Women in poor households (40.1%) are less likely to practice family planning than those in non-poor households (50.2%). This difference is due mainly to a higher prevalence of female sterilization among non-poor women than among poor women (13.2%…

The pill remains as the most popular contraceptive method among currently married women with 13.7 percent using this method. Ranking second is female sterilization (10.6%), which is followed closely by calendar/rhythm (9.5%). These are findings from…

Year-on-year inflation decelerated to 6.7 percent in February from 6.9 percent in January due to the slowdown in inflation for food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) despite the acceleration in the other commodity groups. The February 2000 inflation was…

Aggregate receipts from merchandise exports for January 2001 grew by 6.3 percent to $2.889 billion from $2.717 billion during the same month in 2000.

Manufacturing output for the whole year 2000 increased by 14.0 percent in volume and 23.4 percent growth in value. The growth in volume exceeded the 3.5 percent growth in 1999 and the growth in the value of production also surpassed the 8.6 percent…

February 24, 2000 Adopting the Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) for 1999-2004

Total external trade in goods for January to December 2000 amounted to $69.464 billion which was 5.6 percent higher than $65.779 billion in 1999. Merchandise exports valued at $38.078 billion rose by 8.7 percent from $35.037 billion in 1999 while…

The inflation rate went up further to 6.9 percent in January, from 6.6 percent in December. The rise in prices of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and services contributed to the increase. Inflation during the same month a year ago was 2.6 percent.

Total receipts from merchandise export for the period January to December 2000 grew by 8.7 percent to $38.077 billion from $35.037 billion in 1999. For the month of December, total receipts increased by 18.8 percent to $3.495 billion compared to $…

Comparative year-on-year production still up Production output of the manufacturing industry in November 2000 moved up by 47.9 percent in value and 36.6 percent in volume compared to a year ago according to the preliminary results of the…