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Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023
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In 2022, four out of five (81.4%) children aged 5 to 24 years were enrolled or attending school. Across regions, the top three with the highest proportion of school attendance were: MIMAROPA Region (85.1%); Eastern Visayas (84.8%); and Bicol Region…
Three in Every Five Families Owned the House and Lot They Occupied
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Based on the results of the 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), three in every five families (62.1%) owned the house and lot they occupied. About 15.3 percent of families occupied a house they owned in rent-free lot with the consent of the…
Majority of Families Have Access to Improved Source of Drinking Water (Results from the 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey)
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The 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) included questions related to the provision of adequate drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities similar to its first introduction in the 2017 APIS. The inclusion of WASH was…
Nine in Every 10 Families Reside in a Single Type Building/House (Results from the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS))
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Based on the results of the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), majority of families lived in a single type of building/housing unit (90.3%). The rest of the families dwelt in apartment/accessoria/rowhouse (6.7%), duplex houses (1.9%), and…
About Seven Percent of Filipino Family Members Got Ill/Sick or Injured in June 2020 (Results from the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS))
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Based on the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), 7.0 percent of the total family members reported that they got ill/sick or injured in the past month preceding the survey; that is, from 01 to 30 June 2020. Of those family members who got…
About Four out of Five Families Used a Basic Service Level of Sanitation Facility in their Household Results from the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS)
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The 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) included questions related to the provision of adequate drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities similar to its first introduction in the 2017 APIS. The inclusion of WASH was…
Two in Every Three Families Owned the House and Lot They Occupied (Results from the 2019 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS))
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In 2019, about two-thirds (64.1%) of families owned the house and lot they occupied based on the results of the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS). About fifteen percent (14.8%) of families occupied a house they own but with rent-free lot with…
Nine out of Ten Families Have a Handwashing Facility with Soap and Water on Premises (Results from the 2019 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS))
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The 2019 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) included questions related to the provision of adequate drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities similar to its first introduction in the 2017 APIS. The inclusion of WASH was…
Nine Percent of Filipinos Aged 6 to 24 years are Out of School (Results from the 2017 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey)
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Based on the 2017 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), about nine percent of the estimated 39.2 million Filipinos aged 6 to 24 years old were out-of-school children and youth (OSCY).
One in Every Ten Filipinos Aged 6 to 24 Years is an Out of School Child and Youth
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Almost ten percent of the estimated 39 million Filipinos 6 to 24 years old were out-of-school children and youth (OSCY), according to the results of the 2016 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS). In this report, OSCY refers to family members 6 to…