Statistics of Filipino Children 4th Quarter of 2008 Juvenile Delinquency

0022-3603
A Quarterly Issue
JOURNAL OF
PHILIPPINE
STATISTICS
VOLUME 59 NUMBER 4
FOURTH QUARTER 2008
Feature Article
Statistics on Filipino Children
Republic of the Philippines

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Manila
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HER EXCELLENCY
PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

CARMELITA N. ERICTA
Administrator
PAULA MONINA G. COLLADO

Deputy Administrator
ISSN 0022-3603
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PREFACE
The Journal of Philippine Statistics (JPS) is a quarterly publication of
the National Statistics Office (NSO). It furnishes data users with statistical
information on the socioeconomic development of the country in accordance with
the NSOs mission of providing timely, accurate, and reliable information as
bases for plans, policies and decisions, and as inputs to academic pursuits,
researches, and development projects.
The statistical series contained in this publication are updated for
continuity and for comparative analysis whenever possible. Tabular data usually
cover two or more periods for maximum comparability.
This issue presents the latest available statistics on population and
housing; labor and employment; travel and tourism; social welfare, and
community development; education and culture; health, nutrition and vital
statistics; and defense, crime and delinquency.
Featured in this issue are statistics on the Filipino Children. This is in
recognition of the vital role of the Filipino child within the Filipino family and in the
society as a whole.
Most of the statistics shown here were taken from surveys and censuses
conducted by the NSO and other offices, as well as from administrative forms or
records compiled by various agencies. Acknowledgment, therefore, is extended
to all secondary data sources without whose cooperation and support, the
consolidation of information and the publication of this journal would not have
been possible.
Manila, Philippines
December 2008
CONTENTS
Page
Preface...
Contents...
Statistical Tables...
iii
v
vii
Feature Article
Statistics on Filipino Children... ..
Section I -
Section II -
Section III -
POPULATION AND HOUSING ..
13
Lucena City: Results from the 2007 Census

of Population...
13
Private Building Construction Statistics

Second Quarter 2008
16
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
30
Labor Force Survey: July 2008
30
Labor Relations and Concerns ..
34
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
46
Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines: 2008
46
Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT .
55
Familiies Served: 2008..
57
Disadvantaged Children Served: 2008.
57
Disadvantaged and Abused Children Served

2008..
58
Youth Served: 2008
59
Welfare and Protection of Disadvantaged Women

2008..
59
Persons with Disabilities: 2008.
60
Old Persons Served: 2008.....
61
CONTENTS - Concluded
Page
Section V -
EDUCATION AND CULTURE ..
73
Education Indicators: School Years 2004-2005

and 2005-2006 .
73
Promotion of Arts and Culture
76
Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS ..
80
Health and Vital Indicators: 2008....
80
Under Five Mortality (Preliminary Results from the 2008

National Demographic and Health Survey)
81
Half of the Women in the Philippines Practice Family

Planning (Preliminary Results from the 2008 National
Demographic and Health Survey..
82
Nutrition and Health Status of Filipino Adults (Results

from the National Nutrition and Health Survey
2003-2004)
82
Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY ..
89
Crime Indicators: 2008.
89
Human Rights Violation Among Indigenous

Peoples (IPs) .
92
STATISTICAL TABLES
Page
Feature Article
Statistics on Filipino Children... ..
1
Status of local councils for the protection of children

2007
Government expenditure programme by sector

2002-2006
Selected INGO budgetary allocations for children

2001-2006
Plan Philippines: budgetary allocation for children.
Percentage of mothers by knowledge of children's

rights: 2007...
10
Estimated population of Filipino children: 2001-2005
10
Number of reported cases of child abuse served

by DSWD by type of abuse: 2001-2006
11
Education indicators in public primary schools

2002-2006
11
TVET enrolees, graduates, and employment

2001-2004
11
Children with disabilities by age group and type

of disability: 2000
12
2
3
8
9
10
Section I 1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
POPULATION AND HOUSING

Total population, household population, and number
of households of top ten barangays: 2007
21
Household population by age group and sex

and sex ratio: 2007..
21
Household population ten years old and over

by marital status and sex: 2007..
22
Household population 5 years old and over by highest

educational attainment and sex: 2007.
22
STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued
Page
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
Section II 2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Household population 5 to 24 years old who

were attending school by age group and sex: 2007
23
Occupied housing units by construction materials

of the roof and outer walls: 2007
23
Number, floor area, and value of building construction

by type of building, and region: second quarter 2008 ....
25
Number of residential building construction started

floor area, and value of construction by type of building
and region: second quarter 2008
26
Number of non-residential building construction started

27
Number of commercial building construction started

28
Number of industrial building construction started

29

Employed persons by industry, occupation, class
of worker and hours worked: July 2008 ....
37
Underemployed persons by hours worked and industry

and unemployed persons by age group, sex and highest
grade completed: July 2008 and July 2009..
38
Rates of labor force participation, employment

unemployment and underemployment by region
July 2008
40
Strike and lockout notices and actual strikes and lockouts

January to September 2007 and 2008
41
Strike and lockout notices, actual strikes and lockouts

and preventive mediation cases by region: January
to September 2008
42
Page
2.6
2.7
Section III -
Preventive mediation cases and voluntary arbitration

cases: January to September 2007 and 2008
44
Original and appealed mediation-arbitration cases

and money claims: January to September 2007
and 2008.
45
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
3.1
Visitor arrivals by country of residence

2007 and 2008...
49
3.2
Visitor arrivals by country of residence

December 2007 and 2008.
51
3.3
Top ten travel markets: 2007 and 2008
53
3.4
Average occupancy rates of hotels in Metro Manila

by classification: fourth quarter 2007 and 2008
54
Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
Number of families served by program or project

or service and by region: 2007 and 2008.
62
Number of disadvantaged children served, by program

project or service by region and by sex: 2008 and 2007.
63
Number of child abuse cases served by program

or project service by region and by sex: 2008 and 2007
66
Number of youth served by program or project

or service by region and by sex: 2008 and 2007
66
Number of children in conflict with the law (CICL)

served by program, project or service by region
and by sex: 2008 and 2007
67
Number of women served by program or project

or service by region: 2008 and 2007
69
Number of persons with disabilities (PWDs) served

by program or project or service by region and by sex
2008 and 2007.
70
Page
4.8
Section V 5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
Number of senior citizens (SCs) served by program

project or service by region and by sex: 2008
and 2007
72
EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Net participation rate in public elementary schools
school years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
78
Net participation rate in public secondary schools

school years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
78
Cohort survival rate in public elementray schools

school years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
79
Cohort survival rate in public secondary schools

school years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
79
Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS

6.1
Trends in childhood mortality rates with standard errors

and confidence intervals..
86
6.2
Selected maternal care indicators: 2003 and 2008
86
6.3
Percentage of children age 13-23 months who

received specific vaccines at any time before
the survey: 2003 and 2008..
86
Contraceptive prevalence rates with standard errors

and confidence interval: 1998, 2003 and 2008...
87
Percent distribution of currently married women

by contraceptive method used: 2003 and 2008
87
Mean and prevalence of dyslipidemia among adults

20 years old and over: 2003-2004..
88
Means and distribution of adults to fasting blood sugar

(FBS) by age: 2003-2004
88
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
STATISTICAL TABLES - Concluded
Page
Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY

7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
Total crime volume and efficiency rate by region

third quarter 2007 and 2008 ....
97
Index and non-index crimes by region

97
Crime against persons by region

98
Crime against property by region

99
Population and location of indigenous people by region

2000.
99
Areas of human rights violations of indigenous people

2003
105
Feature Article
Statistics on Filipino Children

The CWC serves as the
coordinating council to line agencies
with programs and services for children.
Members
of
its
board
include
representatives from the departments of
Health, Education, Social Welfare and
Development, the Interior and Local
Government , Labor and Employment,
Justice, and Agriculture, National
Nutrition Council, National Economic
and Development Authority, and three
private individuals, one of whom is a
youth. It also has an existing functional
network
with
non-government
organizations (NGOs) focused on
children.
A national plan of action for children
gains headway
The government formulated in
2000 the Philippine National Strategic
Framework for Plan Development for
Children for the period 2000-2025. More
popularly known as Child 21, its goal is
to build a child-sensitive and childfriendly society as the countrys promise
to Filipino children in the 21st century. It
is meant to serve as a road map, a
guide to make plans and programmes
for children more focused, following the
provisions, principles, and standards of
the Council for the Rights of Children
(CRC). The vision of Child 21 has been
concretized through the formulation of
the National Plan of Action for Children
(NPAC) for the period 2005-2010 aimed
at reducing disparities in development
indicators for children. Subsequently,
there will be NPAC 2011-2015
(Catching up with the MDGs), NPAC
2016-2020 (Sustaining the Gains) and
NPAC 2021-2025 (Achieving Child 21
Vision). NPAC translates the vision of
Proclamation No. 267, signed

and promulgated in 1993 by the then
President of the Philippines Fidel V.
Ramos, declared the month of October
of every year as National Children's
Month. This is in cognizance of the
Filipino children as the most valuable
asset of the country. The designation of
a month to commemorate the Filipino
children emphasizes the importance of
the role of the child within the Filipino
family and within Philippine society.
The Council for the Welfare of
Children (CWC) is the primary Philippine
government agency mandated, among
others, to coordinate programs and
interventions among government and
non-government institutions that have a
stake in the welfare and development of
the Filipino children.
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Child 21 into clear, actionable and timebound plan within a shorter, five-year
time frame taking into consideration the
World Fit for Children (WFC) goals and
the
child-related
Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and, of
course, the principles, provisions, and
standards
of
the
CRC.
A
Comprehensive Programme on Child
Protection (CPCP), an elaboration of the
child protection component of NPAC
was launched on 18 June 2007. The
CPCP aims to build a protective and
caring environment for children as the
overall approach to protecting Filipino
children from various forms of abuse,
exploitation, and violence.
Childrens Month focuses on the
theme Bright Child
This years celebration of the
National Childrens Month focuses on
the theme Bright Child: sa tamang pagaaruga, kinabukasan ay maginhawa.
Activities of the different partner and
member
agencies
gear
towards
addressing support and implementation,
in full range, of the health, nutrition,
early education, and social services
programs that will provide for the basic
holistic needs of the young children from
birth to age six and to promote their
optimum growth and development.
Definition of Terms
National Statistics Office (NSO) included

among children, persons whose ages
were zero to 17 years.
The United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child adopted a
more holistic view of the child
as
strategy by using a life cycle that can
apply across all sectors. The life cycle
includes the following:
Prenatal period (unborn) the period of conception lasting
approximately nine months. A single cell
develops into a complex organism with
a complete brain and behavioral
capabilities.
Mother's
nourishment,
health, well-being (physical, emotional,
psychological), and safety directly affect
the unborn child. Brain development is
affected by the mother's nutrition
Infancy (zero to two years
old) - from birth to about 24 months.
The child is dependent on parents
especially the mother for love, nutrition,
and stimulation. Loving, nurturing , and
supportive parents
are needed for
survival and development of the child
Early childhood (three to
five years old) - child explores the
environment of the home and develops
interpersonal and socialization skills;
psychomotor
development
occurs.
Parents and other care givers enrich the
child's world
Children may be defined as

persons below 18 years of age or one
over said age, and who upon evaluation
of a qualified physician, psychologist, or
psychiatrist, is found to be incapable of
taking care of himself fully because of a
physical or mental disability or condition
or of protecting himself from abuse
(Republic Act 7610).
Childhood (six to twelve

years old) - change from home to school
affects the child's perspective and
contributes to his or her development.
Schools redirect behavioral patterns
through the preferences of teachers and
institution's culture
The 2000 Census of Population

and Housing (CPH) conducted by the
Adolescence (13 to 17
years old) - a period of transition and
rapid physical changes. The pursuit of
STATISTICS ON FILIPINO CHILDREN
independence
and
identity
are
preeminent. More and more time is
spent outside the family and increased
peer influence becomes evident.
Analysis of Tables
Local councils for the protection
of children are organized all over
the country
In accordance with guidelines
developed by the Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG), local
councils for the protection of children
(LCPC) at provincial, municipal, city,
and barangay levels have been
organized, activated, and strengthened
to serve as institutional mechanisms for
coordinating and monitoring CRC
implementation at the local level. Data
from the National Barangay Operations
Office (NBOO) of the DILG as of August
2007 show that 73 out of 81 provinces
(90.0%), 126 out of 132 cities (95.0%),
1,365 of 1,496 municipalities and 40,994
barangays have organized LCPCs.
However, these LCPCs are in varying
levels of functionality. Only 60.0 percent
of provinces, 54.0 percent of cities, 36.0
percent of municipalities, and 19.8
percent of barangays have functional
LCPCs. To achieve a higher rate of
functionality of the LCPCs requires,

among others, a sustained community
organizing strategy and process. An
LCPC is considered functional if it meets
regularly and has minutes of meetings,
has an action plan and an approved
budget for children, and renders an
annual report on children. The DILG,
through its field offices, monitors the
functionality of the local councils (Table
1).
Government spends more for social
services and childrens programme
The
government
is
challenged by a continuing development
and human rights issue. While allocating
more than 30.0 percent of its national
budget to debt-servicing, still much is to
be desired for its social services and
childrens programmes.
Data on
government expenditure programme by
sector show that social expenditure
increased by 8.5 percent from PhP230.5
billion in 2002 to PhP250.2 billion in
2004 and again increased by 17.4
percent from PhP250.2 billion in 2004 to
PhP293.9 billion in 2006. However, the
share of social services in the total
expenditures has been declining from
31.1 percent in 2002 to 28.9 percent in
2004 and then to 27.9 percent in 2006.
FIGURE 1 Governm ent Expenditure Program m e by Sector: 2002-2006
Number (In pesos)
Amount (In billion pesos)
400,000
400
350,000
350
300,000
300
2002
2003
2004
250,000
250
200,000
200
150,000
150
100,000
100
50,000
50
00
Secto r
2005
2006
On the other hand, debt-service

interest payment increased by 40.4
percent from PhP185.8 billion in 2002
to PhP260.9 billion in 2004 and again
increased by 30.3 percent from
PhP260.9 billion in 2004 to PhP339.9
billion in 2006 (Table 2).
International
organizations
partners in children advocacies
are
International
nongovernment
organizations (INGO) are partners of the
government in addressing the unmet
needs and unfulfilled rights of Filipino
children. Their investments provide
substantial augmentation to government
funds for children. In terms of their
allocations for children, for example,
Plan Philippines invested a total of
US33,584,529 dollars for children in the
period 2001-2006 distributed among
clusters of child rights (Tables 3 and 4).
More than half of Filipino mothers are
aware of their childrens rights
The 2007 Multiple Indicators
Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted by the
NSO (with support from the UNICEF) in
24 provinces and cities asked mothers
about their knowledge of childrens

rights. It revealed that more than 50.0
percent of mothers are aware of their
childrens rights to education and health;
and 40.0 percent recognize the
importance of the family to the child. On
the other hand, the rights of the child to
birth registration; to special protection
from abuse, exploitation and violence;
and to be able to express his or her
views received very low recognition
(16.7%, 18.4%, and 11.8% respectively)
among the mothers. Generally, the data
imply a continuing challenge for massive
dissemination and popularization of the
convention on the Rights of the Child
and its Optional Protocols particularly in
remote rural communities, conflictaffected barangays, communities of
Muslims and indigenous peoples, and
urban slums and informal settlements
in the major urban centers (Table 5).
Children population in
estimated at 38.2 million
2005
The 2000 census found that 43.4

percent of the Philippine population was
below 18 years old. The next general
census of population in August 2007
FIGURE 2 Estim ated Population of Filipino Children: 2001-2005

B o th Sexes
M ale
Female
45,000,000
45
40,000,000
40
35,000,000
35
30
30,000,000
25,000,000
25
20,000,000
20
15,000,000
15
10
10,000,000
5,000,000
5
0 0
2001
2002
is
2003
Year
2004
2005
has released preliminary and partial

results. Assuming the same proportion,
the estimated population of persons
NGOs report increasing number of

child abuse cases
0-19 years old was 38.2 million as of

2005. Of this number, 19.5 million were
male and 18.7 were female. Table 6
shows the estimated child population by
age and gender for a five-year period,
2001-2005. The population of persons
0-19 years old increased from 35.9
million in the year 2000 to 36.4 million in
2001, 36.8 million in 2002, 37.3 million
in 2003, 37.8 million in 2004 and 38.2
million in 2005 showing a yearly
increase of about half a million children
and young people (Table 6).
Aside from DSWD reports, data

from the Child Protection Unit (CPU)
Network show an increasing number of
reported cases of child abuse. In 2004,
the CPU Network recorded 3,797 cases
in 17 member CPUs. This number
increased to 4,034 in 2005 and 4,120 in
2006. For the three-year period
of
2004-2006, 70.0 percent of reported
cases were sexual abuse. Other NGOs
that have their own data on child abuse
are Bantay Bata, Center for the
Prevention and Treatment of Child
Sexual Abuse (CPTCSA).
DSWD reports lessening cases of

child abuse
FIGURE 3 Education Outcom es

in Public Prim ary Schools
2005-2006
The DSWD revealed that the

number of reported cases of child abuse
has been declining from 9,197 in 2004
to 8,336 in 2005 and 7,606 in 2006.
However, these number may not
represent the entire picture. The
downward trend may not necessarily
indicate a decrease in the number of
child abuse cases. In the past two
years, about 40.0 percent of the
reported cases were sexual abuse
(rape, incest, acts of lasciviousness)
and
sexual
exploitation
(child
prostitution,
pedophilia,
and
pornography). Reported cases of
physical abuse and maltreatment at
home and in schools remain high. Child
trafficking and violence against children
still remain largely unreported. The
nature of other forms of child abuse and
exploitation such as child pornography
and corporal punishment is likewise little
understood and requires massive
advocacy and awareness-raising among
families, communities, LGU officials,
and service providers (Table 7).
90.0
2006
80.0
2005
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
B a s ic e duc a t io n o ut c o m e s
Basic education outcomes
Basic education outcomes decline in

2005
The basic education outcomes
show declining rates for net enrolment,
completion, and achievement in primary
schools based on data for the period
2002-2005. However, in 2006, data
show some improvement. In 2002, net
enrolment was reported at 83.3 percent
6
which declined to 76.9 percent (-6.4
percentage points) in 2005 which again
rose to 84.4 percent or an increase of
7.6 percentage points (Table 8).
Proportion
of
children
TVET
graduates employed increases
There are about 1,400 technicalvocational education and training
(TVET) schools or centers, 80.0 percent
of which are in the private sector. There
are only 200 state-run TVET institutions.
The National Technical Education and
Skills Development Plan for the period
2000-2004
noted
that
half
of
programmes offered by TVET schools
and centers have not met the minimum
standards set by the Technical
Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA). The major issues
affecting TVET include poor quality of
training, internal efficiency of TVET
schools, inadequacy of laboratory
equipment, and mismatches of TVET
graduates
with
employment
opportunities.
The period 2001 to 2004 showed
marked increases in the indicators.
Those enroled in these training centers
rose to more than 848 thousand in 2004
from only 637 thousand in 2001 or by
33.0 percent. Graduates who numbered
385 thousand went up to 513 thousand
for an increase of 25.0 percent. As to
those who got employed, from more
than half in 2000, it rose to 60.0 percent
in 2004 (Table 9).
Given the population of children
15-18 years old (8.01 total, 4.01 million
males, and 3.9 million females) who are
most likely to undergo technicalvocational education and training, the
above figures indicate the big gap in
reaching this population group. Yet the
potentials of TVET are great particularly

in the development of adolescents and
young people in the prevention as well
as rehabilitation of children in need of
special protection (as in out-of-school
youth, children in conflict with the law,
children affected by armed conflict, and
even children victims of sexual abuse,
trafficking, and commercial sexual
exploitation).
About 21.0 percent of physically
challenged Filipinos are children
The National Council for the
Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)
estimated about 8.0 million Filipinos
were afflicted with disabilities based on
the assumption of the World Health
Organization (WHO) that 10.0 percent of
every countrys given population has
some form of disability. On the other
hand, the NSO in its Census of
Population in 2000 estimated that there
were 948,098 persons with disabilities
or a mere 1.2 percent of the population
(75.3 million) that same year. Seventy
percent of these disabled persons were
found in rural and remote areas of the
country. Children comprised 191,680
(21.0%) of the total disabled (Table 10).
Number of children in conflict with
the law decreases
Children in conflict with the law
(CICL) are likewise vulnerable to abuse
and violence and other instances of
human rights violations. Based on
reports of the DSWD, there are
approximately 10,000 CICL who are
provided services by the department
annually. More than 1,200 CICL are
being served in the 11 regional
rehabilitation centers for youth (RRCY)
and
about
9,000
are
provided
community-based interventions by local
social welfare and development offices.
Most or 90.0 percent of CICL are males.
The majority of these children are in the

14-17 age group who come from
poverty-stricken families, and have
minimal education.
The Philippine National Police
(PNP), on the other hand reports that
crimes committed by CICL are mostly
property-related and are therefore linked
to conditions of deprivation and poverty
experienced by the children. More than
70.0 percent of the crimes committed by
children are non-serious crimes that
could be best handled through nonjudicial
measures.
Unfortunately,
children are oftentimes detained with
adults in cells that are overcrowded and
where sanitation is poor, food is
inadequate and health care and
educational programmes are nonexistent. The delays in the hearing of
cases in court and the tendency of
judges to order detention of children
even for petty offenses work to the
disadvantage of the children.
The passage of Republic Act
9344 or the Juvenile Justice and
Welfare Act (JJWA) of 2006 are a great
leap forward in improving the legal and
judicial protection of children.
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The number of children detained
with adults has decreased. As of
September 2006, there were 1,102
CICL detained in jails managed by the
Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP). Efforts have been
made to provide for completely separate
detention facilities for these children but
this has been fully achieved only in
Metro Manila and in Cebu City
(Operation Second Chance).
The
Juvenile
Justice
and
Welfare Council (JJWC) which was
created under RA 9344 to oversee the
implementation of the law and to advise
the President on all matters and policies
relating to juvenile justice and welfare
showed that the number of CICL
decreased from 5,297 in December
2006 to 1,392 in June 2007 or by 75.0
percent (Table 11).
TABLE 1 Status of Local Councils for the Protection of Children: 2007

Governance Level
Provinces
Cities
Municipalities
Barangays
Note:
Number
LCPC
Organized
Percent
LCPC
Functional
Percent
81
132
1,496
41,994
73
126
1,365
40,994
90.0
95.0
91.0
97.0
49
71
548
8,324
60.0
54.0
36.0
19.8
LCPC - Local Councils for the Protection of Children
Source: Department of Interior and Local Government, National Barangay Operation Office (NBOO)
TABLE 2 Government Expenditure Programme by Sector: 2002-2006

(In million pesos)
Sector
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
742,022
811,462
867,011
918,619
1,053,278
Social services
Education, culture, and manpower development
Health
Social security, welfare, employment
Housing and community development
Land distribution
Other social services
Subsidy to local government
Economic services
Defense
General public services
Net lending
Debt service-interest payment
230,495
125,395
14,489
36,338
769
2,855
913
49,736
151,255
38,907
132,878
2,626
185,861
235,568
129,957
12,981
33,925
1,691
517
4,327
52,170
164,108
40,645
134,944
5,500
230,697
250,205
128,789
14,478
44,761
1,599
7,355
1,053
52,170
168,226
42,683
139,320
5,676
260,901
254,263
135,442
12,923
40,079
1,739
4,422
3,557
56,101
157,994
44,173
141,868
6,928
313,393
293,931
146,446
13,657
58,557
2,752
4,422
6,504
61,593
197,175
52,427
161,497
8,250
339,998
Source: Department of Budget and Management, 2004 and 2006 Philippine Statistical Yearbook
TABLE 3 Selected INGO Budgetary Allocations for Children: 2001-2006

(In million US dollars)
INGO
CCF
Plan Phil.
World Vision
Notes:
Note:
Total
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
31.5
33.6
39.6
4.4
4.5
-
4.2
1.1
-
4.6
5.3
5.5
5.5
5.6
9.9
6.2
7.0
12.2
6.4
9.9
11.9
INGO - International Nongovernmental Organization

CCF - Christian Chilren's Fund
Source: Reports from CCF, Plan Philippines and World Vision Development Foundation
Source: to Council for the Welfare of Children, May-August 2007
TABLE 4 Plan Philippines: Budgetary Allocation for Children

(In US dollars)
Cluster of Rights
Grand Total
General measures
of implementation
(governance, capacity
building)
General principles
(governance local level
children's participation)
Civil rights and freedoms
(birth registration)
Family environment
Total
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
33,584,529
4,519,968
1,144,825
5,303,663
5,606,749
7,028,967
9,980,357
2,549,599
178,145
27,267
235,543
393,158
831,137
884,349
66,770,461
819,747
141,987
776,391
1,100,542
1,644,537
2,287,257
3,357,296
79,292
86,860
450,888
487,070
779,552
1,473,634
2,809,042
501,207
159,748
550,842
559,010
404,875
633,360
8,327,014
1,303,980
285,985
1,707,901
1,551,333
1,399,820
2,077,995
5,263,257
849,641
266,221
936,078
1,003,523
1,140,540
1,067,254
4,507,860
787,956
176,757
646,020
512,113
828,506
1,556,508
and alternatve care

(ECCD interventions
parenting, seminars
family counseling)
Basic health and welfare
(health, water
and sanitation
adolescent health)
Education, leisure
and cultural activities
(basic education, ALS)
Special protection measures
(emergency, trafficking
child abuse, livelihood)
Source: Plan Philippines report submitted to the Council for the Welfare of Children, May 2006
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TABLE 5
Percentage of Mothers by Knowledge of Children's Rights: 2007
Categories of Child Rights
Percent
To be born, to have a name and nationality

To have a family who will love and care for the child
To live in a peaceful community and a wholesome environment
To have adequate food and a healthy and active body
To obtain good education and develop the child's potential
To be given opportunities for play and leisure
To be protected against abuse, exploitation, neglect, violence and danger
To be defended and given asssitance by the government
To be able to express the child's view
Cannot specify rights
Note:
16.7
40.0
19.4
52.7
57.8
34.2
18.4
3.0
11.8
10.4
CPC - Council for the Protection of Children
Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Mutiple Indicators Cluster Survey
TABLE 6 Estimated Population of Filipino Children: 2001-2005

Age Group
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Both Sexes
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
10,105,011
9,444,200
8,799,361
8,071,179
10,178,688
9,559,539
8,922,811
8,215,201
10,252,366
9,674,878
9,046,260
8,359,222
10,326,245
9,790,533
9,170,048
8,503,638
10,399,923
9,905,872
9,293,498
8,647,659
Male
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
5,162,926
4,862,309
4,508,217
4,091,422
5,201,300
4,909,684
4,579,359
4,173,154
5,239,674
4,957,058
4,650,500
4,254,885
5,278,153
5,004,563
4,721,837
4,336,841
5,316,527
5,051,937
4,792,979
4,418,572
Female
0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
4,942,085
4,581,891
4,291,144
3,979,757
4,977,388
4,949,855
4,343,452
4,042,047
5,012,692
4,717,820
4,395,760
4,104,337
5,048,092
4,785,970
4,448,211
4,166,797
5,083,396
4,853,935
4,500,519
4,229,087
Source: National Statistics Office, 2000 Census-based Population Projections
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TABLE 7 Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served by DSWD by Type

of Abuse: 2001-2006
Type of Abuse
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total
9,448
10,045
1,044
9,197
8,336
7,606
Abandoned
Neglected
Sexually abused
Rape
Incest
Acts of lasciviousness
Sexually exploited
Victims of pedophilia
Victims of prostitution
Victims of pornography
Physically abused
or maltreated
Victims of child labor
Illegal recruitment
Child trafficking
Abduction
Victims of armed conflict
985
2,285
3,980
2,192
1,245
543
249
21
224
4
1,079
2,549
4,129
2,259
1,332
538
284
32
245
7
1,134
2,560
4,097
2,395
1,189
513
311
51
247
13
1,026
2,627
3,416
1,981
1,084
351
348
43
294
11
936
2,420
2,939
1,634
1,018
287
267
19
242
6
1,039
1,267
2,803
1,526
921
356
244
7
236
1
1,445
412
21
29
42
1,440
358
21
95
90
1,370
268
30
66
208
1,214
333
54
135
44
1,009
268
24
102
371
796
231
14
146
66
Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development
TABLE 8 Education Indicators in Public Primary Schools: 2002-2006

Basic Education Outcomes
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Net enrolment
Cohort survival rate
Achievement rate
83.30
69.47
81.70
63.57
79.53
64.87
58.73
78.86
62.58
54.66
84.44
68.70
59.94
Sources: Departement of Education, Basic Education Information System and National Education Testing
Sources: and Research Center
TABLE 9 TVET Enrolees, Graduates, and Employment: 2001-2004

Number Enrolled/Graduated/Employed
Number enroled
Number graduated
Proportion of graduates employed
Source: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
2001
2002
2003
2004
637,500
385,000
52.00
701,300
424,200
53.00
771,400
466,600
55.00
848,500
513,300
60.00
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TABLE 10 Children with Disabilities by Age Group and Type of Disability: 2000
Type of Disability
Under 1
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
Total
5,906
30,260
53,345
59,532
52,826
Total blindness
Partial blindness
Low vision
Total deafness
Partial deafness
Hard of hearing
Oral defect
Loss of one or both arms or hands
Loss of one or both legs or feet
Quadriplegic
Mentally retarded
Mentally ill
Multiple impairment
428
716
817
260
193
46
797
674
150
206
199
1,195
225
2,041
3,260
3,776
1,526
1,079
331
3,575
2,822
1,019
2,517
2,439
4,516
1,359
3,455
4,449
4,716
3,683
2,322
992
7,071
3,515
2,952
5,524
7,793
4,644
2,229
2,921
4,646
5,864
4,387
2,707
1,312
7,482
3,258
2,884
5,498
10,743
5,638
2,232
2,798
4,272
6,089
3,589
2,230
1,001
5,895
3,021
2,785
4,402
9,077
5,680
1,987
Source: National Statistics Office, 2001 Special Report on Persons with Disability
TABLE 11 Number of Children in Conflict with the Law: December 2006 and June 2007
Region/Institutuion
Number of CICL as of December 2006
Number of CICL as of June 2007
5,279
1,329
155
102
276
123
257
418
251
89
416
456
174
412
158
478
518
102
23
80
24
70
6
6
60
9
30
8
83
8
58
63
11
11
33
6
355
179
103
80
10
428
171
91
113
23
162
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)

CRADLE
MOLAVE
MYRC
Pasay Youth Home
Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP) National
Source: Juvenille Justice and Welfare Council
Section I POPULATION AND HOUSING

population is the source of information on
the size and distribution of the population
as well as information about the
demographic, social, economic, and
cultural characteristics. These information
are vital for making rational plans and
programs
for
national
and
local
development.
Lucena City: Results from

the 2007 Census
of Population
Using 12:01 in the morning of

August 1, 2007 as reference period, all
persons were enumerated in their usual
place of residence, which is the
geographic place (street, barangay, sitio,
municipality, or province) where the
persons usually reside.
Definition of Terms
Growth rate the rate at which the
population is increasing or decreasing in
a given year due to natural increase and
net migration, expressed as a percentage
of the base population
Introduction
The population in an area
changes in consequence, as people are
born, people die, and that people move
from one place to place. Hence, there are
three components in population change:
births, deaths, and migration.
Household a social unit consisting of

persons or a group of persons who sleep
in the same housing unit and have
common arrangements in the preparation
and consumption of food
Institutional population the population
enumerated in institutional living quarters
or institutions such as jails or prisons,
military camps, convents or seminaries,
mental hospitals, leprosaria, and the like
In August 2007, the National

Statistics Office (NSO) conducted the
2007 Census of Population. This
nationwide undertaking was the 12th
population census conducted in the
country.
Total population the sum of household

population and institutional population
Like the previous censuses, the

2007 Census of Population is designed to
take an inventory of the total population in
the Philippines and to collect information
about their characteristics. The census of
Average household size the average

number of persons who live in the
household, computed as the household
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14
population in a given area divided by the

corresponding
total
number
of
households in that area
Sex ratio the ratio of males to females
in a given population, expressed as the
number of males per 100 females
Median age the age at which exactly
half of the population is younger than that
age and the other half is older than it
Overall dependency ratio the ratio of
persons in the dependent ages (under 15
years and over 64 years) to persons in
the working ages (15 to 64 years).
Analysis of Tables
Total population
persons
rises
to
236,390
FIGURE 1 Total Population

of Top 10 Barangays
Lucena City: 2007
2007. This was 0.49 percentage point

higher than the 2.12 percent annual
population growth rate recorded from
1995 to 2000 (Table 1.1).
Gulang-gulang
barangay
is
most
populated
Of this highly urbanized city's 33

barangays, Barangay Gulang-gulang
(11.2 percent) was the most populated,
followed by Ibabang Dupay (10.7
percent), and Ibabang Iyam (9.6 percent).
Barangay 6-Poblacion (0.4 percent) was
the least populated barangay (Table 1.1).
Average household size is about five
members
The number of households
increased by 8,985 from 40,261 in 2000
to 49,246 in 2007 (Table 1.1). Household
population likewise increased to 234,935
persons in 2007 from 195,248 persons in
2000 (Table 1.2). These figures resulted
to an average household size of 4.8
persons in 2007, almost the same
average household size (4.9 persons)
recorded in 2000.
Sex ratio increases to 99 males per 100
females
Total Population
The total population of Lucena City

as of August 1, 2007 was 236,390
persons, an increase of 40,315 persons
over its total population of 196,075
persons in 2000. This 2007 figure
translated to an annual population growth
rate of 2.61 percent for the period 2000 to
Age Group
FIGURE 2 Age-Sex Pyramid of Household

Population Lucena City: 2007
Percent to household population
Of the household population,

females (50.2 percent) outnumbered their
male counterparts (49.8 percent) for a sex
ratio of 99 males for every 100 females.
In 2000, the sex ratio was computed at 98
males per 100 females (Table 1.2).
Median age remains at 21 years
The household population of
Lucena City posted a median age of 21
years in 2007, which means that one half
of the citys household population was
below 21 years old. This was the same as
the median age recorded in 2000.
About one in every three persons
(35.6%) were under 15 years old. The
highest share was noted in age group
under 5 years (12.4%), followed by age
group 5-9 years (11.8%), and 10-14 years
(11.5%). Males dominated the household
population in age groups 0-14 years, 2024 years, and 30-39 years while females
outnumbered the males in the remaining
age groups (Table 1.2).
There are more female voters than
male voters
In 2007, the citys voting-age
population (18 years and over) accounted
for 57.7 percent of the household
population. This was slightly higher than
the proportion of voting-age population
(57.0 percent) registered in 2000.
Moreover, the proportion of female voters
(51.1 percent) was higher than that of the
males (48.9 percent).
Overall dependency ratio declines to
64 per 100 working population
The
proportion
of
young
dependents (0 to 14 years) to household
population was 35.6 percent, while the old
dependents (65 years and over) posted a
share of 3.4 percent. The working-age
population (15 to 64 years), on the other
hand, accounted for 61.0 percent of the
household population.
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The overall dependency ratio for

Lucena City was 63.9, or about 64
dependents (58 young and 6 old
dependents) for every 100 working-age
population. The dependency ratio in 2007
was lower than the dependency ratio
registered in 2000 which was 65.7 per
100 working-age population.
About two in every five persons are
single
In 2007, about two fifths (44.4
percent) of the household population 10
years old and over were single, while 41.9
percent were married. Comparing these
with the 2000 figures, a lower proportion
of single persons (40.7 percent) and
higher proportion of married persons
(46.3 percent) were observed in 2000.
The rest (13.7 percent) of the household
population 10 years old and over were
either widowed, divorced or separated,
had common-law or live-in arrangement,
or had unknown marital status.
Males dominated the single (52.6
percent of single persons) population 10
years old and over. The rest of the
categories for marital status were
dominated by females (Table 1.3).
More females pursue higher education
than males
Of the total household population
five years old and over, 32.9 percent had
attended or completed elementary
education, 34.4 percent reached high
school, 9.3 percent were college
undergraduates, and 8.3 percent were
academic degree holders. Majority of the
academic degree holders (54.9 percent)
and those with post baccalaureate
courses (55.7 percent) were females.
In 2007, 63.3 percent of the
household population 5 to 24 years old
attended school at anytime during School
Year 2007 to 2008. Of these, there was
an almost equal proportion of males
(50.5%) and females (49.5%).
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Five persons occupy a housing unit
Limitations
The total occupied housing units

in Lucena City numbered 47,602 in 2007.
This translated to a ratio of 103
households for every 100 occupied
housing units, or five persons per
occupied housing unit. The same ratio
was derived during the 2000 Census.
Data
on
private
building
constructions refer to those proposed to
be constructed or construction work
started during the reference period and
not to construction work completed during
the reference period.
There are more occupied housing

units with strong materials of roofs
and outer walls
Most of the occupied housing
units in the province in 2007 had outer
walls made of concrete/brick/stone (44.2
percent), up by 8.3 percentage points
from the proportion of the same type of
housing units in 2000. Meanwhile,
majority (84.4 percent) of the occupied
housing units in 2007 had roofs made of
galvanized iron/aluminum, indicating an
increase of 4.6 percentage points from
the 2000 figure (Table 1.6).
Private Building
Construction Statistics
Second Quarter 2008
Scope and Coverage
Private construction statistics from
approved building permits relate to data
on new constructions and additions,
alterations, and repairs of residential and
non-residential buildings and other
structures undertaken in all regions and
provinces of the country.
Sources of Information
Data were taken from the original
application forms of approved building
permits collected by NSO field personnel
from local building officials nationwide.
The completeness of the number

of building permits collected relies on the
applications filed and approved by the
offices of Local Building Officials (LBOs).
Hence, private building constructions
without approved building permits are not
included in the tabulation of data.
Definition of Terms
Building permit a written authorization
granted by the LBO to an applicant
allowing him to proceed with the
construction of a specific project after
plans, specifications, and other pertinent
documents have been found to be in
conformity with the National Building
Code (PD 1096)
Building any independent, free
standing structure comprising of one or
more rooms or other spaces, covered by
a roof and enclosed with external walls or
dividing walls, which extend the
foundation to the roof
Residential building a building for
which its major parts or more than half of
its gross floor area is built for dwelling
purposes; this type of building can be of
the single type, duplex, an apartment
and/or
accessoria,
and
residential
condominium
Single house a complete structure
intended for a single family
Duplex a structure intended for two
households with complete living facilities
for each; a single structure divided into
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two dwelling units by a wall extending

from the floor to the ceiling
spaces in multidwellings;
balconies are excluded
Apartment a structure, usually of two

storeys, made up of independent living
quarters, with independent entrances
from internal walls and courts
Total value of construction the sum of

the
cost
of
building,
electrical,
mechanical, plumbing, and others; the
value is derived from the approved
building permit and represents the
estimated value of the building or
structure when completed.
Residential condominium a structure,

usually of several storeys, consisting of
multiple dwelling units
Other residential constructions
consist of school or company staff
houses, living quarters for drivers and
maids, and guardhouses
Non-residential building this type
includes
commercial,
industrial,
agricultural, and institutional buildings
Additions or alterations and repairs
construction works by which the utility of
building or structure is raised or at least
renewed, or which materially extends the
normal life of the building or structure
Demolitions the systematic dismantling
or destruction of a building or structure or
in part
Street furniture - street structures
consisting of monuments, waiting sheds
benches, plant boxes, lampposts, electric
poles, and telephone poles
Floor area of building the sum of the
area of each floor of the building
measured to the outer surface of the
outer walls including the area of lobbies,
cellars, elevator shafts, and all communal
of
Analysis of Tables
Approved building permits up 9.3
percent
FIGURE 3 Num ber of Building
Construction by Type
Second Quarter 2007 and 2008
20,000
20
18,000
18
Number
thousand)
Value (In(In
billion
pesos)
Accessoria a one-or two-floor structure

divided into several dwelling units, each
dwelling unit having its own separate
entrance from the outside
areas
16,000
16
14,000
14
2nd Qtr. 2008
12,000
12
2nd Qtr. 2007
10,000
10
8,000
8
6,000
6
4
4,000
2
2,000
00
Resident ial
Nonresident ial
Addit ions
alt erat ions
repair
Type of building
Approved
building
permits
nationwide were recorded at 25,145
during the second quarter of 2008,
representing an increase of 9.3 percent
compared with 23,003 applications
received during the same period of 2007.
An increase in applications was
observed for both residential and
nonresidential
building
construction.
Residential building construction went up
by 16.9 percent to 18,451 from 15,781
approved building permits during the
same quarter of 2007. Nonresidential
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However, combined approved

building permits for additions, alteration
and repairs decreased by 15.2 percent to
3,987 from 4,704 approved building
permits.
Regionwise, the number of
approved building permits was highest in
CALABARZON (Region IV-A) with 5,096
applications or 20.3 percent of total. This
was followed by the National Capital
Region (NCR) with 4,184 applications or
16.7 percent of the total (Figure 4).
2007.
FIGURE 5 Value of Construction
by Type of Building
20.0
18.0
2nd Qtr. 2008
16.0
Value
( In(In
billion
pesos)
Value
billions)
constructions, likewise, increased by 7.5

percent to 2,707 from 2,518 recorded
during the same quarter of 2007.
2nd Qtr. 2007
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
Six (6) provinces registered

approved building permits exceeding
more than a thousand mark. These were
Bulacan (1,377), Cavite (1,719), Laguna
(1,014), Rizal (1,108), Cebu (1,069), and
Davao del Sur (1,077).
FIGURE 4 Number of Approved Building
Permits by Type of Construction
Residential
No nresidential
A dditio ns
alteratio ns
repair
Type of building
Value
of
construction
for
residential buildings rose by 36.5 percent
to PhP18.3 billion, from PhP13.4 billion
recorded during the same period of 2007.
Value of non-residential building
construction, likewise, went up by 19.4
percent to PhP16.9 billion from PhP14.1
billion recorded during the same quarter
of
2007.
Moreover, combined value for
additions,
alterations
and
repairs,
estimated at PhP3.1 billion jumped by
46.9 percent from PhP2.1 billion
registered during the same quarter of the
previous year.
Total value of construction during

the second quarter of 2008 was estimated
at PhP38.3 billion. This figure represents
an increase of 29.1 percent from PhP29.7
billion recorded during the same period of
Regionwise, value of construction

in the National Capital Region (NCR)
consistently remained highest at PhP20.2
billion, accounting for 52.8 percent share
of the total value. CALABARZON and
Central Luzon followed a far second and
third with shares of 11.8 percent (PhP4.5
billion) and 8.3 percent (PhP3.2 billion),
respectively (Table 1.7).
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FIGURE 6 Number and Value of Residential Building Construction by Type

Second Quarter 2008
Duplex
(3.2%)
Apartment/
Accessoria
(7.8%)
Residential/Condo
and Others
(0.2%)
Residential/Condo and Others

(4.1%)
Apartment/
Accessoria
(23.7%)
Duplex
(1.4%)
Total
P18.3B
Single
(70.8%)
Number
Value
Average cost per square meter of

residential building construction is
P7,624
Average cost per square meter of nonresidential building construction is

P10,110
Total value of construction for

residential buildings reached PhP18.3
billion with a total floor area of 2.4 million
square meters translated to an average
cost of PhP7,624 per square meter (Table
1.8).
Aggregate value of non-residential

building construction was estimated at
PhP16.9 billion during the second quarter
of 2008. The corresponding total floor
area was recorded at 1.7 million square
meters, translated to an average cost of
PhP10,110 per square meter (Table 1.9).
Majority of residential building

construction were for single type
residential units with 16,375 approved
building permits or 88.7 percent of the
total. This type of residential building
construction had a total floor area of 1.9
million square meters and an aggregate
value of PhP13.0 billion bringing an
average cost of PhP6,970 per square
meter.
Commercial type of building

comprised the bulk or 60.0 percent of the
total, with 1,625 approved building
permits. Value of construction for this type
reached PhP13.0 billion with the total
floor area of 1.1 million square meters or
an average cost of PhP12,029 per square
meter.
Apartment or accessoria ranked

second
with
1,442
applications
representing 7.8 percent of total
residential construction. The total floor
area reported for this type was 410.2
thousand square meters with an
estimated construction value of PhP4.3
billion or an average cost of P10,556 per
square meter (Figure 6).
Institutional building construction

came next with 441 approved building
permits (16.3%), total floor area of 297.3
thousand square meters and construction
value
of
PhP2.4
billion.
Agricultural type of non-residential
building construction had the least
number of approved building permits with
117 or 4.3 percent of the total. Value of
construction for this type reached PhP0.1
billion covering a total floor area of 44.5
20
thousand square meters or an average

cost of PhP3,274 per square meter
(Figure 7).
FIGURE 7 Number and Value of Non-residential Building Construction by Type

Second Quarter 2008
Industrial
(9.3%)
Others
(10.1%)
Agricultural
(4.3%)
Industrial
(6.2%)
Others
(1.6%)
Agricultural
(0.9%)
Institutional
(14.1%)
TOTAL
2,707
Institutional
(16.3%)
Commercial
(60.0%)
Number
Commercial
(77.1%)
Value
21
TABLE 1.1 Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households

of Top 10 Barangays: 2007
Barangay
Lucena City
Gulang-gulang
Ibabang Dupay
Ibabang Iyam
Dalahican
Cotta
Ilayang Iyam
Market View
Isabang
Mayao Crossing
Mayao Kanluran
Total
Population
Household
Population
Number
of Households
236,390
26,550
25,355
22,753
21,302
19,596
11,914
11,720
9,676
8,904
8,243
234,935
26,435
25,328
22,751
21,302
19,570
11,909
11,720
9,568
8,799
8,243
49,246
5,334
5,778
4,645
4,429
3,889
2,449
2,348
2,081
1,672
1,716
Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population
TABLE 1.2 Household Population by Age Group and Sex and Sex Ratio: 2007
Age Group
Total
Under 1
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60--64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80 and over
Both Sexes
Male
Female
Sex Ratio
234,935
116,888
118,047
99.0
6,362
22,668
27,648
26,945
25,831
21,926
19,523
16,146
15,379
13,150
11,202
9,190
6,583
4,447
3,124
2,162
1,395
1,254
3,239
11,540
14,298
13,834
12,515
11,056
9,678
8,137
7,695
6,492
5,555
4,563
3,172
2,012
1,297
928
514
363
3,123
11,128
13,350
13,111
13,316
10,870
9,845
8,009
7,684
6,658
5,647
4,627
3,411
2,435
1,827
1,234
881
891
103.7
103.7
107.1
105.5
94.0
101.7
98.3
101.6
100.1
97.5
98.4
98.6
93.0
82.6
71.0
75.2
58.3
40.7
22
TABLE 1.3 Household Population Ten Years Old and Over by Marital Status and Sex
2007
Marital Status
Total
Single
Married
Widowed
Divorced/Separated
Common Law/Live-in
Unknown
Both Sexes
Male
Female
178,257
79,198
74,754
8,002
245
12,479
1,279
87,811
41,670
38,846
1,626
874
6,161
634
90,446
37,528
37,908
6,376
1,671
6,318
645
TABLE 1.4 Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Highest Educational
Attainment and Sex: 2007
Highest Educational Attainment
Total
No grade completed
Preschool
Elementary
High school
Post secondary
College undergraduate
Academic degree holder
Post baccalaureate
Not stated
Both Sexes
Male
Female
205,905
9,093
5,058
67,669
70,911
6,906
19,157
17,137
447
9,527
102,109
4,755
2,670
35,224
34,356
3,471
9,474
7,724
198
4,237
103,976
4,338
2,388
32,445
36,555
3,435
9,683
9,413
249
5,290
23
TABLE 1.5 Household Population 5 to 24 Years Old Who were Attending School
by Age Group and Sex: 2007
Sex
Total
Male
Female
Household
Population
5 to 24
Years Old
Household
Population
5 to 24 Years
Old Who Were
Attending School
5-9
10-14
15-19
Age Group
20-24
102,350
51,703
50,647
64,787
32,732
32,055
23,686
12,137
11,549
24,598
12,445
12,153
13,709
6,628
7,081
2,794
1,522
1,272
TABLE 1.6 Occupied Housing Units by Construction Materials of the Roof

and Outer Walls: 2007
Construction
Materials of the
Outer Walls
Total
Concrete/brick/
stone
Wood
Half concrete/
brick/ stone
and half wood
Galvanized iron/
aluminum
Bamboo/sawali/
cogon/nipa
Asbestos
Glass
Makeshift/
salvaged/ improvised material
Others/ not
reported
No walls
Total Occupied
Housing Units
Galvanized Iron/
Aluminum
Construction Material of the Roof

Half
Galvanized
Tile/
Iron
Cogon/
Concrete/
and Half
Nipa/
Clay Tile
Concrete
Wood
Anahaw
47,602
40,169
499
3,618
842
1,862
21,059
1,019
20,145
8,220
434
10
370
759
76
480
16
505
12,014
9,470
53
2,245
157
74
329
270
40
3,124
34
3
1,588
29
2
173
3
-
117
-
1,203
-
443
248
20
47
577
-
197
-
2
-
8
-
1
-
9
Continued
24
Table 1.6 -- Concluded
Construction
Materials of the
Outer Walls
Total
Concrete/brick/
stone
Wood
Half concrete/
brick/ stone
and half wood
Galvanized iron/
aluminum
Bamboo/sawali/
cogon/nipa
Asbestos
Glass
Makeshift/
salvaged/ improvised material
Others/ not reported
No walls
Construction Material of the Roof

Makeshift/
Salvaged/
Improvised Materials
Asbestos/
Others
Not
Reported
163
60
389
1
21
3
7
14
17
10
13
-
22
2
-
8
1
123
-
2
23
-
1
337
-
25
TABLE 1.7 Number, Floor Area, and Value of Building Construction

by Type of Building, and Region: Second Quarter 2008
(Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)
Total
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V - Bicol Region
VI - Western Visayas
VII - Central Visayas
VIII - Eastern Visayas
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
X - Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Number
Floor
Area
Value
25,145 4,267,452 38,276,263

4,184 1,490,649 20,215,521
234
79,449
487,903
1,681
169,195 1,127,886
604
70,619
474,193
3,771
469,915 3,168,855
5,096
538,953 4,521,900
338
41,417
348,262
415
70,252
417,857
1,074
178,891 1,240,832
2,106
461,328 2,099,211
544
90,768
514,174
448
69,559
306,079
1,555
157,508
822,721
2,037
262,414 1,778,421
464
63,511
433,085
594
53,024
319,355
-
Residential
Number
Floor
Area
Value
18,451 2,401,417 18,308,549

2,321
196
1,359
430
2,996
4,353
224
287
754
1,794
326
302
1,042
1,390
272
405
-
698,453
59,025
138,031
43,298
281,315
433,878
28,172
49,972
101,585
216,388
30,663
27,080
104,764
123,887
29,729
35,177
-
7,150,856
346,150
886,175
278,534
1,858,378
3,460,400
198,215
277,418
371,842
1,046,951
187,575
154,256
551,423
818,114
192,496
169,760
-
Nonresidential
Number
Floor
Area
Value
2,707 1,670,150
16,885,735
681
19
132
59
370
227
90
44
146
219
125
51
119
257
108
60
-
707,644
17,682
25,125
27,171
162,404
88,754
12,564
18,307
66,603
241,517
56,272
41,811
46,156
110,148
31,841
16,151
-
11,139,026
115,805
180,789
185,882
1,128,706
770,626
115,211
95,551
349,550
10,033,111
299,778
137,489
209,373
810,870
207,368
136,394
-
Alterations
or Repairs
Additions
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II - Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V - Bicol Region
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Number
Floor
Area
1,272
303
8
55
4
280
218
8
7
20
20
36
24
22
212
31
24
-
Demolitions
NumValue
ber
Street Furniture
NumValue
ber
Value
Number
Value
195,885
1,100,094
2,715
1,981,884
120 16,095
310
53,956
84,552
2,742
6,039
150
26,196
16,321
681
1,973
10,703
3,423
3,833
668
6,588
28,379
1,941
1,696
-
575,524
14,959
34,785
462
88,921
119,210
4,891
14,408
66,414
25,334
19,813
2,586
26,160
87,678
9,789
9,152
-
879
11
135
111
125
298
16
77
154
73
57
71
372
178
53
105
-
1,350,114
10,988
26,136
9,313
92,848
171,663
29,944
30,479
93,025
23,614
7,007
11,747
35,764
61,758
23,431
4,048
-
102 14,313
2
300
1
135
6
861
3
362
1
8
4
104
1
10
-
49
62
122
11
11
1
20
13
6
1
10
1
3
-
8,745
9,946
4,131
5,578
3,552
150
11,888
7,321
410
5
803
752
671
-
Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics
26
TABLE 1.8 Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area, and Value
of Construction by Type of Building and Region: Second Quarter 2008
Total
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V - Bicol Region
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Number
Floor
Area
Value
18,451
2,401,417
18,308,549
2,321
196
1,359
430
2,996
4,353
224
287
754
1,794
326
302
1,390
272
405
698,453
59,025
138,031
43,298
281,315
433,878
28,172
49,972
101,585
216,388
30,663
27,080
104,764
123,887
29,729
35,177
-
7,150,856
346,150
886,175
278,534
1,858,378
3,460,400
198,215
277,418
731,842
1,046,951
187,575
154,256
551,423
818,114
192,496
169,760
-
Number
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V - Bicol Region
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Apartment or Accessoria
Floor
Value
Area
Single
Number
Floor
Area
Duplex or Quadruplex
NumFloor
Value
Value
ber
Area
16,375 1,860,525 12,967,146
591
46,190
260,893
51
1
4
372
82
2
7
8
22
21
15
4
1
1
-
9,639
144
524
14,116
7,640
257
892
1,331
7,689
693
706
2,122
89
348
-
77,962
639
2,873
66,928
46,763
2,019
8,260
8,039
29,906
6,307
2,323
7,732
790
348
-
Residential Condominium
NumFloor
NumValue
ber
Area
ber
Floor
Area
Value
1,777
129
1,343
392
2,073
4,056
204
270
737
1,743
296
301
1,016
1,380
263
395
-
377,908
17,389
135,932
40,065
221,589
400,114
25,487
47,500
90,449
179,774
28,998
26,800
99,002
108,451
27,997
33,070
-
3,140,726
122,037
869,938
263,680
1,563,366
3,239,525
179,348
259,626
639,820
850,916
174,334
153,638
515,023
654,025
180,145
160,992
-
Others
1,442
410,256
4,330,487
79,760
719,900
34
4,686
30,121
489
62
11
38
549
206
8
2
9
28
8
1
10
4
8
9
-
266,461
34,460
1,530
3,233
45,534
25,071
946
522
9,805
13,262
730
280
4,698
322
1,643
1,759
-
3,551,539
142,687
13,070
14,854
227,242
167,544
10,635
938
83,982
58,283
4,196
618
32,256
2,657
11,560
8,419
-
4
2
1
2
-
44,445
6,660
15,663
12,992
-
380,628
77,728
107,845
153,698
-
2
1
2
9
10
8
1
1
-
372
45
76
1,053
1,482
1,058
242
358
-
3,058
292
841
6,566
6,212
8,592
2,737
1,820
-
27
TABLE 1.9 Number of New Non-residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value
of Construction by Type of Building and Region: Second Quarter 2008
Total
Region
Number
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Floor
Area
Commercial
Floor
Area
Value
2,707
1,670,150 16,885,735
1,625
1,083,011 13,027,800
251
245,324
1,054,459
681
19
132
59
370
227
90
44
146
219
125
51
119
257
108
60
-
707,644 11,139,026
17,682
115,805
25,125
180,789
27,171
185,882
162,404 1,128,706
88,754
770,626
12,564
115,211
18,307
95,551
66,603
349,550
241,517 1,003,311
56,272
299,778
41,811
137,489
46,156
209,373
110,148
810,870
31,841
207,368
16,151
136,394
-
520
6
74
30
188
106
62
36
90
147
52
37
40
148
63
26
-
624,776 10,080,125
7,474
40,737
13,725
102,053
9,164
59,424
72,030
507,404
30,524
246,629
8,326
76,513
16,961
83,977
40,275
209,869
100,749
649,686
41,788
201,652
30,471
78,656
11,225
80,647
53,661
495,582
16,329
81,333
5,503
33,506
-
31
1
8
5
26
37
5
16
21
11
5
22
42
10
11
-
22,722
232
2,143
2,715
21,996
24,367
885
14,056
87,617
1,668
1,978
9,005
43,578
7,801
4,561
-
245,620
1,142
13,924
13,305
69,366
190,174
2,089
36,571
137,762
9,817
15,220
43,659
204,091
62,695
9,017
-
Institutional
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Industrial
Number
Number
Floor
Area
441
48
12
24
18
80
62
13
7
19
28
54
4
15
29
20
8
-
NumValue
ber
Floor
Area
Value
Agricultural
Others
Value
Number
Floor
Area
Value
Number
Value
297,280
2,390,478
117
44,535
145,801
273
267,195
60,146
9,976
5,189
12,665
66,427
33,196
3,340
1,346
12,267
50,639
12,816
1,998
3,701
11,176
6,472
5,926
-
690,360
73,924
43,847
103,767
505,765
303,467
27,088
10,524
81,638
202,520
83,323
13,231
21,114
101,296
43,193
85,416
-
18
3
30
3
1
1
9
2
34
10
4
2
-
4,068
2,627
1,951
667
13
5
2,512
7,364
22,195
1,733
1,239
161
-
13,219
5,357
16,570
1,938
170
130
6,361
28,320
59,709
6,144
7,190
689
-
82
8
3
46
19
9
1
20
14
8
3
8
28
11
13
-
122,920
7,744
4,027
29,600
28,417
9,349
1,050
21,341
6,980
4,984
2,061
4,242
3,755
12,955
7,764
-
28
TABLE 1.10 Number of Commercial Building Construction Started, Floor Area, and Value
of Construction by Type of Building, by Region and Province: Second Quarter 2008
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Total
Banks
Floor
Area
1,625
1,083,011
13,027,800
52
14,570
114,807
200
235,179
6,653,112
520
6
74
30
188
106
62
36
90
147
52
37
40
148
63
26
-
624,776
7,474
13,725
9,164
72,030
30,524
8,326
16,961
40,275
100,749
41,788
30,471
11,255
53,661
16,329
5,503
-
10,080,125
40,737
102,053
59,424
507,404
246,629
76,511
83,977
209,869
649,686
201,652
78,655
80,647
495,582
81,333
33,506
-
10
6
1
7
4
1
3
7
2
1
1
4
5
-
2,385
3,953
860
1,095
446
57
533
3,604
238
21,323
34,297
14,446
6,605
3,641
551
3,201
15,706
3,152
400
807
7,662
3,010
-
21
1
15
1
12
13
39
4
12
38
9
2
4
17
7
5
-
180,954
210
1,165
1,325
7,361
12,828
2,635
2,063
3,024
12,222
3,414
441
1,293
2,980
1,893
1,371
-
6,198,166
1,332
8,675
2,815
59,589
120,675
24,031
10,787
16,377
130,323
25,518
2,721
5,309
30,502
7,696
8,586
-
NumValue
ber
Floor
Area
Value
237
55,452
452,549
42
1
18
41
28
11
4
20
16
5
7
3
23
12
6
-
15,082
6
2,877
6,607
4,873
2,451
642
2,680
4,485
541
1,262
617
7,379
5,076
874
-
167,915
95
26,189
60,477
27,938
14,903
3,100
15,077
65,504
5,043
7,386
2,865
27,588
23,873
4,587
-
Number
NumValue
ber
Condominium
or Office Building
Floor
NumValue
Area
ber
Floor
Area
Hotel, Motel, and the Like

NumFloor
Value
Value
ber
Area
Number
56
769
574
-
Philippines
585
577,049
4,521,066
551 200,761 1,286,263
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
345
3
7
3
56
17
4
16
18
19
20
6
20
32
15
4
-
386,023
7,153
1,438
542
20,464
8,257
994
11,220
9,397
56,238
35,869
2,303
7,192
24,464
3,653
1,842
-
3,259,834
38,704
11,867
5,000
170,812
70,146
14,337
57,678
65,392
216,323
153,424
16,920
58,054
344,567
25,972
12,027
-
102
1
28
25
72
44
7
9
40
67
16
21
12
72
24
11
-
Others
Store
Floor
Area
40,332
105
4,292
6,437
36,503
4,120
2,189
2,503
25,174
24,200
1,726
26,409
2,153
18,069
5,133
1,416
-
432,885
604
21,022
37,163
209,918
24,225
22,687
9,209
113,022
221,828
14,512
51,228
13,609
85,260
20,779
8,304
-
29
TABLE 1.11 Number of Industrial Building Construction Started, Floor Area

and Value of Construction by Type of Building and Region: Second Quarter 2008
Region
Total
Factory
Repair Shop
or Machine Shop
Floor
Value
Area
Number
Floor
Area
Value
Number
Floor
Area
Value
Number
251
245,324
1,054,459
72
123,347
382,498
14
13,825
128,509
31
1
8
5
26
37
5
16
21
11
5
22
42
10
11
-
22,722
232
2,143
2,715
21,996
24,367
885
14,056
87,617
1,668
1,978
9,005
43,578
7,801
4,561
-
245,620
1,142
13,924
13,305
69,366
190,174
2,089
36,571
137,762
9,817
15,220
43,659
204,091
62,695
9,017
-
2
3
6
11
5
8
2
13
16
3
3
-
1,040
1,512
7,411
3,839
391
77,477
1,778
5,630
16,818
6,344
1,107
-
8,320
10,578
23,537
37,027
2,576
109,554
14,288
27,213
88,451
58,563
2,386
-
4
1
2
2
3
2
-
9,730
72
98
91
3,321
513
-
115,352
412
427
139
11,040
1,136
-
Number
Floor
Area
Value
Number
Printing Press
Floor
Value
Area
Number
Floor
Area
Value
Philippines
33
20
1,608
19,669
161 106,511
523,762
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III
- Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
1
-
33
-
20
-
2
1
-
1,458
150
-
19,298
370
-
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III
- Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Refinery
Others
23
1
4
5
19
26
5
11
11
9
2
9
23
5
8
-
10,494
232
481
2,715
14,513
20,528
885
13,665
10,042
1,577
167
3,375
23,439
944
3,454
-
102,648
1,142
2,975
13,305
45,416
153,146
2,089
33,994
27,780
9,678
911
16,446
104,598
2,995
6,631
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Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Households (ISH) Bulletin. Some are
given below:
Labor Force Survey

July 2008
Labor force the population 15

years old and over which contributes to
the production of goods and services in
the country; comprises the employed
and unemployed
Employed persons in the labor
force who are reported as either at work
or with a job or business although not at
work; persons at work are those who did
some work, even for an hour during the
reference period
Unemployed persons in the
labor force who have no job or business
during the reference period and are
reportedly looking for work; their desire
to work is sincere and they are,
therefore, serious about working; also
included are persons without a job
or business who are reportedly not
looking for work because of the belief
that no work was available or because
of temporary illness, bad weather, or
other valid reasons
Concepts and Definitions

The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is
a nationwide survey of households
conducted quarterly by the National
Statistics Office (NSO) to gather data on
demographic
and
socioeconomic
characteristics of the population. Data
presented are based on the preliminary
results of the July 2008 round of the
LFS.
Underemployed employed
persons who express the desire to have
additional hours of work in their present
job or an additional job, or have a new
job with longer working hours
For comparative purposes, aside

from the July 2008 results, the textual
tables presented herein contain final
estimates of the survey conducted in
July 2007.
Labor force participation rate

(LFPR) ratio of total labor force to the
total household population 15 years old
and over
The reference period used in the

survey is the past seven days preceding
the date of visit of the enumerator.
Employment rate proportion of

employed persons to the total labor force
The concepts and definitions

used in the survey can be found in the
regular NSO - Integrated Survey of
Unemployment rate proportion

of unemployed persons to the total labor
force
30
31
Underemployment rate proportion

of underemployed persons to total employed
persons.
NCR records the lowest employment

rate, lowest labor force participation
rate
Analysis of Tables
Employment rate in the National

Capital Region (NCR) (87.2%), Central
Luzon (90.6%) and CALABARZON
(89.6%) was lower than in all other
regions. As in previous LFS, the NCR
recorded the lowest employment rate. In
terms of the labor force participation
rate, the NCR (61.7%), Ilocos Region
(62.3%), Central
Luzon
(61.8%),
CALABARZON
(62.9%)
and
the
Autonomous
Region
in
Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) (57.4%) posted
lower rates compared to the rest of the
regions (Table 2.3).
Employment rate remains stable at

92.6 percent
The employment rate estimated
for July 2008 was 92.6 percent. This
implies that nine in every 10 persons in
the labor force were employed in July
2008. The current figure is not
significantly different from the July 2007
rate which is 92.2 percent (Table 2.3).
Labor force participation rate rises to
63.6 percent
Bulk of workers are employed in the

services sector
The July 2008 LFS also revealed

that the labor force participation rate is
64.3 percent. This means that the size
of the labor force in July 2008 was
approximately 37.3 million out of the
estimated 58.1 million population 15
years and older for that period.
Compared
to
the
labor
force
participation rate in July 2007 (63.6%),
the July 2008 rate is higher (Table 2.3).
More than half (50.2%) of the

total employed persons in July 2008,
which was estimated at 34.6 million,
worked in the services sector, with those
engaged in wholesale and retail trade,
repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles
and personal and household goods
comprising the
largest sub-sector
(19.1% of the total employed). Workers
FIGURE 1 Employment Rate by Region: July 2008

98.0
94.0
92.0
90.0
88.0
86.0
84.0
ARMM
XII
XI
IX
VIII
Caraga
Region
VII
VI
IVB
IVA
III
II
CAR
82.0
NCR
Number (In percent)
Employment rate (In percent)
96.0
32
FIGURE
2 Labor
Participation
by Region:
2008
FIGURE
2 Labor
ForceForce
Participation
RateRate
by Region:
JulyJuly
2008
80.0
70.0
60.0
60.0
50.0
50.0
40.0
40.0
30.0
30.0
20.0
20.0
10.0
10.0
in the agriculture sector comprised 35.0

percent of the total employed, with
workers in agriculture; hunting and
forestry making up the largest subsector (30.9% of the total employed).
Only 14.8 percent of the total employed
were in the industry sector, with the
manufacturing sub-sector making up the
largest percentage (8.5% of the total
employed) (Table 2.1).
ARMM
Caraga
Region
Region
XII
XI
IX
VIII
VII
VI
IVB
IVA
III
II
0.0
CAR
0.0
NCR
Labor ForceNumber
Participation
Rate (In percent)
(In percent)
80.0
70.0
Laborers and unskilled workers

comprise the biggest group
Among the various occupation
groups, laborers and unskilled workers
comprised the largest group, posting
32.4 percent of the total employed
persons in July 2008. Farmers, forestry
workers and fishermen were the second
largest group, accounting for 17.7
percent of the total employed population
(Table 2.1).
FIGURE
3 3EmEmployed
ployed Persons
Group:July
July2008
2008
FIGURE
Persons by
by Occupation
Occupation Group:
Number (In percent)
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
Labor er s and FarFarmers
mer s, f or estr y
Laborers
unski
l l ed wor ker s forestry
wor ker s, and
unskilled
f i sher men
workers
workers
and
fishermen
Of f i ci al sof
of
Ser
vi ce wor ker s
Officials
Service
gover nment and
and shop and
government
workers
speci al
i nter est
mar ketshop
sal es
and
special
and
or gani zatiorgaons,
wor ker s
interest
market
cor por ate
nization,
corexecutiexecutives
ves,
porate
manager s,
managers,
managi
ng promanaging
pr opr i etor sand
and
praetors
super vi sor s
supervisors
TrTrade
ades andand
r el ated Pl ant Plant
and machi ne
wor ker s
oper ator
s and
related
and
machine
assembl er s
workers
operators
assemblers
Type
of
occupation
Type
Ty peof
o foccupation
oc c u pa t i on
Cl er ks
Clerks
Pr of essi onal s
Professionals
Techni
ci ans and
Speci al
Technicians
Special
associ
ate
occupati
and
associate
occu-ons
pr
of essi onal s
professionals
pations
33
Wage and salary workers are more

than half of those employed
Six in every ten employed work for 40

hours or more
Employed persons fall into any

of these categories: wage and salary
workers, own account workers and
unpaid family workers. Wage and salary
workers are those who work for private
households, private establishments,
government or government corporations
and those who work with pay in ownfamily operated farm or business. More
than half (52.8%) of the employed
persons were wage and salary workers,
more than one-third (35.3%) were ownaccount workers, and 11.8 percent were
unpaid family workers. Among the wage
and salary workers, those working for
private establishments comprised the
largest proportion (39.0% of the total
employed). Government workers or
those
working
for
government
corporations comprised only 8.1 percent
of the total employed, while 5.4 percent
were workers in private households.
Meanwhile, among the own account
workers, the self-employed comprised
the majority (31.1% of total employed)
(Table 2.1).
FIGURE 5 Employed Persons

by Industry Group: July 2008
FIGURE 4 Employed Persons

by Class of Workers: July 2008
60
Number (In percent)
50
40
30
20
10
0
Wage and Own account

salary
workers
Unpaid
family
workers
Industry
14.8%
Services
50.2%
Agriculture
35.0%
Employed persons are classified

as either full-time workers or part-time
workers. Full-time workers are those
who work for 40 hours or more while
part-time workers work for less than 40
hours. In July 2008, six in every 10
employed persons (65.2%) were
working for 40 hours or more, while parttime workers were estimated at 33.8
percent of the total employed (Table
2.1).
Number of underemployed persons
down by 1.0 percent
Employed persons who express
the desire to have additional hours of
work in their present job or to have
additional job, or to have a new job with
longer working hours are considered
underemployed. The July 2008 LFS
placed the underemployment rate at
21.0 percent. This means that
approximately 7.3 million employed
persons were underemployed in July
2008 as against 7.2 million in the 2007
survey round (Table 2.2).
34
More than half (55.8%) of the

total underemployed were reported as
visibly underemployed or working for
less than 40 hours during the reference
week. Those working for 40 hours or
more accounted for 42.7 percent of the
total underemployed. Most of the
underemployed were working in the
agriculture sector (46.9%) and services
sector (38.2%). The underemployed in
the industry sector accounted for 14.9
percent (Table 2.2).
Unemployment
percent
rate
down
to 7.4
The unemployment rate in July

2008 was estimated at 7.4 percent
compared to 7.8 percent recorded in
July 2007. Among the regions, the
highest
unemployment
rate
was
recorded in the NCR at 12.8 percent.
The next highest rates were posted in
CALABARZON (10.4%) and Central
Luzon (9.4%).
The number of unemployed was
higher among males (61.7%) than
among females (38.3%). By age group,
for every 10 unemployed persons, five
(51.8%) belonged to age group 15-24
years while three (28.5%) were in the
age group 25 - 34.
Across
educational
groups,
among the unemployed, the high school
graduates comprised more than onethird
(34.1%),
the
college
undergraduates comprised about onefifth (20.8%), while the college
graduates, 19.5 percent (Table 2.3).
Labor Relations
and Concerns
The labor sector faces a lot of
legitimate concerns that need to be
addressed. Displaced workers left and
right, retrenchment, strikes and lockouts
and even closures of establishments are

just some of the bleak features in the
labor scenario. However, with the
determination
of
the
current
dispensation to provide the push and
the
help,
a
more
encouraging
atmosphere might be in stead.
The Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) takes the lead in
formulating and directing the nations
labor policies and programs. Its mission
includes the promotion of social justice
and protection of human rights and
respect for human dignity in labor by
ensuring workers protection and
welfare. The department also aims to
promote full employment and manpower
development as well as to maintain
industrial peace through enhancement
of workers participation in policymaking.
Source of Information
This
section
presents
an
overview of the current labor condition in
the country. Data presented were
derived from the DOLE. Analyses were
based on 2007 and preliminary 2008
figures culled by DOLEs Bureau of
Labor and Employment Statistics
(BLES).
Definition of Terms
Strike notice - the notification
filed by a duly registered labor union
with respective National Conciliation and
Mediation Board (NCMB) regional
branches about its intention to go on
strike because of alleged commission by
the employer of unfair labor practice
acts or because of deadlock in collective
bargaining negotiations
Actual strike - any temporary
stoppage of work by the concerted
action of employees as a result of an
industrial or labor dispute; may include

slowdown, mass leave, attempts to
damage, destroy or sabotage plant
equipment and facilities and similar
activities
Lockout - the temporary refusal
of an employer to furnish work for his
employees as a result of an industrial or
labor dispute; it comprises shutdown,
mass retrenchment and dismissal
without previous written clearance from
the Secretary of Labor and Employment
or his duly authorized representatives
Mandays lost - computed by
multiplying the number of workers
involved in the strike or lockout by the
total number of working days lost or
idled due to strike or lockout
Disposition rate - the ratio of
the total cases disposed to the total
number of cases handled
Settlement rate - the ratio of the
total cases settled to the total number of
cases handled
Preventive mediation case subject of a formal or informal request
for conciliation and mediation assistance
sought by either or both parties to avoid
the occurrence of actual labor dispute
Voluntary arbitration - the
mode of settling labor-management
disputes by which the parties select a
competent, trained, and impartial person
who shall decide on the merits of
the case and whose decision is final,
executory, and unappealable
Conciliation case - an actual or
existing labor dispute, which is subject
of a notice of strike or lockout or actual
strike or lockout case, filed with the
appropriate NCMB regional branches
Conciliation or mediation mode of settlement bringing together the
two parties in a dispute to come to
35
negotiations
dispute.
and
settlement
of
the
Analysis of Tables
New strike and lockout
increase by 9.6 percent
notices
Preliminary figures for January to

September of 2008 showed an increase
in new strike and lockout notices filed
compared to January to September
2007s tally. From 264 notices filed, the
number rose to 292 for a 9.6 percent
increase.
Cases
handled,
including
pending notices, totaled 336, a
decrease of 20.0 percent from 419
cases
recorded
in
January
to
September of 2007. The settlement rate
stood at 72.3 percent, which is 16.3
percentage points higher than in
January to September of 2007. Workers
involved in newly filed notices were
down by 5.1 percent from 59,000 to
56,000 in the period under review (Table
2.4).
Mandays lost from actual strikes and
lockouts almost quadruple
There were only five handled
cases of actual strikes and lockouts in
January to September 2008; however,
mandays lost due to these strikes
reached 33,000. This was 312.5 percent
or almost quadruple of the mandays lost
during the same period in 2007
recorded at 8,000.
Involved workers in these new
strikes declared rose by 58.0 percent
from 472 in January to September of
2007 to 1,115 in the same period of
2008 (Table 2.4).
.
NCR accounts for more than half of
total strike and lockout notices
36
Preliminary data from the NCMB
showed that in January to September of
2008, NCR accounted for 180 (54.0%)
of all new strike and lockout notices
filed. CALABARZON was second with
76 notices (23.0%) while Central
Visayas had 23 notices (6.8%) to place
third. MIMAROPA and Eastern Visayas
did not register any strike and lockout
notice (Table 2.5).
NCR records bulk of mandays lost
from on-going strikes
In the period under review,
mandays lost from on-going strikes
reached 32,611. Of this figure, NCR had
13,600 (42.0%) while Davao Region
was a close second with 13,500
mandays lost (41.4%). CALABARZON
and Central Visayas share the
remaining 16.6 percent with 4,338 and
1,173 mandays lost, respectively (Table
2.5).
Workers involved in preventive
mediation cases decrease by 12.4
percent
Table 2.6 shows that the total
number of original preventive mediation
cases filed decreased minimally by less
than a quarter of a percent. Workers
involved in preventive mediation cases
filed consequently dropped by 12.4
percent from 105,000 to 92,000 in the
period under review.
Pending voluntary arbitration
cases also declined by 9.0 percent while
the disposition rate slid by 12.1
percentage points to 18.0 percent from
30.1 percent in January to September of
2007.
Original mediation-arbitration cases
handled increase by 70.1 percent
There
were
407
original
mediation-arbitration cases handled by
the Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) in
January to September of 2008. This

figure was a 70.1-percent increase from
January to September 2007s 239
cases. Despite the huge leap in the
number of cases, the disposition rate
increased by 22.1 percentage points
from 44.8 to 66.9 percent (Table 2.7).
Disposed
appealed
mediationarbitration cases rise by 28.1
percentage points
In January to September of 2007
and 2008 the number of pending and
beginning
appealed
mediationarbitration cases was 51 and 53,
respectively. Handled cases reached
139. Of which, 77 cases or 55.4 percent
were disposed. A notable improvement
from the 27.3 percent disposition rate
recorded in the same period of 2007
(Table 2.7).
BLR grants
of benefits
P35.5
million
worth
Handled cases of money claims

increased by 28.2 percent from 4,062 in
January to September of 2007 to 3,547
in January to September of 2008. The
BLR granted P35.5 million worth of
benefits to 4,424 workers. The number
of workers benefited was down by 3.2
percent from 4,568 workers, while the
disposition rate was up 21.9 percentage
points in the period under review (Table
2.7).
37
TABLE 2.1 Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker

and Hours Worked: July 2008
(In percent)
Selected Indicators
Employed persons
Number (in thousands)
Industry Sector
Total
Agriculture
Agriculture, hunting and forestry
Fishing
Industry
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water
Construction
Services
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles,
motorcycles and personal and household goods
Hotels and restaurants
Transport, storage, and communication
Financial Intermediation
Real estate, renting, and business activities
Public administration and defense, compulsory social security
Education
Health and social work
Other community, social, and personal service activities
Private households with employed persons
Extra-territorial organizations and bodies
Occupation
Total
Officials of government and special interest organizations,
corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors
and supervisors
Professionals
Technicians and associate professionals
Clerks
Service workers and shop and market sales workers
Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen
Trades and related workers
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Laborers and unskilled workers
Special occupations
Class of worker
Total
Wage and salary workers
July 2008
34,597
100.0
35.0
30.9
4.1
14.8
0.4
8.5
0.4
5.4
50.2
19.1
2.8
7.3
1.1
2.8
5.0
3.1
1.1
2.4
5.4
0.0
100.0
13.0
4.4
2.6
4.9
9.9
17.7
8.1
6.5
32.4
0.5
100.0
52.8
Continued
38
Selected Indicators
July 2008
Private household
Private establishment
Government/government corporation
With pay (family-owned business)
Own account
Self employed
Employer
Unpaid family workers
5.4
39.0
8.1
0.4
35.3
31.1
4.2
11.8
Hours worked
Total
Working:
Less than 40 hours
40 hours and over
Did not work
Mean hours worked
Notes:
100.0
33.8
65.2
1.0
42.5
Estimates for July 2009 are preliminary and may change.

Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, July 2008 Labor Force Survey
TABLE 2.2 Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed Persons
by Age Group, Sex, and Highest Grade Completed: July 2008 and July 2009
(In percent)
Selected Indicators
Underemployed persons
July 2008
July 2007
7,275
7,327
Hours worked
Total
Worked less than 40 hours
Worked 40 hours and over
Did not work
100.0
55.8
42.7
1.5
100.0
50.9
48.1
1.0
Industry sector
Total
Agriculture
Industry
Services
100.0
46.9
14.9
38.2
100.0
44.4
15.3
40.3
Unemployed persons
2,750
2,824
Continued
39

Selected Indicators
Age group
Total
15 - 24
25 - 34
35 - 44
45 - 54
55 - 64
65 and Over
July 2008
100.0
51.8
28.5
9.3
6.4
3.2
0.7
100.0
51.1
28.7
10.4
6.0
3.3
0.6
61.7
38.3
62.1
37.9
100.0
0.6
13.7
6.3
7.4
45.5
11.3
34.1
40.3
20.8
19.5
100.0
0.8
14.3
6.8
7.5
45.5
14.1
31.4
39.4
19.9
19.5
Male
Female
Highest grade completed
Total
No grade completed
Elementary
Undergraduate
Graduate
High school
Undergraduate
Graduate
College
Undergraduate
Graduate
Notes:

July 2007
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TABLE 2.3 Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment, Unemployment

and Underemployment by Region: July 2008
(In percent)
Labor Force
Participation Rate
Employment
Rate
Unemployment
Rate
Underemployment
Rate
Philippines
64.3
92.6
7.4
21.0
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II - Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V - Bicol Region
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
61.7
67.7
62.3
66.8
61.8
62.9
69.6
66.1
64.9
64.9
65.8
65.6
70.8
65.8
66.8
65.5
57.4
87.2
94.6
93.4
97.1
90.6
89.6
95.7
95.6
93.3
92.5
95.8
96.9
95.6
93.4
95.2
93.0
96.9
12.8
5.4
6.6
2.9
9.4
10.4
4.3
4.4
6.7
7.5
4.2
3.1
4.4
6.6
4.8
7.0
3.1
14.2
23.5
16.4
18.1
9.2
17.4
26.8
35.8
27.7
17.4
30.8
29.9
25.8
21.8
26.6
29.3
18.0
Region
Notes:

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TABLE 2.4 Strike and Lockout Notices and Actual Strikes and Lockouts
Indicator
January-September 2007
44
292
336
282
243
10
20
9
4
56
83.9
72.3
56
264
419
270
232
18
13
3
4
59
71.6
56.0
5
5
4
2
1
1
1,115
33
80.0
40.0
4
5
4
2
1
472
8
66.7
33.3
January-September2008
Strike and lockout notices

Cases pending, beginning
New notices filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Settled
Assumed jurisdiction by the Secretary
Certified for compulsory arbitration
Treated as preventive mediation case
Other modes of disposition
Materialized into actual strikes or lockouts
Workers involved in new notices filed (000)
Disposition rate (%)
Settlement rate (%)
Actual strikes and lockouts
New strikes declared 1
Cases handled
Work normalized
Settled
Workers involved in new strikes declared
Mandays lost from on-going strikes (000)
Settlement rate (%)
Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
1
Includes actual strikes and lockouts without notices.
Preliminary
Source: Department of Labor and Employment, National Conciliation and Mediation Board
42
TABLE 2.5 Strike and Lockout Notices, Actual Strikes and Lockouts and Preventive Mediation
Cases by Region: January to September 2008
(Preliminary)
Indicator
I
II
Ilocos Cagayan
Region
Valley
III
IV-A
IV-B
V
Central CALABARZON MIMAROPA Bicol
Luzon
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
44
292
336
282
243
22
158
180
142
126
1
3
4
4
3
2
10
12
12
8
3
3
3
3
2
16
18
16
16
12
64
76
66
55
1
1
1
1
4
56,618
83.9
72.3
2
33,736
78.9
70.0
15
100.0
75.0
339
100.0
66.7
322
100.0
100.0
3,002
88.9
88.9
11,551
86.8
72.4
200
100.0
100.0
5
5
4
2
2
2
1
-
1
1
1
1
1,115
32,611
80.0
40.0
305
13,600
50.0
-
241
4,338
100.0
100.0
33
12
404
189
12
23
75
3
440
377
354
2
203
173
166
14
10
8
8
8
8
2
2
1
23
23
18
82
82
61
4
4
4
77,377
85.7
80.5
21,929
85.2
81.8
7,225
71.4
57.1
749
100.0
100.0
120
100.0
50.0
7,300
82.6
78.3
16,615
82.9
74.4
137
100.0
100.0
Strike/lockout notices
Pending, beginning
New notices filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Cases settled
Cases which materialized into
actual strikes or lockouts
Workers involved in new notices filed
Settlement rate (%)
Pending, beginning
New strikes declared
Cases handled
Work normalized
Cases settled
Workers involved in new
strikes declared
Mandays lost from on-going strikes
Settlement rate (%)
Preventive mediation cases
Pending, beginning
Original preventive mediation
cases filed
Strike notices treated as preventive
mediation cases
Cases handled
Strikes prevented
Cases settled
mediation cases filed
Settlement rate (%)
Continued
43
Indicator
VI
Western
Visayas
VII
Central
Visayas
VIII
Eastern
Visayas
IX
Zamboanga
Peninsula
X
Northern
Mindanao
XI
XII
XIII
Davao SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga
Region
1
2
3
2
1
4
19
23
20
15
1
1
1
1
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
7
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
264
66.7
33.3
2,569
87.0
65.2
117
100.0
100.0
454
100.0
100.0
2,779
100.0
87.5
43
100.0
100.0
1,227
100.0
100.0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
69
1,173
100.0
100.0
500
13,500
100.0
-
13
12
38
15
12
12
1
12
9
7
5
5
5
3
3
3
14
12
12
40
37
35
5
5
5
10
10
9
2,076
80.0
80.0
2,259
75.0
58.3
273
100.0
100.0
966
100.0
100.0
1,681
85.7
85.7
10,149
92.5
87.5
1,047
100.0
100.0
4,851
100.0
90.0
Strike and lockout notices

Pending, beginning
New notices filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Cases settled
Cases which materialized into
actual strikes or lockouts
notices filed
Settlement rate (%)
Pending, beginning
New strikes declared
Cases handled
Work normalized
Cases settled
strikes declared
Mandays lost from on-going strikes
Settlement rate (%)
Pending, beginning
Original preventive mediation
cases filed
mediation cases
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Cases settled
mediation cases filed
Settlement rate (%)
Note:
New strikes declared include actual strikes/lockouts without notices.
Source: Department of Labor and Employment,National Conciliation and Mediation Board
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TABLE 2.6 Preventive Mediation Cases and Voluntary Arbitration Cases

(Preliminary)
Indicator
56
409
58
408
4
557
380
360
1
-
1
567
382
365
-
15
4
11
6
92
66.7
62.1
105
67.9
65.6

New cases facilitated/monitored
Total cases facilitated/monitored
Cases disposed
Decided
Settled amicably
Withdrawn/dropped
114
119
161
103
82
10
11
125
117
163
113
99
4
10
18.0
30.1

Original preventive mediation cases filed
mediation cases
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Settled
Referred to compulsory arbitration
Referred to voluntary arbitration
Materialized into notices of strikes and lockouts
and actual strikes and lockouts
Workers involved in preventive mediation
cases filed (000)
Settlement rate (%)
Voluntary arbitration cases
Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Definitions:
Disposition rate (%) = Cases disposed/cases handled x 100.
Settlement rate (%) = Cases settled/cases handled x 100.
Voluntary arbitration - mode of settling labor-management disputes by which the parties
select a competent, trained and impartial person who shall decide on the merits of the cases
and whose decision is final, executory and unappealable.
Source: Department of Labor and Employment, National Conciliation and Mediation Board
45
TABLE 2.7 Original and Appealed Mediation-Arbitration Cases and Money Claims
Indicator
January-September 2008P
96
311
407
276
156
120
67.8
146
278
239
107
62
45
44.8
51
88
139
77
55.4
53
97
88
24
27.3
7431
3,803
4,546
3,666
80.6
4,424
35.5
7101
3,677
3,547
3,547
58.7
4,568
32.4
Original med-arbitration cases

(BLR and DOLE Regional offices)
Cases newly filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Petitions granted
Withdrawn/dismissed
Appealed med-arbitration cases
(BLR and OS)
Cases newly filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Money claims
(DOLE regional offices)
New cases filed
Cases handled
Cases disposed
Workers benefited
Amount of benefits (In million pesos)
Notes:
Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

P
Preliminary
1
Revised based on inventory of cases.
Source: Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR), Statistical and Performance Reporting System (SPRS),
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Section III TRAVEL

AND TOURISM STATISTICS
`
Visitor Arrivals
to the Philippines: 2008
For
the
past
years,
the
governments stance in developing a
more sustainable tourism industry has
certainly paid off. Not only has the
Philippines become one of the most
frequently visited tourist spots in Asia,
todays revitalized industry also provides
additional jobs for Filipinos while being
able to safeguard the integrity of local
diversity and culture.
The Department of Tourism (DOT)
takes the lead in furthering the position of
the country as a favored travel
destination. Along with other agencies
and organizations, it aims to break down
fundamental barriers to tourism growth
and works to minimize the impediments to
realizing a better tourism scenario.
Recently, Boracay Island, the
Philippines' tropical haven is hailed once
again as one of the best beaches in the
world. This was according to Grazia, a
weekly Australian magazine featuring the
high life of fashion, celebrity life, and
travel around the globe.
In the fourth quarter of 2008,
Boracay tourist arrivals have reached a
5.6 percent growth rate. According to
DOT Region VI, tourism receipts to the
island totaled to PhP10.6 billion from
January to November 2008, which just
proves that its crystal-clear waters and
fine white sand is a constant favorite
among nature and adventure seekers
from all throughout.
46
Known for its fine white sand and crystal blue waters,
Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan is hailed as one of the
worlds best beaches.
Source of Information
Statistics presented in this section
deal on the travel of visitors to the
Philippines taken from arrival and
departure cards and shipping manifests,
as well as occupancy reports of
accredited hotels in Metro Manila
submitted to the DOT.
Definition of Terms
Visitor any person visiting the
Philippines for any reason other than
following an occupation renumerated from
within the country and whose residence is
not the Philippines (World Tourism
Organization)
There are two types of visitors
under this definition, namely tourist and
excursionist, defined as follows:
TRAVEL AND TOURISM STATISTICS
47
Tourist temporary visitor staying

at least 24 hours in the country for a
purpose classified as either holiday
(recreation, leisure, sport, and visit to
family, friends or relatives), business,
official mission, convention, or health
reasons
Analysis of Tables
Visitor arrivals increase by 1.5 percent
For 2008, aggregate visitor
arrivals reached 3.14 million. This was a
1.5 percent increase from the 3.09 million
arrivals recorded in 2007 (Table 3.1).
Excursionist temporary visitor

staying less than 24 hours in the country.
Based on the above definitions,
the following are included in the visitor
headcount:
Aliens entering the country for a
temporary stay not exceeding one
year and for purposes other than
immigration, permanent residence or
employment for renumeration in the
country and
Filipino nationals or overseas Filipinos
residing permanently abroad who are
on temporary stay in the Philippines
not exceeding one year.
These
exclude overseas contract workers.
However, the following
excluded in the visitor headcount:
are
Transit visitors and change-plane

passengers who remain in the
premises of the port of entry terminal
Aliens with prearranged employment
for renumeration in the Philippines,
and aliens studying in the country
regardless of length of stay
Filipinos living abroad, regardless of
length of stay overseas who are not
permanent residents abroad
Immigrants or aliens (expatriates) who
are permanently residing in the
Philippines
Filipino overseas contract workers on
home visits and
Returning residents of the Philippines.
Asian visitors comprise more than half

of total visitor arrivals
DOTs arrival statistics showed
Asia leading other continents as it
accounted
for 1.71 million or 54.4
percent of the total arrivals in 2008.
However, this showing is marked by a 1.8
percent decrease from 2007s 1.74 million
arrivals. Despite three of four Asian
regions recording increased arrival
figures, East Asias which arrival figures
declined by 4.2 percent affected the
continents aggregate arrival volume. East
Asia accounts for bulk of the arrival figure
for the continent at 1.37 million.
totaled
Arrivals from North America

681,922 or 21.7 percent of the
48
total to register in second. Among its

countries, the United States of America
had the lions share of arrivals with
578,246 or 18.4 percent of the aggregate
visitor arrivals. North Americas arrival
growth rate stood at 1.5 percent relative
to 2007s 671,744 arrivals.
Europe with 318,971 arrivals,
registered third with 10.2 percent share of
the total arrivals. It marked a 7.6 percent
growth from 2007s 296,443 arrivals.
South America posted the highest
increase in arrival figures with 3,505, a
10.3 percent increase from the 3,177
arrivals recorded in 2007 (Table 3.1).
out of the 10 countries in the list marked

increases in arrival volume. The 3.14
million arrivals from these countries
accounted for 75.2 percent of the total
arrival figure.
Korea remained as the biggest
travel market as it accounted for 611,629
arrivals or a 19.5 percent share. The
United States came close with 578,246
arrivals (18.4% share) to register second.
Japan was third with 359,306 arrivals
(11.4 % share) though it registered the
biggest drop in arrival volume among the
travel markets at 9.0 percent.
Overseas Filipino arrivals increase by

8.0 percent
Overseas
Filipinos,
who
composed 6.2 percent of the total arrival
figure increased by 8.0 percent in the
period under review. From 180,739 in
2007 it rose to 195,287 arrivals in 2008
(Table 3.1).
Month-on-month growth rate declines
by 6.1 percent
The month-on-month growth rate
for December 2007 and December 2008
declined by 6.1 percent. It was a marked
decrease in the total volume of visitors
from almost all regions as well as
returning overseas Filipinos that pulled
the growth rate down. Africa recorded the
biggest drop at 22.0 percent while Europe
posted the only surge with a growth rate
of 26.8 percent (Table 3.2).
Top ten travel markets account for 75.2
percent of total arrivals
The countrys top ten travel
markets performed fairly in 2008 as seven
Canada became the countrys

eighth largest travel market as it posted
the biggest growth at 12.1 percent. Its
91,308 arrivals in 2007 surged to 102,381
in 2008.
United Kingdom was at the bottom
of the top travel market list with 87,422
arrivals (2.8% share) despite posting a
9.7 percent growth in arrival volume.
Countries excluded from the list brought
in a substantial 779,623 arrivals or 24.8
percent share of the total arrivals (Table
3.2).
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
49
TABLE 3.1 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence
2007 and 2008
Number of Arrivals
Country of Residence
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
2008
2007
3,139,422
3,091,993
1.5
195,287
180,739
8.0
1,708,306
1,738,976
254,077
3,456
1,834
27,830
814
69,676
5,116
100,177
31,499
13,675
235,615
3,040
1,665
25,535
782
65,695
4,559
94,008
29,655
10,676
East Asia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
1,370,059
163,689
116,653
359,306
611,629
118,782
1,430,077
157,601
111,948
395,012
653,310
112,206
South Asia
Bangladesh
India
Iran
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
43,662
1,924
31,135
3,196
1,246
2,405
3,756
37,596
1,785
27,341
2,166
1,075
1,757
3,472
16.1
7.8
13.9
47.6
15.9
36.9
8.2
Middle East
Bahrain
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
40,508
2,928
751
3,893
538
3,952
17,515
10,931
35,688
2,699
715
3,929
502
2,995
16,358
8,490
13.5
8.5
5.0
(0.9)
7.2
32.0
7.1
28.8
681,922
671,744
1.5
102,381
1,295
578,246
91,308
1,453
578,983
12.1
(10.9)
(0.1)
GRAND TOTAL
Overseas Filipinos*
Asia
ASEAN
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
North America
Canada
Mexico
United States of America
(1.8)
7.8
13.7
10.2
9.0
4.1
6.1
12.2
6.6
6.2
28.1
(4.2)
3.9
4.2
(9.0)
(6.4)
5.9
Continued
50
Table 3.1 -- Continued
Number of Arrivals
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
Europe
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
2008
2007
3,505
3,177
10.3
594
1,594
511
446
360
524
1,634
415
376
228
13.4
(2.4)
23.1
18.6
57.9
318,971
296,443
7.6
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Switzerland
134,663
10,120
9,143
22,891
55,303
494
18,527
18,185
128,199
9,682
8,090
19,273
55,894
405
17,705
17,150
5.0
4.5
13.0
18.8
(1.1)
22.0
4.6
6.0
Northern Europe
Denmark
Finland
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
136,260
11,890
2,954
5,176
14,963
13,855
87,422
124,684
11,882
2,477
4,681
12,925
13,049
79,670
9.3
0.1
19.3
10.6
15.8
6.2
9.7
Southern Europe
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Union of Serbia
and Montenegro**
31,229
1,914
15,136
990
12,946
28,961
1,722
14,382
998
11,666
7.8
11.1
5.2
(0.8)
11.0
243
193
25.9
Eastern Europe
Commonwealth
of Independent States
Russian Federation***
Total (CIS and Russia)
Poland
16,819
14,599
15.2
3,611
10,959
14,570
2,249
4,690
8,163
12,853
1,746
(23.0)
34.3
13.4
28.8
174,583
163,403
6.8
121,514
40,364
13
10,672
2,020
112,466
39,409
11
10,254
1,263
8.0
2.4
18.2
4.1
59.9
Australasia/Pacific
Australia
Guam
Nauru
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Continued
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
51

Number of Arrivals
Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
Others and unspecified
residences
Notes:
2008
2007
3,317
3,090
7.3
777
2,540
703
2,387
10.5
6.4
53,531
34,421
55.5
* - Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers.
** - Prior to April 2003, statistics from this country includes, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia.
*** - Prior to July 2006, Russia arrivals were lumped under "CIS" and prior to August 2006,
Estonia, Latvia and Turkmenistan ariivals were lumped under "CIS"
Source : Department of Tourism
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
TABLE 3.2 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence: December 2007 and 2008
December 2008
Percent
Volume
to Total
December 2007
Percent
Volume
to Total
GRAND TOTAL
301,175
100.0
320,812
100.0
(6.1)
25,043
8.3
25,347
7.9
(1.2)
Overseas Filipinos*
Asia
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
136,314
45.3
153,731
47.9
(11.3)
ASEAN
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
20,880
480
139
2,210
65
6,141
384
8,437
2,170
854
6.9
0.2
0.0
0.7
2.0
0.1
2.8
0.7
0.3
18,505
348
123
2,042
55
5,240
359
7,207
2,381
750
5.8
0.1
0.0
0.6
1.6
0.1
2.2
0.7
0.2
12.8
37.9
13.0
8.2
18.2
17.2
7.0
17.1
(8.9)
13.9
East Asia
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
109,473
11,291
9,861
28,840
51,794
7,687
36.3
3.7
3.3
9.6
17.2
2.6
129,608
14,096
8,703
30,794
66,912
9,103
40.4
4.4
2.7
9.6
20.9
2.8
(15.5)
(19.9)
13.3
(6.3)
(22.6)
(15.6)
South Asia
Bangladesh
India
Iran
3,106
111
2,160
217
1.0
0.0
0.7
0.1
2,925
126
2,072
139
0.9
0.0
0.6
0.0
6.2
(11.9)
4.2
56.1
Continued
52
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
December 2007
Percent
Volume
to Total
December 2006
Percent
Volume
to Total
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
120
189
309
0.1
0.1
123
125
340
0.0
0.1
(2.4)
51.2
(9.1)
2,855
282
55
351
46
311
867
943
0.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
2,693
211
52
311
46
235
1,077
761
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
6.0
33.6
5.8
12.9
0.0
32.3
(19.5)
23.9
73,627
24.4
75,150
23.4
(2.0)
15,868
89
57,670
5.3
0.0
19.1
16,217
77
58,856
5.1
0.0
18.3
(2.2)
15.6
(2.0)
295
0.1
299
0.1
(1.3)
44
139
56
30
26
0.0
-
46
156
36
45
16
0.0
-
(4.3)
(10.9)
55.6
(33.3)
62.5
37,892
12.6
38,719
12.1
26.8
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Switzerland
15,444
1,286
973
2,530
6,289
50
2,009
2,307
5.1
0.4
0.3
0.8
2.1
0.7
0.8
15,384
1,354
863
2,227
6,515
71
2,177
2,177
4.8
0.4
0.3
0.7
2.0
0.7
0.7
0.4
(5.0)
12.7
13.6
(3.5)
(29.6)
(7.7)
6.0
Northern Europe
Denmark
Finland
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
16,889
1,688
424
600
1,939
2,468
9,770
5.6
0.6
0.1
0.2
0.6
0.8
3.2
18,158
1,754
358
544
2,040
2,684
10,778
5.7
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.6
0.8
3.4
(7.0)
(3.8)
18.4
10.3
(5.0)
(8.0)
(9.4)
3,565
192
1,927
91
1,331
1.2
0.1
0.6
0.4
3,464
144
1,798
80
1,406
1.1
0.0
0.6
0.4
2.9
33.3
7.2
13.8
(5.3)
24
36
(33.3)
Middle East
Bahrain
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
North America
Canada
Mexico
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
Europe
Southern Europe
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Union of Serbia and
**
Montenegro
Continued
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
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Eastern Europe
Commonwealth
of Independent States
Russian Federation***
Total (CIS and Russia)
Poland
Australasia/Pacific
Australia
Guam
Nauru
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
Others and unspecified
residences
Notes:
December 2007
Percent
Volume
to Total
December 2006
Percent
Volume
to Total
1,994
0.7
1,713
0.5
16.4
374
1,396
1,770
224
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
385
1,147
1,532
181
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
(2.9)
21.7
15.5
23.8
23,774
7.9
23,966
7.5
(0.8)
18,279
3,559
1,664
272
6.1
1.2
0.6
0.1
18,056
4,070
3
1,708
129
5.6
1.3
0.5
0.1
1.2
(12.6)
100.0
(2.6)
110.9
323
0.1
414
0.1
(22.0)
69
254
0.1
73
341
0.1
(5.5)
(25.5)
3,907
1.3
3,186
1.0
22.6
* - Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers.
** - Prior to April 2003, statistics from this country includes, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia.
*** - Prior to July 2006, Russia arrivals were lumped under "CIS" and prior to August 2006,
Estonia, Latvia and Turkmenistan ariivals were lumped under "CIS"
Percent
Increase/
(Decrease)
TABLE 3.3 Top Ten Travel Markets: 2007 and 2008
Country
Total
Korea
Japan
China
Australia
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Canada
Singapore
United Kingdom
Other Countries
Volume
Percent
to Total
3,139,422
100.0
611,629
578,246
359,306
163,689
121,514
118,782
116,653
102,381
100,177
87,422
779,623
19.5
18.4
11.4
5.2
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.3
3.2
2.8
24.8
2008
2007
Rank
Volume
3,091,993
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
653,310
578,983
395,012
157,601
111,948
112,466
112,206
91,308
94,008
79,670
705,481
Percent
Increase/
Decrease
1.5
(6.4)
(0.1)
(9.0)
3.9
8.5
5.6
4.0
12.1
6.6
9.7
10.5
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TABLE 3.4
Average Occupancy Rates of Hotels in Metro Manila by Classification

Fourth Quarter 2007 and 2008
Fourth Quarter
2008
Overall Average
Fourth Quarter
2007
Difference
Occupancy Rates
Length of stay (in Nights)
66.39
2.36
70.10
2.41
(5.30)
(2.11)
De luxe
Occupancy Rates
Length of stay
66.85
2.66
75.65
2.59
(11.63)
2.84
First Class
Occupancy Rates
Length of stay
67.43
2.53
73.80
2.63
(8.63)
(4.05)
Standard
Occupancy Rates
Length of stay
68.38
2.43
71.22
2.47
(3.99)
(1.49)
Economy
Occupancy Rates
Length of stay
62.89
1.81
59.74
1.95
5.28
(6.85)
Classification
Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE

AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
government
units
(LGUs),
nongovernment organizations (NGOs), other
national government agencies (NGAs),
peoples organizations (POs), and other
members of the civil society to effectively
implement programs, projects, and
services to these marginalized sectors of
the society.
Child and youth welfare programs
of the government are specifically led by
the Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare
(BCYW) which cares for the abandoned,
neglected, disturbed, and the exploited
and abused youth. Among the services
accorded the disadvantaged youth
offenders, child prostitutes, and street
children are the following:
Psychosocial recovery and social
reintegration of sexually abused and
exploited children - reintegration of child
victims to the family and the community
All government agencies and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are

mandated to spearhead programs,
projects, and services for the welfare of
the more-often-neglected sectors of
society.
The Child Help Intervention and

Protective Services (CHIPS) offer crisis
intervention and therapy; its services can
be accessed in all 17 regions via hotlines
provided and also through the Bantay
Bata program.
On the forefront of these agencies

and organizations is an Inter-Agency
Committee chaired by the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
tasked to oversee the foregoing thrusts
that seek to promote the rights and
full participation of these neglected
sectors.
Assistance
to
disadvantaged
children of mixed parentage in the form of
skills training, livelihood assistance,
psychological
interventions,
and
assistance relative to their citizenship.
Department arrangements enable a
number of disadvantaged transnational
children like Amerasians to locate
foreigner parents, or at best, to reunite
children with their parents abroad. This
service facilitates childrens reintegration
into the community
The DSWD is mandated to

provide social protection, assistance, and
augmentation needs to disadvantaged
individuals,
families,
groups,
and
communities. It is also incumbent on the
agency to provide support to local
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Community-based
rehabilitation
for children in conflict with the law affords
diverse options to prevent juvenile
offenders from breaking the law
Sulong Dunong sa Kabataan assists
youths to finish high school or head into
technical or vocational livelihood training
Local and intercountry adoption and
alternative family care services nurture
abandoned and neglected children by
placing them in the care of foster parents.
With
adoption,
abandoned
and
unregistered children earn the right to the
family name and nationality of foster
parents
Devolved services for children and
youths look after preschoolers in day care
centers and provide them supplemental
feeding. They also service street children
and delinquent youths with medical
attention, livelihood opportunities, and
counseling services
Retained Community-Based
Program
Child
Care
and
Placement
Services.
These
services
provide
alternative parental care to abandoned,
neglected, and abused children, thus,
restoring their right to a family, name, and
nationality.
Particular
interventions
employed under these services include
local adoption, intercountry adoption,
temporary parental care through foster
care, and legal guardianship.
Adoption is a socio-legal process
which enables a child, who cannot be
reared by his biological or natural parents,
to acquire a legal status wherein he can
benefit from new relationship with a
permanent family. Local adoption is
adoption within the country. Intercountry
adoption is adoption outside the country.
Foster care is the provision of
planned substitute parental care for a
child by a licensed foster family when his

or her biological parents cannot care for
him for a certain period of time.
Legal guardianship is a socio-legal
process of providing substitute parental
care through the appointment of a legal
guardian of the child and his property until
child reaches the age of majority.
Protective Custody. This is a
service provided to children whose
parents are unable to provide the required
protection
and
whose
conditions
demonstrate observable evidence of
injurious effects of the failure to meet the
childrens basic needs. Immediate
intervention is provided to a child who is
abandoned, neglected, physically or
sexually abused or exploited, to prevent
further abuse and exploitation, and to
assist the child and family to overcome
the trauma of such experiences.
Other than these programs for the
youth and children, the DSWD also
provides support to the disadvantaged
and marginalized women sector of the
society.
Services for women-in-especially
difficult-circumstances (WEDC) were
launched in response to the emerging
needs of women in this sector. This is to
empower them to avoid high-risk, violent,
and dangerous incidents as well as to
equip and prepare them physically and
emotionally as they return to their
families.
Marginalized families, on the
other hand, become beneficiaries under
the following services by program or
project:
Locally-Funded Project
Comprehensive and Integrated

Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) is a
propoor program which seeks to
SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
empower
targeted
families
and
communities to enable them to meet their
minimum basic needs (MBNs), improve
their quality of living, and contribute to
reduction in poverty.
Analysis of Table
Families Served: 2008

Families served up by 46.5 percent
FIGURE 1 Num ber of Fam ilies Served
by Program /Project/Service
2007 and 2008
2,000,000
Co mmunity
pro grams and
pro jects
Number (In millions)
1,800,000
1,600,000
1,400,000
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served only 262,177 families as

compared to 649,128 in 2007. (Table 4.1)
The National Capital Region
(NCR) with crowded squatter areas
topped recipient of government programs
and projects for families in the past. This
time, areas in Visayas and Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
were now the focus of concern. Western
Visayas got the most number (410,413)
or 23.3 percent of families served in 2008,
followed by Eastern Visayas with 15.3
percent (269,385) and ARMM 12 percent
(211,130). CALABARZON got the least
projects with only 2.3 percent (9,538).
(Table 4.1)
Disadvantaged Children: 2008

Number of disadvantaged
children
1,200,000
1,000,000
FIGURE 2 Num ber of Disadvantaged

Children Served
by Program /Projects/Sevice
2007 and 2008
800,000
600,000
400,000
58,000
200,000
0
Co mmunity
pro grams and
pro jects
56,000
2007
Year
Families served in community

programs and projects in 2008 reached
1,758,815 or an increase of almost half
(46.5%) as compared with 1,200,210 in
2007. The DSWD helped in the process
of matching them with children for
adoption or foster care. In 2008 this
program showed a tremendous lift in
serving families with a 180.0 percent
increase from the 2007 figure of 520,975
to 1,459,374 in 2008. Under the locallyfunded projects helping the families,
records revealed only 23.8 percent
increase in 2008. Foreign-assisted project
KALAHI-CIDSS:KKB showed a reverse
trend of negative 59.6 percent as it
Number (In millions)
2008
54,000
52,000
50,000
48,000
46,000
44,000
42,000
2008
2007
Year
In 2008, a total of 56,092

Disadvantaged Children (DC) were
served by the DSWD in various regions.
This reflects an 18.5 percent increase
compared to 2007s 47,356 DC served.
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NCR topped the list with the most number

of DC served, 12,732 or 22.7 percent of
the total. Zamboanga Peninsula followed
with 8,880 or 15.8 percent, while Caraga
got the least with only 354 DC (Table
4.2).
Disadvantaged and Abused

Children / Youth Served: 2008
Number of child abuse cases served in
community/center-based
programs
down by 7.3 percent
Child abuse cases in the
Philippines dropped by 7.3 percent from
7,228 to 6,701 in 2008.
Of the 6,701 cases of child abuse,
children situated in Central Luzon
registered the most reduced cases with
only 703 as compared to 1,003 (-30.0%)
in 2007. This is followed by Western
Mindanao (-25.2%) with 1,177, from
1,429. Central Visayas increased sharply
(152.0%) from 228 to 575.
Zamboanga
Peninsula
experienced the most number of child
abuse cases (17.6%) with 1,177 followed
by Central Visayas having 718 cases.
Caraga carried the least with only 80

cases.
2008 trend on age group
vulnerability to abuse revealed that 14 to
below 18 years-old registered the most
affected with 2,004 cases or 29.9 percent
of the total. This trend was also true with
10 to below 14 year-old-group which got
the next highest recorded cases at 1,770
or 26.4 percent share. (Table 4.3)
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Youth Served: 2008
569 or 24.1 percent.
Youth served
11.0 percent
There were probably more

reported cases of youth offenders
considering that these figures came only
from the DSWD in community-and-center
based programs.
posts an increase of
Youth served in the community

and center-based programs during the
year 2008 reached 12,468, or an increase
of 11.0 percent as compared to 11,233
served in 2007.
Of all regions covered by these
programs, Zamboanga Peninsula got the
highest with 10,444 or about 83.8 percent
served. Other regions showed minimal
number of youth served. (Table 4.4)
FIGURE 5 NUm ber of Children in Conflict
w ith the Law (CICL) Served
2007 and 2007
Regional records showed that

Davao Region has the most youth
offenders when it shared 272 or 10.6
percent who came in conflict with the law.
Central Visayas came so close as second
offenders with 256 or 9.9 percent share.
The least share went to Bicol with only 35
offenders. (Table 4.5)
Welfare and Protection

of Disadvantaged Women
2008
2,800
Number (In thousands)
2,700
Assisted women reflect a decrease of

19.6 percent
Co mmunity
pro grams and
pro jects
2,600
FIGURE 6 Num ber of Wom en Served

2007 and 2008
2,500
2,400
2,300
18,000
2,200
2,100
2008
2007
Year
Davao region got the most children in

conflict with law
Of the total (2,362) children in
conflict with the law, 55.2 percent or
1,304 were served in community based
programs while 44.8 percent or 1,058
were served in centers or institutions.
Most offenders (1,749) or 74
percent came from no age bracket
offenders followed by 14 to below 18 with
16,000
14,000
Co mmunity
pro grams and
pro jects
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2008
2007
Year
Women numbering 13,564 were

served by the community- and centerbased programs during the year 2008.
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Compared to 2007 (16,880) served, It

reflected a decrease of 19.6 percent.
Among regions, Davao Region or
Southern Mindanao got the most number
of beneficiaries with 3,946 or 29.1 percent
of the total women served in 2008. This
was followed by Zamboanga Peninsula
with 2,553 or 18.8 percent and Northern
Mindanao with 1,273 or 9.4 percent
(Table 4.6).
FIGURE 7 Num ber of Persons With
Disabilities (PWDs) Served
2007 and 2008
5,200
On the forefront of these agencies

and organizations are an Inter-Agency
Committee chaired by the DSWD tasked
to oversee the foregoing thrusts that
seek
to
promote
the
rights, full
participation, and equality for OPs and
PWDs. Moreover, Batas Pambansa 344,
otherwise known as the Accessibility Law,
provides for friendly facilities for the OPs
and PWDs such as:
5,100
5,000
4,900
Co mmunity
pro grams and
pro jects
4,800
4,700
4,600
4,500
4,400
4,300
4,200
2008
2007
Year
Persons with Disabilities: 2008
Well-lit government buildings

Readable sign boards
Specially-built and -designed
comfort rooms
Ramps
Improved architectural designs of
government buildings to facilitate
access of OPs and PWDs
Nonformal education
Livelihood
Vocational skills training for
employment purposes
Care-giving training for family
members
Counseling, professional guidance
and family therapy
Specialized skills training
for professionals and service
providers
Protection and safety program.
Persons with disabilities

(PWDs)
Introduction
Enabling acts were issued to raise
the level of awareness of the general
public and policymakers on ageing, on
the needs of persons with disabilities
(PWDs), and on the prevention of
discrimination and abuse of older persons
(OPs). All government agencies and
nongovernment organizations (NGOs) are
mandated to spearhead programs,
projects, and services for their welfare,
thus bringing these more-often-neglected
sectors into the mainstream of society.
The community- and center-based

programs of the DSWD served a total of
4,538 persons with disabilities (PWDs)
during the year 2008. This reflected a
decrease of 11.4 percent as compared
with those served (5,120) in 2007.
During this period, performance of
community-based programs implemented
by DSWDs Crisis Intervention Units
(CIUs) in serving PWDs showed 5.3
percent decrease from the previous figure
of 361 to 342 in 2008.
.
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The same trend was shown by the

center/institution-based program, which
revealed a 11.8 percent decrease of the
PWDs (4,759) served compared to 4,196
in 2007.
DSWD served 4,676 SCs under

community-based programs. This was
higher than those served in the center or
institution-based programs (777 SCs) or
by 85.7 percent.
Of the total number of disabled

persons served by both community- and
center-based
program/services,
the
biggest share went to NCR with 3,777 or
83.2 percent of the total PWDs served.
Other regions have minimal performances
as compared to the NCR high record.
(Table 4.7)
Regional tally showed NCR

topped the list with 2,511 SCs served
(Table 4.8).
FIGURE 8 Number of Senior Citizens (SCs)
Served by Program/Project/Service
2007 and 2008
6,000
Older Persons Served: 2008
Locally-Funded Project
Num ber (In thousands)
This discussion includes data on

senior citizens served by DSWD through
the following services by program or
project:
5,000
Community pro grams

and projects
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
Older Persons as Volunteer

Resource. Under the social mobilization
(SOCMOB) project of PWDs, senior
citizens (SCs) and their families, SCs are
being trained and mobilized to render
volunteer work on counseling services,
sociocultural
and
environmental
concerns, spiritual life enrichment, and
other community services.
Residential Services for Older
Persons. This includes data on the
number of OPs or elderlies served in
homes for elderly.
Senior citizens served increase by 65.9
percent
A total of 5,453 senior citizens
were served during 2008 by the
community- and center or institutionbased programs. This resulted to an
increase of 65.9 percent over the 3,286
served during the year 2007.
0
2008
2007
Year
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TABLE 4.1 Number of Families Served by Program/Project/Service and by Region

2008 and 2007
Region
Philippines
2008
Number of Families Served by Program/Project/Services
Foreign
Total Number
Total Number
Assisted Project
of Families Served
Total Number
KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB
in Community of Families Served of Families Served
under LocallyNumber of Family
Programs
in Community
Beneficiaries1/
Funded Project
and Projects
based Programs
1,758,815
1,459,374
37,264
262,177
NCR
28,235
27,087
1,148
CAR
15,171
2,989
847
11,335
- Ilocos Region
188,294
186,616
1,678
II
- Cagayan Valley
21,156
20,785
371
III
- Central Luzon
20,830
18,240
2,590
9,538
5,122
4,416
85,384
64,260
1,192
19,932
29,774
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
147,049
103,412
13,863
VI
- Western Visayas
410,413
384,619
1,539
24,255
VII
- Central Visayas
71,804
35,362
1,058
35,384
269,385
198,985
1,920
68,480
IX
- Zamboanga Peninsula
33,846
14,196
665
18,985
- Northern Mindanao
42,373
35,965
1,514
4,894
XI
- Davao Region
26,271
13,656
3,058
9,557
XII
- SOCCSKSARGEN
147,253
123,214
370
23,669
30,683
13,736
1,035
15,912
211,130
211,130
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
2007
Total Number
Foreign
of Families Served
Total Number
Total Number
Assisted Project
KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB
Programs
in Community
Beneficiaries1/
and Projects
based Programs
funded Project
1,200,210
520,975
30,107
NCR
34,328
33,084
1,244
CAR
40,498
21,934
638
17,926
Philippines
649,128
- Ilocos Region
11,689
9,971
1,718
II
- Cagayan Valley
90,630
89,346
1,284
III
- Central Luzon
41,284
38,938
2,346
120,555
60,266
3,869
56,420
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
37,784
9,627
846
27,311
- Bicol Region
160,267
84,187
9,112
66,968
VI
- Western Visayas
143,645
19,899
1,630
122,116
Continued
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2007
Foreign
Total Number
Total Number
Assisted Project
of Families Served
Total Number
KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB
Programs
in Community
Beneficiaries1/
funded Project
and Projects
based Programs
Region
VII
- Central Visayas
49,191
10,895
941
37,355
107,142
3,597
1,475
102,070
IX
- Zamboanga Peninsula
75,347
16,959
330
58,058
- Northern Mindanao
43,538
9,503
2,135
31,900
XI
- Davao Region
61,578
23,268
1,834
36,476
XII
- SOCCSKSARGEN
89,054
34,650
90
54,314
XIII - Caraga
60,961
22,132
615
38,214
ARMM
32,719
32,719
Notes:
KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB - Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social

Services: Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay. It covers 4,229 barangay in 184 municipalities,
42 provinces across 12 regions.
1/
Number of family beneficiaries as estimated from the number of households
that benefited from KALAHI-CIDSS: KKB Project.
Sources: Department of Social Welfare and Development
TABLE 4.2 Number of Disadvantaged Children Served by Program/Project/Service

by Region: 2008 and 2007
Total Number of Children Served

in Community and Center-based
Programs
2008
Total Number of Children
Served in CommunityBased Programs
Philippines
56,092
47,567
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX -
12,732
1,334
1,823
1,150
5,283
4,923
6,834
1,112
1,900
3,880
896
8,880
9,920
1,239
1,635
1,072
4,829
4,832
6,834
969
1,821
3,607
726
5,475
Region
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Continued
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Region
X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga

Programs
2008
Served in Communitybased Programs
1,619
1,998
1,374
354
1,306
1,838
1,179
285
2008
Total Number of Children Served in Centers/Institution-based Programs
Philippines
8,525
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
2,812
95
188
78
454
91
143
79
273
170
3,405
313
160
195
69
-
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga

Programs
2007
Philippines
47,356
40,029
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
12,446
811
2,788
1,175
9,317
691
2,664
1,098
Continued
65
Region
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM

Programs
2007
5,656
5,026
1,634
866
1,625
3,701
1,319
5,509
1,425
2,146
947
282
-
5,148
4,944
1,634
749
1,545
3,443
1,183
3,395
1,267
1,867
847
237
-
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
2007
Total Number of Children Served in Centers/Institution-based Programs
Philippines
3,528
7,327
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
1,840
45
32
30
243
4
44
11
32
3,129
120
124
77
508
82
117
80
258
136
2,114
158
279
100
45
-
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
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TABLE 4.3 Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Program/Project/Service

2008
Number of Child Abuse Cases Served
2007
Number of Child Abuse Cases Served
Philippines
6,701
7,228
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
611
320
456
354
703
103
121
233
191
718
381
1,177
416
262
575
80
-
701
331
579
544
1,003
106
71
149
189
778
442
1,429
172
441
2,287
65
-
Region
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
TABLE 4.4 Number of Youth Served by Program/Project/Service

by Region and by Sex: 2008 and 2007
2008
Total Number
of Youth Served
in Community
and Centerbased Programs
Total Number
of Youth
Served in
Communitybased Programs
Total Number
of Youth Served
in Centers/Institutionbased Programs
Philippines
12,468
6,174
6,294
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
262
40
182
17
99
192
58
102
412
70
10,444
360
152
23
55
-
241
40
75
17
15
32
50
208
1
5,162
281
23
29
-
21
107
99
177
26
52
204
69
5,282
79
152
26
-
Region
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Continued
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2007
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Total Number
of Youth Served
in Community
Total Number
of Youth
Served in
Total Number
of Youth Served
11,233
4,649
6,584
1,343
4
245
4
111
311
125
123
62
744
149
7,358
197
336
18
103
-
12
4
136
4
103
125
103
2
473
74
3,166
162
185
18
82
-
1,331
109
111
208
20
60
271
75
4,192
35
151
21
-
TABLE 4.5 Number of Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) Served by Program
Project/Service by Region: 2008 and 2007
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII -
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Total Number of CICL Served

Programs
2008
Total Number of CICL
2,362
1,304
54
115
168
74
225
187
49
35
128
256
115
61
70
127
10
49
8
76
120
Continued
68
Region
VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Total Number of CICL Served

Programs
2008
Total Number of CICL
256
113
246
272
239
150
-
41
182
190
82
148
25
-
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
2008
Total Number of CICL Served in Centers/Institution-based Programs
1,058
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
54
107
4
98
177
27
52
136
72
64
82
157
2
26
-
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
2007
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB -
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Community
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Community
based Programs
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Centers/Institution
based Programs
2,759
1,686
1,073
80
50
217
87
308
227
15
12
42
106
82
193
19
15
68
8
111
5
115
208
Continued
69

2007
Region
V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Community
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Community
based Programs
Total Number
of CICL Served
in Centers/Institution
based Programs
74
76
280
173
213
326
363
247
23
-
54
16
167
96
138
291
206
247
2
-
20
60
113
77
75
35
157
21
-
TABLE 4.6 Number of Women Served by Program/Project/Service

2008
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
otal Number of Women

Served in Community
and Center-based
Programs
Total Number of Women

Served in Community
Programs

Served in Centerbased Programs
13,564
10,624
2,940
1,619
667
204
723
788
120
43
199
52
568
218
2,553
1,273
3,946
502
89
-
311
637
140
700
722
103
43
186
29
416
197
1,444
1,211
3,986
502
87
-
1,308
30
64
23
66
17
132
23
152
21
1,109
62
50
2
Continued
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2007
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
otal Number of Women

Served in Community
and Center-based
Programs

Served in Community
Programs

Served in Centerbased Programs
16,880
13,165
3,715
3,372
382
283
473
1,037
67
85
596
78
2,405
635
3,775
688
2,360
593
51
-
1,764
344
149
470
1,007
54
85
581
56
2,216
610
2,229
666
2,292
593
49
-
1,608
38
134
3
30
13
15
22
189
25
1,546
22
68
2
-
TABLE 4.7 Number of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) Served by Program/Project

Service by Region: 2008 and 2007
Total Number
of PWDs Served
in Community
and Centerbased-Programs
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
2008
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
Centers/Institution
based Programs
Philippines
4,538
342
4,196
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII -
3,777
42
113
19
4
49
50
162
4
61
42
10
19
4
49
50
81
4
3,716
10
81
-
Region
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Continued
71

Total Number
of PWDs Served
in Community
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
2008
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
Centers/Institution
based Programs
185
7
116
10
-
5
7
10
-
108
116
-
Total Number
of PWDs Served
in Community
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
2007
Total Number
of PWDs
Served in
Centers/Institution
based Programs
Philippines
5,120
361
4,759
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
4,205
62
80
11
46
100
4
109
214
7
148
99
35
-
3
62
2
11
6
100
4
109
19
7
3
35
-
4,202
78
40
195
145
99
-
Region
IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
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TABLE 4.8 Number of Senior Citizens (SCs) Served by Program/Project

E
2008
Total Number
of SCs Served
in Community
Total Number
of SCs Served
in Communitybased Programs
Total Number
of SCs Served
Philippines
5,453
4,676
777
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
2,511
67
27
58
90
329
868
241
13
361
198
613
33
44
-
2,023
67
27
58
90
329
868
241
13
147
198
538
33
44
-
488
214
75
-
Region
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
2007
Total Number
of SCs Served
in Community
Total Number
of SCs Served
in Communitybased Programs
Total Number
of SCs Served
Philippines
3,286
2,327
959
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
1,347
71
53
52
102
425
95
177
399
29
385
19
74
58
-
709
71
53
52
102
425
95
177
399
29
133
19
5
58
-
638
252
69
-
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
Section V - EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Education
Indicators
School Years 2004-2005
and 2005-2006
Public education is entirely

subsidized by the national government as
mandated by the Constitution while
private schools are run by independent
entities.
Two government bodies supervise
the countrys educational system. The
Department of Education (DepEd)
administers preschool, elementary, and
secondary schools while the Commission
on Higher Education (CHED) manages
tertiary and other
higher education
institutions.
Various indicators assess the
capability of the Philippine educational
system
in
terms
of
objectivity,
competency, and sufficient delivery.
Indicators such as net participation rate,
cohort survival rate, teacher-pupil ratio,
number of teachers, and number of public
and private schools are used every
school year to measure system
improvement.
Introduction
Education plays a remarkable role
in growing economies. As businesses
become increasingly education-based,
learning or instruction carries a greater
burden
in
improving
skill
and
competitiveness of the people.
Definition of Terms
In the Philippines, the elementary

education program is created to give six
years of basic literacy, numeric thinking,
and work skills to improve the childrens
learning
capabilities
and
values.
Graduates of the elementary course are
accepted to the secondary course. This
level is the continuation of general
education given in the elementary level
and helps as a preparation for vocational
or college education. Those who have
completed secondary education can be
admitted to the collegiate or university
level.
Net participation rate at the

elementary level the proportion of the
number of enrollees 7-12 years old to
population 7-12 years old
Net participation rate at the
secondary level the proportion of the
number of enrollees 13-16 years old to
the population 13-16 years old
Cohort survival rate at the
elementary level the proportion of
enrollees at the beginning grade which
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reach the final grade at the end of the

required number of years of study
Cohort survival rate at the
secondary level the proportion of
enrollees at the beginning year which
reach the final year at the end of the
required number of years of study.
Analysis of Tables
Participation rate of public elementary
school pupils falls by 3.4 percent
Approximately 73.5 percent of
Filipino children, ages seven to 12 were
enrolled in public elementary schools for
school year (SY) 2005-2006.
The
participation rate of elementary public
declined by 2.6 percentage poitns from
the 76.1 percent recorded the previous
SY (Figure 1).
Bicol caps public elementary schools
participation rate
Among regions, Bicol Region
exhibited the highest net participation rate
in public elementary schools with 82.7
percent. MIMAROPA came second with
FIGURE 1
81.3 percent.
Central Luzon and
CALABARZON came after with 79.9
percent and 79.8 percent, respectively.
Meanwhile, Caraga registered the least
net participation rate with 72.7 percent.
(Table 5.1and Figure 2)
Participation rate of public secondary
school students inclines by 2.0
percentage points
Participation rate in the public
secondary level is better than the
participation rate in the public elementary
level. Some 44.5 percent of the public
high school students were enrolled for the
SY 2005-2006. This was an increase of
about 2.0 percentage points from the 42.5
recorded the previous SY (Table 5.3 and
Figure 3).
NCR posts highest public secondary
school participation rate
As expected, the National Capital
Region (NCR), the countrys center of
learning, accounted for the highest
participation rate in public secondary
schools with 55.3 percent, followed by
Ilocos Region with 53.2 percent.
CALABARZON and Central Luzon came
third and fourth with 51.1 percent and
Net Participation Rate in Public Elem entary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
SY 2005-2006
90
SY 2004-2005
Number (In percent)
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
N um be
r ( In P e rc e nt )
Region
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FIGURE 2 Net Participation Rate in Secondary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
60.00
SY 2005-2006
50.00
SY 2004-2005
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
R e gio n
50.1 percent, respectively.

Northern
Mindanao, on the other hand, showed the
least with 37.8 percent (Table 5.2 and
Figure 4).
Cohort survival rate in public
elementary school level diminishes by
3.5 percent
Based on the DepEds report, 63
out of 100 Filipino first graders in the
public school (62.6%) reached the sixth
grade in SY 2005-2006, or a 2.3
percentage point decrease from the 64.9
percent registered the previous SY.
The top three regions with the

highest rates were Ilocos Region with
80.9 percent or a 3.8 percentage points
increase from the 77.13 percent recorded
previously, followed by NCR with 73.6
percent or a 1.4 percentage points
decrease from that of 74.7 percent, and
Central Luzon with 71.9 percent or a 1.62
percentage points decrease from the 73.5
registered the former SY. Meanwhile,
SOCCSKSARGEN had the least with
45.6 percent in SY 2005-2006 or a 1.74
percentage points few reflected the
previous SY. (Table 5.3)
FIGURE 3 Cohort Survival Rate in Public Elem entary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
90
SY 2005-2006
Number (In percent)
80
SY 2004-2005
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Region
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FIGURE 4 Cohort Survival Rate in Secondary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
SY 2005-2006
80.00
SY 2004-2005
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
R e gio n
Cohort survival rate of public

secondary school students short by
6.3 percentage points
percentage points and 0.14 percentage

points losses. (Table 5.4)
In the public secondary school

level, 55 out of 100 first year high school
students (55.0%) in current SY reached
fourth year high school. This is 6.34
percentage points lower than the 61.3
percent revealed the previous SY.
Promotion
Culture
Across regions, the highest cohort

survival rate was recorded in Ilocos
Region with 69.6 percent or a mere 0.9
percentage points increase from the 68.7
percent it registered the previous SY.
NCR followed with 60.8 percent or 5.91
percentage points less than the 66.7
percent recorded previously. On third
place was Cagayan Valley with 60.2
percent or a decrease of 0.1 percentage
points from that of 60.3 percent noted the
previous SY. All other regions had lower
than 60.0 percent cohort survival rate.
The two school years saw Eastern
Visayas and Central Luzon illustrating
dwindling cohort survival rates with 9.89
of
Arts
and
The promotion of arts and culture

brings to the awareness of the masses
the symbolic and expansive powers in
appreciation.
The National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the overall
policymaking, coordinating, and grantgiving agency for the preservation,
development, and promotion of Philippine
arts and culture.
Philippine International Arts

Festival: 2008
February is commonly known as
the month of love, but for 18 years now,
through Presidential Decree No. 683 in
1991, it has slowly acquired an additional
significance in the country, having been
declared as the National Arts Month.
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The NCCA, the countrys premier

institution tasked for the promotion of arts
and culture, organized the National Arts
Month (NAM) with a series of festivities
and activities mounted throughout the
country.
4.
Sayaw Pinoy. A touring dance
concert bringing together different dance
forms and featuring local dance troupes
of the host cities and municipalities and
professional dance companies in the
country
In 2008, the celebration took a

leap by going international under the
name
Philippine
International
Arts
Festival (PIAF).
5.
Tanghal! The 3rd National
University Theater Festival. Hosted by
Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba
featured university-based theater groups
from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and
NCR in cooperation with the Lusong
Luzon Arts and Culture Network
The PIAF featured the talents and

performances of the many artists and art
groups in the seven disciplines of art
namely: music, literature, architecture,
dance, visual arts, cinema, and dramatic
arts.
Selected artists from different
countries joined the local artists in the
participation in the different PIAF events,
to wit:
1.
PA(ng)LABAS.
A variation of
traveling exhibition, lecture-forum, and
film showing which aimed to examine
both the medium of film and the form and
style of architecture as they relate to the
development of film media, architecture,
and urban landscape
2.
Walai-Vernacular Architecture
of Mindanao. An architectural drawing
and photography exhibit of the vernacular
houses of Mindanao culled from the Walai
Pangampong project, complemented with
a lecture series, ritual dances, and craft
works associated with house building and
construction, and a model replica of
selected indigenous structure
3.
Sinerehiyon.
A showcase of
nascent cinema from the regions from
the highlands in and around Baguio to the
heart of Bicolandia that is Naga City;
across the thriving Visayas cities of Cebu,
Bacolod, and Iloilo, and through
Mindanao between Cagayan de Oro and
Davao
6.
Taboan:
Philippine Writers
Festival. Assembled writers from all the
regions and across generations who
interacted with one another and with their
audience on issues pertaining to their
craft or the situation of writing in the
country
7.
Organik Muzik. A series of four
concerts showing the metamorphosis of
elements of Philippine music from village
roots to urban manifestations, from
Cordillera traditions to Kadangyans
world music, from Leyteo siday to
Junior Kilats reggae Binisaya, from
GAMABA Awardee Samaon Sulaimans
virtuoso kutyapi-playing to the harddriving neo-ethnic rock of Popong
Landero, from flights of Balagtasan to
the acid-jazz rants of Lourd de Veyra
and Radioactive Sago.
Musical
innovator Joey Ayala weaves the journey
towards an orderly whole
8.
Philippine Visual Arts Fest 08.
A convergence of selected various
Filipino and international artists from the
different regions of the country.
It
featured the talents and performances of
the artists and groups in the visual arts
whose trainings, competitions, and
creative expressions it has invested with
the past year or so.
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TABLE 5.1 Net Participation Rate in Public Elementary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Region
2005-2006
2004-2005
Philippines
73.51
76.06
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
72.94
74.57
78.76
76.51
79.89
79.83
81.34
82.70
73.68
74.69
78.29
77.49
75.81
73.71
73.21
72.72
-
74.85
78.48
80.92
79.62
81.54
81.65
85.11
85.07
76.93
78.48
81.70
80.93
79.81
77.46
75.77
73.10
-
Source: Department of Education
TABLE 5.2 Net Participation Rate in Public Secondary Schools

School Years 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Region
2005-2006
2004-2005
Philippines
44.50
42.50
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
55.26
40.34
53.22
46.78
50.12
51.06
46.50
45.58
47.15
40.82
43.38
41.33
37.78
39.18
40.30
40.72
-
52.04
39.88
51.24
45.46
48.01
48.88
42.84
43.44
45.59
39.13
40.47
39.30
35.40
38.55
38.78
38.64
-
Source: Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education
79
TABLE 5.3 Number of Persons Assessed and Certified for Skills Competency
Assessed
Certified
2007
% Certified
Assessed
Certified
2006
% Certified
Philippines
398,711
293,219
73.5
257,796
160,941
62.4
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
114,490
12,630
39,141
20,927
24,259
22,302
8,862
22,839
6,598
25,026
35,076
17,040
11,236
9,160
15,204
13,402
519
110,296
8,440
20,571
13,008
18,703
14,998
5,429
13,633
4,322
13,740
23,982
11,260
9,420
554
9,534
10,037
292
96.3
66.8
52.6
62.2
77.1
67.2
61.3
59.7
65.5
54.9
68.4
66.1
83.8
60.6
62.7
74.9
56.3
89,774
8,559
13,536
11,789
15,800
16,013
5,349
6,335
21,660
14,627
8,578
11,212
5,094
11,826
8,680
8,964
-
79,811
5,089
6,091
4,057
11,592
9,504
1,972
2,545
8,648
9,113
7,089
2,547
2,534
5,080
3,485
1,784
-
88.9
59.5
45.0
34.4
73.4
59.4
36.9
40.2
39.9
62.3
82.6
22.7
49.7
43.0
40.1
19.9
-
Region
Source: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TABLE 5.4 Enrolment in Public and Private Schools by Level of Education

SY 2005-2006 and 2006-2007
School Year
2006-2007
2005-2006
2006-2007
2005-2006
Total
Public
Pre-school
Private
961,397
911,899
561,207
524,075
400,190
387,824
Public
Elementary
Private
13,145,210 12,096,656
12,913,845 11,982,462
1,048,554
931,383
Total
Total
Public
Secondary
Private
6,363,002
6,267,015
5,072,210
4,979,030
1,290,792
1,287,792
80

TABLE 5.5 Number of Teachers in Public Schools by Region and by Level of Education
SY 2005-2006 and 2006-2007
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM1
Note:
Note:
Level of Education
Secondary
SY 2006-2007
SY 2005-2006
SY 2006-2007
Elementary
SY 2005-2006
342,346
341,784
130,606
126,077
28,909
8,422
21,078
14,340
33,143
33,793
12,091
26,127
31,544
23,449
21,105
15,931
17,312
16,305
14,215
11,220
13,362
29,050
7,589
20,990
14,278
32,756
33,283
11,994
26,080
32,070
24,674
21,011
15,792
17,259
16,254
14,087
11,137
13,480
19,153
2,581
8,573
5,111
12,307
13,204
4,444
9,259
13,019
8,298
6,265
5,118
5,461
6,046
5,322
3,731
2,714
17,204
2,646
8,487
5,049
11,865
12,669
4,418
9,021
12,830
7,958
6,139
4,960
5,351
6,084
5,181
3,599
2,616
Teachers in the government sector include those holding position titles of Master Teachers I-II and Teachers I-III
1
Created as a region on August 1, 1989
Section VI HEALTH, NUTRITION

AND VITAL STATISTICS
Furthermore,
the
DOH
collaborates with other government and
non-government entities in the conduct
of surveys, the results of which become
part and parcel of benchmarks
necessary for the formulation of policies
in health programs and advocacies.
Health and Vital

Indicators
2008
On the other hand, the

production of vital statistics comprises a
system of operations in which the
registration of vital events is an
important component. The system
begins with the registration followed by
the processing and controlling of vital
records and ends with the compilation
and analysis of vital statistics.
Under Commonwealth Act (CA)
591, the Bureau of Census, now the
National Statistics Office (NSO) is
mandated to generate general purpose
statistics and to carry out and administer
the Civil Registration Act.
Introduction
Definition of Terms
The Department of Health (DOH)
is the principal health agency in the
Philippines. It is responsible for ensuring
access to basic public health services to
all Filipinos through the provision of
quality health care and regulation of
providers of health goods and services.
Health may refer to the

soundness and general well-being of
body and mind. Securing good health
for people is one way of ensuring
welfare and development for the country
as a whole. It is, therefore, imperative
upon the government to make
provisions and invest in health welfare
activities.
Given the mandate, DOH is both

a stakeholder in the health sector and a
policy and regulatory body for health. As
a major player, DOH is a technical
resource, a catalyst for health policy and
a political sponsor and advocate for
health issues.
Vital statistics, on the other

hand, are derived from information
obtained at the time when the
occurrences of vital events and their
80
HEALTH, NUTRITION AND VITAL STATISTICS

characteristics are inscribed in a civil
register.
Vital acts and events include
births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages,
and all such events that have something
to do with an individual's entrance and
departure from life together with the
changes in civil status that may occur to
a person during his lifetime. Recording
of these events in the civil register is
known as vital or civil registration and
the resulting documents are called vital
records.
Under
Five
Mortality
(Preliminary Results from the
2008 National Demographic
and Health Survey)
The 2008 National Democratic
and Health Survey (NDHS) is a
nationally representative survey of
almost 14,000 households and 14,000
women ages 15-49, conducted from
August 7 to September 27, 2008. The
2008 NDHS is the ninth in a series of
demographic surveys undertaken by the
National Statistics Office (NSO) at fiveyear intervals since 1968. The United
States
Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID)
provided
assistance for some activities during the
preparatory and processing phases of
the 2008 NDHS. Macro International
provided technical assistance to the
project.
Thirty-four in a thousand live births
die before age five
In the Philippines, for every
1,000 live births, 34 die before reaching
the age of five years. This was reported
by the NDHS conducted in 2008 by the
NSO.
Under-five mortality rate in the
country had declined gradually, from 54
81
deaths per 1,000 live births during the
period 1988-1992 to 40 deaths per
1,000 live births in the period 19982002, and further down to its current
level at 34 deaths per a thousand live
births (Table1). The infant mortality rate
in the country also declined, from 35
infant deaths per 1,000 live births in the
period 1993-1997 to 25 deaths per
1,000 live births in 2003-2007 (Table 1).
Under-five mortality rate down by
37.0 percent
The Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) agreed in 2000 by 189
nations, including the Philippines, calls
for a reduction of the under-five mortality
rate by two-thirds or 67.0 percent
between 1990 and 2015. Using the
1993 NDS under-five mortality rate of 54
deaths per 1,000 live births as base
estimate, the Philippines should aim at
reducing the under-five mortality rate to
18 deaths or less per thousand live
births by 2015. The 2008 NDHS
estimate (34 deaths per 1,000 live
births) represents a decrease of only
37.0 percent from the base estimate.
Maternal and child health program
implementers need to redouble efforts to
achieve the desired MDG target on
under-five mortality rate (Table 2).
More women receive maternal care
Preliminary results of the 2008
NDHS indicate some improvement in
maternal care. About 91.0 percent of
women with at least one live birth in the
5 years prior to the 2008 NDHS had
received antenatal care from a health
professional compared to 88.0 percent
of the women based on the 2003 NDHS
(Table 2).
There is marked increase in births
delivered by a health professional
Among all births in the five years
preceding the 2008 NDHS, 62.0 percent
82

any method of family planning is 51.0
percent, according to the preliminary
results of the 2008 NDHS. The current
estimate of CPR and the estimates from
the 1998 NDHS imply increasing
contraceptive use by married women
over the last decade: 47.0 percent in
1998, 49.0 percent in 2003, and 51.0
percent in 2008. These estimates are
subject to sampling errors since these
are based on sample surveys, hence,
the observed differences are not always
significant. The increase in the CPR
over the last decade, from 1998 to 2008,
is statistically significant. However, the
observed increase in the past five years
is not significant (Table 4).
Pill users increase to 16.0 percent
were delivered by a health

professional compared to 60.0 percent
reported in the 2003 NDHS (Table 3).
Eighty percent of babies receive
vaccination
Vaccination
coverage
also
improved in the last five years. The
percentage of children 12-23 months
who received, at any time before the
survey,
full vaccination against six
preventable
diseases
namely,
tuberculosis,
diphtheria,
pertussis,
tetanus, poliomyelitis,
and measles,
increased from 70.0 percent in 2003 to
80.0 percent in 2008 (Table 3).
Half of the Women in the

Philippines Practice Family
Planning
(Preliminary
Results
from
the
2008
National Demographic and
Health Survey)
The contraceptive prevalence
rate (CPR) or the proportion of married
women in the Philippines who are using
Thirty-four percent of married

women rely on a modern method,
mostly the pill (16.0%), and female
sterilization (9.0). The use of the pill has
increased in the past five years, from
13.0 percent in 2003 to 16.0 percent in
2008. Users of modern natural family
planning methods comprise less than
one percent. Modern natural family
planning methods include cervical
mucus method or ovulation method or
billings method, standard days method
(SDM) and lactational amenorrhea
method (LAM). Seventeen percent of
married women use a traditional method
such as withdrawal and calendar or
rhythm method (Table 5).
Nutrition and Health Status

of Filipino Adults (Results
from the National Nutrition
and Health Survey
2003-2004)
Introduction
The National Nutrition and
Health Survey (NNHeS: 2003-2004) is
the clinical component of the 6th
FIGURE 2
83
Percent Distribution of Currently Married Wom en by Contraceptive

Method Used: 2003 and 2008
60.0
2003
2008
Number (In percent)
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Method
M e t hod
th
National Nutrition Survey (6 NNS)

conducted by the Food and Nutrition
Research Institute of the Department of
Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST).
The NNHeS:2003-2004 is the second
successful collaborative undertaking of
FNRI-DOST with 14 other Medical
Specialty Associations, the DOH, and
the Department of Adult Medicine and
Clinical Epidemiology of the UP College
of
Medicine,
Philippine
General
Hospital.
This nationwide survey was
undertaken to determine the national
prevalence of 20 nutrition-related and
lifestyle diseases and 14 risk factors
among Filipinos 20 years old and above.
A total of 4,753 adults from the
2,636 randomly selected households
covered in the 2003 Family Income and
Expenditure Survey (FIES) and the 6th
NNS of FNRI-DOST were included in
the survey.
The study used the four (4)

pronged approach of anthropometric,
biochemical,
clinical
and
dietary
assessment methodologies.
1. Dyslipidemia and Diabetes - Blood
samples were drawn by venipuncture
after 8-10 hours fasting using an
enzymatic colorimetric method for
analysis of total cholesterol, LDL-c,
HDL-c, triglycerides and fasting blood
sugar (FBS). Prevalence of dyslipidemia
and diabetes were determined using the
cut-offs recommended by the World
Health
Organization
(WHO)
and
American
Diabetes
Association
respectively
2. Hypertension - Blood pressure was
taken using a conventional mercury
sphygmomanometer.
Systolic
and
diastolic blood pressures were taken
from both arms in the morning before
blood extraction
84
3 Smoking WHO STEPwise

questionnaire was used to determine
the prevalence of smoking
4. Obesity - Two criteria were used to
determine the prevalence of obesity.
Waist and hip circumferences were
measured using fiberglass tape using
WHO cut-off for Waist-Hip Ratio (1.0 for
men; 0.85 for women) and Waist
Circumference (>102 cm for men; >88
cm for women). Body mass index (BMI)
cut-off was >30 for obese based on
WHO criteria.
years old. Based on FBS level (> 125

mg/dl), the prevalence of diabetes was
3.4 percent, rising at ages 50-59.
Survey also showed that 3.2 percent of
adults have impaired FBS (> 100 to
125mg/dl) or were in the pre-diabetes
stage (Table 6 and 7).
FIGURE 44 Prevalence
oking
FIGURE
PrevalenceofofCurrent
CurrentSm
Smoking
by by
Sex,
NNHeS:
2003-2004
Sex:
2003-2004
60
50
40
Analysis of Tables
30
Nine out of ten Filipino adults are

prone to atherosclerosis
20
10
FIGURE 3FIGURE
Prevalence
of Hypertension
3 Prevalence
(>140/>90 m m
Hg) by Age,
mmNNHeS
Hg) by Age
of Hypertension
(>140/>90
2003-2004
2003-2004
0
A ll
M ales
Females
Source: National Nutrition and Health Survey

2003-2004
60
50
Hypertension based on blood

pressure >140/90 mm Hg was present
in 22 out of 100adults. Blood pressure
increased with age peaking in the age
group 60-69 years (Figure 3).
40
30
20
10
0
A ll
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-49
60-69
> 70
A ge
Age

2003-2004
Ninety percent (90%) of Filipino

adults have at least one risk factor to
atherosclerosis. The identified risk
factors were dyslipidemia, diabetes,
hypertension, smoking, and obesity. The
prevalence of high total cholesterol was
8.5 percent, high LDL-c was 3.7
percent, low HDL-c 54.2 percent and
high triglyceride was 20.6 percent. Total
cholesterol, LDL-c and triglyceride levels
rose with age peaking between 40 to 70
Current smoking was the most

common risk factor with a prevalence of
56.3% among men and12.1% among
women, with an overall prevalence of
34.8%. Android obesity has remained
more prevalent among women (54.8%)
than males (12.1%) based on waist-hip
ratio
criteria.
Using
high
waist
circumference, the prevalence were
3.1% and 18.3 percent among males
and females, respectively (Figure 4).
On the other hand, the over-all
prevalence of obesity using body mass
index (BMI) > 30 was 5.0 percent
(Figure 5).
FIGURE 5 Prevalence of Anroid Obesity
FIGURE 5 Prevalence of Anroid Obesity

based on WHO Criteria for Waist-Hip-Ratio
based on WHO Criteria for Waist-Hip-Ratio
(WHR) and Waist Circum ference (WC),
(WHR) and Waist Circumference (WC)
NNHeS: 2003-2004
2003-2004
60
50
M ales
Females
40
30
20
10
0
WC
WHR

2003-2004
Smoking is the
lifestyle risk factor
most
common
The initial NNHeS: 2003-2004

results has determined the prevalence
of 5 nutrition-related and lifestyle risk
factors, namely 1) dyslipidemia 2)
diabetes 3) hypertension 4) smoking 5)
obesity.
Based on the results, prevalence
of dyslipidemia and diabetes were
relatively low while prevalence of
hypertension remained relatively high.
Smoking is the most common lifestyle
risk factor. Android obesity using both
WHR and WC was more prevalent
among women than men.
Thus, the NNHeS 2003-2004
data may be used as basis in policy and
program formulation for the prevention
and control of nutrition-related and
lifestyle diseases and risk factors.
Moreover, the data will serve as basis
for intensifying advocacy in the
promotion of healthy lifestyle among the
general population.
85
86
TABLE 6.1 Trends in Childhood Mortality Rates with Standard Errors

and Confidence Intervals
Survey
Year
Approximate
Calendar
Year
1993
1994
2003
2008
1998-1992
1993-1997
1998-2002
2003-2007
Rate
Standard
Error
33.6
35.1
28.7
24.9
2.3
2.3
2.1
Infant Mortality
95%
Confidence Interval
Lower
Upper
Bound
Bound
30.5
24.1
20.7
39.7
33.3
29.1
Under-five Mortality
Rate
Standard
Error
54.2
48.4
39.9
33.5
2.8
2.8
2.5
95%
Confidence Interval
Lower
Upper
Bound
Bound
42.7
34.4
28.6
54
46
39
Source : National Statistics Office, 1993 National Demographic Survey, 1998, 2003 and 2008 National Demographic
Source : and Health Surveys
TABLE 6.2 Selected Maternal Care Indicators: 2003 and 2008

Indicators
2003
2008
Percentage of women age 15-49 with one or more live births

in the 5 years before the survey who received antenatal care
for the youngest child from a health professional1
87.6
91.0
Precentage delivered by a health professional among all

births in the 5 years before the survey
59.8
61.8
Percentage delivered in a health facility among all births

in the 5 years before the survey
37.9
43.8
Source : National Statistics Office, 2003 and 2008 National Demographic and Health Surveys
TABLE 6.3 Percentage of Children Age 13-23 Months Who Received Specific Vaccines
At Any Time Before the Survey: 2003 and 2008
Vaccinations
2003
2008
BCG
DPT 1
DPT 2
DPT 3
Polio 1
Polio 2
Polio 3
Measles
All
No vaccinations
90.8
89.9
85.9
78.9
91.3
87.3
79.8
79.7
69.8
7.3
93.9
92.5
89.6
85.5
92.4
90.0
85.2
84.44
79.5
5.6
87
TABLE 6.4 Contraceptive Prevalence Rates with Standard Errors and Confidence
Interval: 1998, 2003 and 2008
Survey Year
1998
2003
2008
Note :
CPR
Standard Error
46.5
48.9
50.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
95 % Confidence Interval
Lower Boundary
Upper Boundary
45.2
47.6
49.4
47.9
50.1
52.0
Doctor, nurse or midwife
TABLE 6.5 Percent Distribution of Currently Married Women by Contraceptive

Method Used: 2003 and 2008
Method
2003
2008
Total
100.0
100.0
48.9
33.4
10.5
0.1
13.2
4.1
3.1
1.9
0.1
0.3
15.5
6.7
8.2
0.6
51.1
50.7
34.0
9.2
Any method
Any modern method
Female sterilization
Male sterilization
Pill
IUD
Injectables
Male condom
Mucus/Billings/Ovulation
Standard days method
LAM
Other modern methods
Any traditional method
Calendar/rhythm/periodic abstinence
Withdrawal
Other traditional method
Not currently using
Note :
* denotes figure in the cell is less than 0.05 percent
15.7
3.7
2.6
2.3
0.1
*
0.4
*
16.7
6.4
9.8
0.4
49.3
88
TABLE 6.6 Mean and Prevalence of Dyslipidemia Among Adults 20 Years Old
and Over: 2003-2004
Blood level (mg/dl)
Mean Level (mg/dL)
Total cholesterol ( >240)

LDL-cholesterol ( > 190)
HDL-cholesterol (< 40)
Triglycerides ( > 200)
184.4
119.4
41.4
118.0
Sources : Food and Nutrition Research Instritute of the Department of Science and Technology
Source : 2003 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHeS)
TABLE 6.7 Means and Distribution of Adults to Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) by Age
2003-2004
Age
Mean
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-49
60-69
> 70
74.2
78.6
84.8
91.2
85.7
84.2
Percent Distribution of Fasting Blood Sugar

or Glucose Level
100
101-125
>125
98.1
95.8
90.1
85.4
88.1
88.7
Sources : Food and Nutrition Research Instritute of the Department of Science and Technology
Source : 2003 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHeS)
1.2
2.1
5.0
5.7
5.6
6.2
0.7
2.0
4.9
8.9
6.3
5.1
Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME

AND DELINQUENCY
Crime Indicators
Third Quarter 2008
or private. Public crimes are those that

directly endanger the society and its
constituents such as those committed
against national security, laws of the
state, public order, public interest, and
public morals, including drug-related
offenses and those committed by public
officers in the performance of their duty
as civil servants. Private crimes, on the
other hand, are those that afflict
individuals or persons directly but
endanger society on the whole, such as
crimes against persons (destruction of
life,
parricide,
murder,
homicide,
infanticide and abortion, and physical
injuries); personal liberty and security;
and crimes against property, chastity,
and honor.
Introduction
In measuring crime volume, a

distinct classification is used. Crimes are
classified into index and non-index
categories. Index crimes are those of
serious nature which occur with marked
frequency and regularity. Crimes against
persons and crimes against property
being normally reported to police
authorities exemplify index crimes. Nonindex crimes, on the other hand, are
those with no marked regularity, hence,
seldom find report in police files.
The
government
agency
mandated to enforce the law, to prevent
and control crimes, to maintain peace
and order, and to ensure public safety
and internal security with the active
support of the community is the
Philippine National Police (PNP).
The PNP's priority, namely the
campaigns against illegal drugs, illegal
gambling, terrorism, street crimes,
kidnapping, bank robberies, hi-jacking,
carnapping, wanted persons and
criminal gangs, as well as the
accounting of firearms, and insurgency
or communist terrorists find substance in
the data presented in the following
discussion.
Analysis of Tables
Crime volume up 2.5 percent
A total of 17,124 crimes were
reported in the third quarter of 2008
against the 16,710 in the same period of
2007. Volume went up by 414 incidents
or by 2.5 percent. Efficiency recorded
was also higher, 89.9 percent of the
The Revised Penal Code of

1990 classified crimes either as public
89
90
crimes in the third quarter of 2008 vis-vis 88.4 percent in the same period of
2007 (Table 7.1).
NCR reports 26.0 percent of crimes
reported
Across regions, the National
Capital Region (NCR) recorded the bulk
of crimes committed in both periods,
from 4,222 (27.5%) in the 2007 period to
4,444 (26.0%) in 2008. A total of 4,126
(92.8%) crimes were said to have been
solved by police operatives in the period
under review. At the bottom was the
Autonomous
Region
in
Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) with a report of 123
(0.7%)
crimes and a corresponding
FIGURE 1 Total Volum e
and Efficiency Rate
Third Quarter: 2007 and 2008
Total crime
volume
Efficiency rate
17,100
Index
crimes
were
more
prevalent in NCR than in other regions
as it reports 26.1 percent shares in both
periods. On the other hand, the ARMM,
enjoyed the least in both periods, 1.2
percent share in both periods.
Peace
enforcers
in
SOCCSKSARGEN obtained the highest
crime efficiency rating as it reported
98.2 percent in the 2008 period from
only 78.8 percent in 2007. The least in
regional tally was seen in Central
Visayas with a report of 68.5 percent
efficiency (Table 7.2).
90.0
17,000
Crime volume
90.5
Index crimes occur the most in NCR
89.5
16,900
89.0
16,800
88.5
16,700
Non-index crimes rise by 4.1 percent

Efficiency rate
17,200
in the third quarter 2008 from 9,368 in

the same period in 2007. Comparatively,
this was an increase of 1.3 percent. In
terms of efficiency, observed was an
increase of 2.1 percentage points, from
81.5 percent in the third quarter of 2007
to 83.6 percent in 2008 (Table 7.2).
FIGURE 2 Index and Non-index Crimes

FIGURE 2 Index and Non-index
Third Quarter: 2007 and 2008
Crim es
Third Quarter 2008 and 2009
88.0
16,600
10,000
Third qtr 2008

Third qtr 2007
9,000
16,500
87.5
8,000
Third qtr 2008 Third qtr 2007
7,000
Dislodging Western Visayas,

SOCCSKSARGEN showed its mettle in
crime-busting as it reported the highest
crime efficiency rate at 98.5 percent, in
contrast to the lowest, 73.9 percent in
the ARMM (Table 7.1).
Index crimes increase 1.3 percent
An increase in index crimes was
observed as its volume went up to 9,486
Number
efficiency of 74.0 percent.
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
Index crimes
Non-index crimes
Type of crim e
DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY
91
By nomenclature, non-index
crimes do not occur regularly, hence,
they number less than index crimes. An
increase of more than 4.0 percent in
such crimes was observed in the period
under review. Efficiency rates remained
stable at 97.8 percent from only 97.2
percent (Table 7.2).
By region, it was in the NCR

where the bulk of these crimes took
place, 17.0 percent of the total. The
ARMM had the least with a report of 1.4
percent share (Table 7.3).
NCR, again, registered the bulk

of non-index crimes with 25.8 percent
share of the total in that period of 2008.
The ARMM reported the least in this
category, from only 46 in 2007 to 31 in
2008, all of third quarter (Table 7.2).
Volume of crimes committed

against property increased by more than
5.0 percent in the 2008 period-underreview, with theft garnering the bulk at
2,263 or 57.0 percent.
Crimes against persons trim by more

than 1.0 percent
FIGURE
3 3Crim
e Against
FIGURE
Crime
Against Persons
Persons
Third Quarter:
Second
Quarter2007
2008and
and2008
2007
Crimes against
percent
FIGURE 44 Crim
e versus
Property
FIGURE
Crime
versus Property
Second
Quarter2007
2008and
and2008
2007
Third Quarter:
2,500
Third qtr 2008

Third qtr 2007
Third qtr 2008

Third qtr 2007
2,000
2,000
1,500
1,500
Number
Type of crime
up
1,000
1,000
500
500
M urder
Ho micide P hysical
injury
Rape
Num ber
Ro bbery
Theft
Type of crim e
Crime situation against persons

improved as volume went down by more
than 1.0 percent in the period under
review. Reported lion-sharer at 50.1
percent was physical injury. Murder was
second with 25.8 percent share,
homicide 10.8 percent, while the least
went to rape at 13.3 percent.
5.2
NCR
reported the biggest
crime volume of this kind in both
periods, 1,531 (38.53%) in 2008 and
1,560 (41.3%) in 2007. At the cellar was
ARMM with a crime report of 13 cases
(0.3%) from ten (0.6%) (Table 7.4).
3,000
2,500
property
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Human Rights Violation

among
Indigenous
Peoples (IPs)
The information contained in this
report was gathered by the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Monitor (formerly
Indigenous Peoples Human Rights
Watch) from a series of national and
regional conferences and workshops of
indigenous peoples since 2004, and
through written and verbal testimonies
of victims of human rights violations and
their families, focus group discussions
with indigenous community members
and leaders, factfinding missions, and
other methods. Information from the
following groups has also been
included: Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong
Mamayan ng Pilipinas
(National
Federation of Indigenous Peoples of the
Philippines), Cordillera Human Rights
Alliance, Cordillera Peoples Alliance,
Legal
Rights
Center,
Tebtebba
Foundation,
Philippine Indigenous
Peoples Links (PIPLINKS),
among
others.
There are framework and instruments
for the promotion and protection of
human rights
The Philippine Government is a
signatory to the United Nations (UN)
Human Rights instruments, including the
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
the Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, and the Covenant on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
It has also supported the UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
The Philippine Constitution has a
Bill of Rights for the respect of civil and
political rights. The Commission on
Human Rights (CHR) was also created
as the monitoring body of human rights
cases.

The governments Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) for to the
recognition of the rights of indigenous
peoples was enacted in October 1997.
The Free Prior and Informed Consent
(FPIC) of indigenous peoples was made
a requirement for any project or
activities implemented in indigenous
territories, or any project that may have
adverse impacts on them.
Soon after its enactment, the
constitutionality of IPRA was challenged
in court. The law was upheld by the
Supreme Court in December 2000 with
an affirmation of the prior right of the
State over natural resources, while
indigenous peoples have stewardship
rights over their land and resources. On
the other hand, laws that violate the
collective rights of indigenous peoples
are also being implemented such as the
Mining Act of 1995 which allows 100
percent foreign ownership of mineral
lands and the eviction of indigenous
communities; the National Integrated
Protected Area Systems ( NIPAS) which
provides restrictions to indigenous
peoples in their own ancestral domains
declared as National Parks; the Forestry
Code which declares lands with 18 per
cent in slope as public lands, thus
making indigenous communities in
mountainous areas squatters in their
own lands.
There are about 10 to 15 million IPs
IPs in the Philippines are
estimated to be 12-15 million, or 15
percent of the total population. They
occupy more than 10 million hectares of
the total landmass of 30 million
hectares. IPs are one of the most
impoverished sectors in the country and
suffer from multiple types of human
rights violations.
This section will cover three
areas of human rights violations:
politically
motivated
killings,

militarization of the ancestral territories
of IPs, and the violation of their
collective rights to land and natural
resources.
There are political killings of IPs and
continuing threats to indigenous
leaders and community members
asserting their collective rights
Since the Arroyo administration
took power in 2001, Indigenous Peoples
Rights Monitor (IPR Monitor) has
documented 120 extra-judicial killings of
indigenous peoples. These killings have
occurred in several regions of the
country, with the Lumads of Mindanao
and the Igorots of the Cordillera being
the most targeted groups. While the
victims
represent
many
different
professions, NGO
workers,
local
government officials, church workers,
and members of indigenous leadership
structures have been especially targeted
because of their political beliefs or their
defense of their collective rights against
government projects and policies. The
120 victims include 13 women, four of
whom were pregnant, and 16 minors.
The systematic extra judicial
killings of indigenous peoples and the
continuing threats to indigenous leaders
have additional adverse social impacts.
These incidents have resulted in more
conflicts, fear and mistrust among
indigenous communities, which is
weakening indigenous systems of
cooperation and solidarity. Because of
the chilling effect of the killings, it also
weakened the indigenous peoples
movement for the respect and
recognition of their collective rights.
IPs fear an escalating militarization of
territories
IPs in the Philippines also suffers
from militarization of their territories,
resulting to the violation of their
93
individual
and
collective
rights.
Militarization of indigenous communities
includes the permanent physical basing
of the Philippine military within ancestral
territories; regular conduct of military
operations,
including
unwarranted
searches of houses; imposition of food
blockades,
curfews
and
other
restrictions;
interrogation
and
harassment of suspected rebels; and
the forced recruitment of IPs into paramilitary forces. Even with the provision
for the Free, Informed and Prior
Consent (FIPC) of IPs for any military
operation and sustained activities in IP
territories, this is blatantly ignored and
violated by the military.
The largest military base on
indigenous territory is Camp Peralta, a
33,310 hectare base that has been
constructed on Tumanduk ancestral
lands in Panay, Western Visayas.
Despite the presence of 14,000
indigenous residents, the military uses
the base to conduct war games and
weapons testing.
Internal armed conflict and the
increasing number of large-scale
development projects have led the
government to station troops in
indigenous
territories.
Indigenous
peoples
frequently
suffer
from
harassment because of suspected
association with the New Peoples
Army, a communist rebel group.
Because of the rugged terrain and poor
infrastructure of many indigenous
territories, rebel groups are often active
in these areas. Consequently, the
military often incorrectly associates
rebel activity with indigenous peoples.
The military often accuses groups of
men engaged in indigenous hunting
practices of involvement in rebel
activities because they carry weapons.
Four hunters have been killed by the
military from 2003-2006 in separate
incidents in the Cordillera Administrative
94
Region because they were suspected to
be rebel soldiers.
Further
exacerbating
the
problems
of
militarization
within
indigenous areas has been the
governments
establishment
of
paramilitary groups, known as Civilian
Armed Forces Geographical Units
(CAFGUs). In some areas, the military
has established recruitment quotas,
such as in Kalinga Province, which has
led to the forced recruitment of
indigenous peoples into paramilitary
groups. The military has also exploited
the lack of jobs and tribal land disputes
and other conflicts to draw recruits into
the paramilitary force. This has become
an effective strategy for divide and rule,
further weakening the unity, cohesion
and
cooperation
of
indigenous
communities. It has also led to the
creation
of
government-supported
vigilante groups such as in San Luis,
Agusan Del Sur, Bukidnon and North
Cotabato in Mindanao.
There is reported violation of the
collective rights of IPs to their land
and resources (cases of worsening
development aggression)
The widespread implementation
of extractive industries and other
development projects in indigenous
territories without their consent is out
rightly violating their collective rights and
is
worsening
their
marginalized
situation. This includes corporate
mining, large dams and other energy
projects, massive agri-business, ecotourism, among others, which are also
seriously undermining the peace,
security and development of indigenous
communities. Their adverse impact
include the destruction of livelihoods,
the environment, land, resources and
properties and has also caused
conflicts, divisions and the erosion of
indigenous
socio-political
systems.
Inspite of the widespread opposition of

indigenous communities to corporate
mining, the Philippine government
opened more than five million hectares
of ancestral land for mineral exploitation
by local and multinational mining
companies under the Mining Act of
1995. Of the 23 mining projects given
priority
status
by
the
Arroyo
administration in 2006, 18 fall within
indigenous lands.
Further, seven priority large
dams are to be built in locations that will
directly affect indigenous communities.
The development of extractive industries
such as dams, geothermal plants and
large
mines
typically
leads
to
militarization of the surrounding areas
by both military and paramilitary groups
to secure development sites and
neutralize
opposition
of
affected
communities. In Talaingod, Davao del
Norte, in Mindanao, soldiers deployed
near a dam construction site forced fifty
families to evacuate and then occupied
their homes in November 2005.
Likewise, the conversion of ancestral
land to agri-business such as palm oil,
abaca, coffee, temperate vegetables
and other crops is now directly
threatening the food security of
indigenous peoples, and is weakening
indigenous
systems
of
resource
management
and
conservation.
Compounding this problem is the
conversion of several ancestral lands
into eco-tourism projects, managed by
non-indigenous business interest groups
or by profiteers.
Given the drive for resource
extraction
and
exploitation,
the
government and private corporations
have failed miserably to adequately
implement and follow the provisions of
the FPIC in development and resource
extraction projects and in military
activities in IP territories. Fraudulent
FPIC certificates have been presented
by mining corporations which was
accepted by the National Commission of

Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) such as in
the case of the TVI-Pacific in
Zamboanga del Norte, among others.
In
exchange
for
land
concessions to extractive industries,
indigenous peoples are often promised
jobs and basic social services. Such
efforts exploit their impoverished state,
effectively asking indigenous peoples to
trade off their land and resources in
order to be provided basic services
enjoyed by other citizens. This act is not
only discriminatory but also underscores
the governments neglect, if not denial,
of basic social services to indigenous
communities while at the same time
violating the collective rights of IPs over
their land and resources.
Philippine government reports on its
compliance record reasons out on its
inability to comply with international
human rights instruments
Based on the Philippine Reports
of the Official Missions of the UN
Special Rapporteurs Prof. Rodolfo
Stavenhagen and Prof. Philip Alston,
there is reluctance on the part of the
Philippine
government
to
fully
acknowledge
the
extent
and
seriousness of the human rights
situation of the country. In spite of the
recommendations made by the UN
Special Rapporteurs to abate the
worsening human rights situation, there
are no clear mechanisms on how the
government will decisively implement
these recommendations to arrest the
escalating cases of human rights
violations across the country.
Even with the implementation of
the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
(IPRA), the collective rights of
indigenous peoples especially to their
ancestral land rights continue to be
violated with the situation even
worsening. One major reason is the
conflicting laws and policies pertaining
95
to ownership, control, management and
development of land and resources.
Another is the lack of political will on the
part of the government to protect and
respect the rights of indigenous peoples
over the vested interest of corporations,
big business, landlords and politicians.
There is also an absence of
accountability mechanisms for the
officials and staff of the NCIP and other
government agencies which are proven
to be involved in the manipulation of
FPIC, accepting bribes or being
negligent in their sworn duties and
obligations in upholding the rights and
interest of indigenous peoples.
Recommendations to the Philippine
government or authorities
1.
To acknowledge the Philippine
Reports of the UN Special Rapporteurs,
Professor Rodolfo Stavenhagen and
Professor Philip Alston, and fully
implement their recommendations with
urgency and priority
2.
To review IPRA and other laws
in conflict with IPRA and the UN
Peoples (UNDRIP) in order to ensure
the respect and recognition of the
collective rights of indigenous peoples.
Towards this end, laws and policies in
violation of the collective rights of
indigenous peoples shall be repealed
3.
To establish an independent
body to certify whether the conduct of
FPIC was done in accordance with the
principles, substance and processes as
defined by UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFii)
4.
To
establish
a
complaint
mechanism to address the violation
related
to FPIC and
appropriate
measures for redress
5. To conduct regular dialogues with
indigenous leaders and families of
96
victims
on
concrete
measures
undertaken to address human rights
violations of indigenous peoples and to
discuss key issues related to the respect
for the rights of indigenous peoples.
2. To provide technical and other forms

of support to the Philippine government
for their implementation of the UN
Peoples (UNDRIP).
Recommendations
to
the
international community to assist the
Philippine Government /authorities
Mechanism for follow up
1. To assist the Philippine government

in implementing the recommendations
as stated in the Philippine Reports of the
UN Special Rapporteurs
1. To establish a mechanism, with direct

participation of indigenous experts, that
will monitor and coordinate efforts in
addressing the human rights situation of
indigenous peoples under the Human
Rights Council.
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TABLE 7.1 Total Crime Volume and Efficiency Rate by Region

Third Quarter 2008
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
Third Quarter 2007
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
17,124
15,396
89.91
16,710
14,771
88.40
4,444
248
865
393
1,309
1,485
396
614
747
2,283
605
444
885
1,383
546
354
123
4,126
229
790
352
1,150
1,367
369
562
698
1,814
555
369
821
1,248
538
317
91
92.84
92.34
91.33
89.57
87.85
92.05
93.18
91.53
93.44
79.46
91.74
83.11
92.77
90.24
98.53
89.55
73.98
4,595
375
803
448
1,374
1,420
311
493
778
2,116
603
524
853
907
594
319
197
4,222
341
703
399
1,197
1,264
290
450
728
1,755
546
483
770
721
511
233
158
91.88
90.93
87.55
89.06
87.12
89.01
93.25
91.28
93.57
82.94
90.55
92.18
90.27
79.49
86.03
73.04
80.20
Source: Philippine National Police
TABLE 7.2 Index and Non-index Crimes by Region

Index Crimes
Third Quarter 2008
Region
Third Quarter 2007
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
Philippines
9,486
7,930
83.60
9,368
7,638
81.53
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
2,468
182
383
200
632
739
195
376
517
1,440
365
317
503
523
335
219
92
2,224
163
308
161
503
629
169
328
471
987
317
243
451
392
329
185
70
90.11
89.56
80.42
80.50
79.59
85.12
86.67
87.23
91.10
68.54
86.85
76.66
89.66
74.95
98.21
84.47
76.09
2,449
236
362
223
591
780
180
309
492
1,309
378
367
462
469
373
237
151
2,166
204
269
174
465
635
160
268
445
955
322
329
391
291
294
155
115
88.44
86.44
74.31
78.03
78.68
81.41
88.89
86.73
90.45
72.96
85.19
89.65
84.63
62.05
78.82
65.40
76.16
Continued
98
Non-index Crimes
Third Quarter 2008
Region
Third Quarter 2007
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
Volume
Solved
Efficiency
Rate
Philippines
7,638
7,466
97.75
7,342
7,133
97.15
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IVA IVB V
VI VII VIII IX X
XI XII XIII ARMM
1,976
66
482
193
677
746
201
238
230
843
240
127
382
860
211
135
31
1,902
66
482
191
647
738
200
234
227
827
238
126
370
856
209
132
21
96.26
100.00
100.00
98.98
95.75
98.93
99.50
98.32
98.70
98.10
99.17
99.21
96.86
99.53
99.05
97.78
67.78
2,146
139
441
225
783
640
131
184
286
807
225
157
391
438
221
82
46
2,056
137
434
225
732
629
130
182
283
800
224
154
379
430
217
78
43
95.81
98.56
98.41
100.00
93.49
98.28
99.24
98.91
98.95
99.13
99.56
98.09
96.93
98.17
98.19
95.12
93.48
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
CALABARZON
MIMAROPA
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Northern Mindanao
Davao Region
SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
TABLE 7.3 Crime Against Persons by Region: Third Quarter 2007 and 2008
Crime Against Persons
Third Quarter 2008
Region
Philippines
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III
- Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
XIII - Caraga
ARMM
Third Quarter 2007
Total
Murder
Homicide
Physical
Injury
Rape
Total
5,514
1,424
593
2,763
734
5,594
1,565
702
2,739
588
937
119
277
150
377
478
157
261
375
703
289
248
288
373
221
182
79
112
17
67
35
106
140
45
76
97
105
96
69
127
135
75
71
51
53
13
37
21
58
91
16
32
54
39
47
38
19
26
26
22
1
696
65
133
68
148
199
62
73
139
502
126
123
100
143
94
72
20
76
24
40
26
65
48
34
80
85
57
20
18
42
69
26
17
7
889
164
267
156
354
512
151
227
392
709
306
264
258
360
272
183
130
136
23
71
59
102
155
43
73
92
123
125
78
87
162
78
85
73
73
24
27
39
49
113
27
36
62
62
41
22
45
27
24
17
14
614
90
128
53
155
201
56
77
165
477
116
144
96
118
136
73
40
66
27
41
5
48
43
25
41
73
47
24
20
30
53
34
8
3
Murder Homicide
Physical
Rape
Injury
99
TABLE 7.4 Crime Against Property by Region: Third Quarter 2007 and 2008
Crime Against Property
Region
Third Quarter 2008
Third Quarter 2007
Total
Robbery
Theft
Total
Robbery
Theft
Philippines
3,972
1,709
2,263
3,774
1,616
2,158
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III
- Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON
IVB - MIMAROPA
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
1,531
63
106
50
255
261
38
115
142
737
76
69
215
150
114
37
13
670
26
37
31
142
128
23
53
61
266
28
46
71
59
37
22
9
861
37
69
19
113
133
15
62
81
471
48
23
144
91
77
15
4
1,560
72
95
67
237
268
29
82
100
600
72
103
204
109
101
54
21
732
21
43
30
129
121
18
38
51
206
34
27
61
42
33
19
11
828
51
52
37
108
147
11
44
49
394
38
76
143
67
68
35
10
TABLE 7.5 Population and Location of Indigenous People by Region: 2000

Population/Group
Region
Adasen
Aeta
Philippines
29,963
11,174
90,588
20,786
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IV V
VI VII VIII IX -
29,963
-
11,174
-
932
170
1,829
87,657
-
20,786
-
Ilocos Region
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
Southern Tagalog
Bicol Region
Western Visayas
Central Visayas
Eastern Visayas
Zamboanga Peninsula
Agta
Alangan
Mangyan
Applai
33,666
117,481
79,231
178,294
33,666
-
794
170
1,829
87,657
11,239
15,792
-
79,231
-
169,915
6,148
2,017
214
-
AetaAetaAbiyan Remontado
Abelling/
Aborlin
Continued
105
Yakan
Population/Group
Yogad
Philippines
120,165
64,098
NCR
CAR
I
- Ilocos Region
II
- Cagayan Valley
III
- Central Luzon
IV - Southern Tagalog
V
- Bicol Region
X
- Northern Mindanao
XI - Davao Region
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN
Caraga
ARMM
120,165
-
374
63,724
-
Region
Sources: National Statistics Office, 2000 Census of Population

Sources: National Commission for Indigenous People
TABLE 7.6 Areas of Human Rights Violations of Indigenous People: 2003

Area
Politically motivated killings
Militarization of ancestral territories
Collective rights to land and natural resources
Sources: National Commission for Indigenous People
Number
120
5
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Statistics on Filipino Children

Republic of the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

PAULA MONINA G. COLLADO

POPULATION AND HOUSING ..

Lucena City: Results from the 2007 Census

Private Building Construction Statistics

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Labor Force Survey: July 2008

Labor Relations and Concerns ..

TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines: 2008

Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY

Familiies Served: 2008..

Disadvantaged Children Served: 2008.

Disadvantaged and Abused Children Served

Youth Served: 2008

Welfare and Protection of Disadvantaged Women

Persons with Disabilities: 2008.

Old Persons Served: 2008.....

EDUCATION AND CULTURE ..

Education Indicators: School Years 2004-2005

Promotion of Arts and Culture

Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS ..

Health and Vital Indicators: 2008....

Under Five Mortality (Preliminary Results from the 2008

Half of the Women in the Philippines Practice Family

Nutrition and Health Status of Filipino Adults (Results

Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY ..

Crime Indicators: 2008.

Human Rights Violation Among Indigenous

Status of local councils for the protection of children

Government expenditure programme by sector

Selected INGO budgetary allocations for children

Plan Philippines: budgetary allocation for children.

Percentage of mothers by knowledge of children's

Estimated population of Filipino children: 2001-2005

Number of reported cases of child abuse served

Education indicators in public primary schools

TVET enrolees, graduates, and employment

Children with disabilities by age group and type

POPULATION AND HOUSING

Household population by age group and sex

Household population ten years old and over

Household population 5 years old and over by highest

STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

Household population 5 to 24 years old who

Occupied housing units by construction materials

Number, floor area, and value of building construction

Number of residential building construction started

Number of non-residential building construction started

Number of commercial building construction started

Number of industrial building construction started

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Underemployed persons by hours worked and industry

Rates of labor force participation, employment

Strike and lockout notices and actual strikes and lockouts

Strike and lockout notices, actual strikes and lockouts

STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

Preventive mediation cases and voluntary arbitration