percent inflation measured from 1997 to 2000, total family expenditures for fuel, light and water was P92.4 billion, higher by 23.7 percent than the 1997 figure.
NCR reported the highest average family expenditures for electricity
Among regions, NCR reported the highest average family expenditures for electricity with P10,548, P1,039 for petroleum products, and P169 for candle, oils, etc. ARMM ranked first in average family expenditures for LPG with P2,850, while CAR (P2,578) in average family expenditure for water. Charcoal and firewood average family expenditures were reported highest by Region IV (P773) and Region VI (P2,091), respectively.
Average family expenditure for electricity was registered lowest in ARMM with P2,044. On the other hand, Region VIII registered the lowest average family expenditure for water with only P890.
Technical Notes The Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES) is a nationwide survey of households undertaken every three years by the National Statistics Office. It is the main source of data on family income and expenditures which include among others levels of consumption by item expenditure as well as sources of income in cash and in kind. The results of the FIES provide information on levels of living and disparities in income of Filipino families, as well as their spending patterns. The 2000 FIES was conducted in two major operations as rider to the regular quarterly Labor Force Survey. The first major operation was in July 2000 and gathered data for the period January 1-June 30, 2000. The second operation was in January 2001 which gathered information for the period July 1-December 2000. The survey involves an interview of national sample of about 41,000 households. Since March 1957, the 2000 FIES is the twelfth in the series conducted. Expenditure items on fuel, light and water included charcoal, firewood, liquefied petroleum gas, petroleum products, electricity, candles, oils and water used for family consumption. Expenditure items for business use were reported separately in the corresponding entrepreneurial activities. |
(Sgd.)CARMELITA N. ERICTA |
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