Pangasinan Has More Poor Families in Region – 1

              PROVINCE NO. 12 IN 81 WITH POOREST FILIPINOS

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

There is a Visayan joke that described the classes of poverty in the Philippines.

Food for the rich - SUTOKIL (SUgba, TOla, KIniLaw  (Roast, Stewed Chicken Meat and Papaya, Raw Marinated Tuna) )
Food for the poor - GIPUSIL (GInamos, PUs o, SILi  (Fermented Anchovies or Round Scads, Cooked Banana Heart and Pepper)
Food for the very poor - GITUOK (GInamos , GiTUntungan sa OK-OK (Fermented Anchovies or Round Scads infested by Cockroaches).

Since I am going to use the jargons of the full year 2018 poverty incidence among population of the country by the Philippines Statistics Authority, the joke above pastilan was just a teaser on this figures’ numbing article.

There are more poor people in Pangasinan than the other three provinces of Region 1.

In the 2018 census of the Philippines Statistics Authority released last December 6, 2019, it showed that the most numbers of poor families, as seen by ranks below, are:

1.       Pangasinan:        65, 200 families (Population: 2, 957, 000 PSA 2015)

2.       Ilocos Sur   :         8, 800 families

3.       La Union     :         5, 500

4.       Ilocos Norte          4, 700

Poor farmers in the Philippines. Photo Credit: Organic Without Boundaries

As what the PSA said that a family is composed averagely of five household members, the magnitude of the poverty incidence in Pangasinan is 326,000 poor individuals. 

In terms of the Annual Per Capita Threshold (APCT) in Pesos, the families of five in the Philippines and the National Capital Region have to earn P25, 744, P28, 682, respectively, yearly.

Falling below those amounts means a part of the poor in the country.

On the Magnitude of Poor Families, there are 2, 986, 300 (14,931, 500 Filipinos) and 48, 000 (240,000 persons) in the Philippines and NCR, respectively. There are 2.3% poor families in the National Capital Region while there are 16.6% poor households in the entire Philippines.

The Philippines has a population of 108.12 million in 2019 according to the United Nations.

On the Magnitude of Poor Families, the poor in the NCR and the whole country dropped by 1.8%, 6.7%, respectively, compared with the the 2015 census.

The most number of poor families in the 81 provinces’ Philippines.

1.       Cebu                     :      131, 500 (657,500 individuals)

2.       Negros Occidental  :       109, 000

3.       Sulu                      :      108, 600

4.       Leyte                     :      108, 000

5.       Camarines Sur        :       86, 900

6.       Zamboanga del Norte :   86, 800

7.       Maguindanao              :    83, 100

8.       North Cotabato        :       82, 900

9.       Zamboanga del Sur   :      74, 700

10.   Bukidnon                     :      73,100

11.   Iloilo                           :     68, 300

12.   Pangasinan                 :      65, 200

13.   Batangas                     :     57, 200

14.   South Cotabato            :     53, 800

15.   Davao del Sur              :     51, 400

Here are the excerpts of the definition of terms in Filipino used by the PSA on its 2018 census. 

             Paano masasabi kung ang indibidwal o pamilya ay mahirap?

Ang poverty threshold ay tinatawag din na poverty line. Ito ang linyang naghahati sa mga mahihirap at hindi. Kung ang kita ng bawat tao ay mas mababa sa linyang ito, siya ay tinatawag na mahirap o may salat na kita upang matustusan ang mga pangangailangan sa pagkain at iba pang pangunahing pangangailangan. Sa kabilang banda, kung ang kita ng bawat tao ay mas mababa kaysa sa katumbas na food threshold, siya ay nakararanas ng matinding kahirapan o extreme poverty. Sila din ay tinatawag na food poor or may salat na kita upang matugunan kahit ang pangunahing pangangailangan para sa pagkain.

Paano Sinusukat ang Poverty Threshold

Ang poverty threshold ay ang minimum na kita o kinakailangang halaga ng isang indibidwal o pamilya upang matugunan ang mga pangunahing pangangailangan sa pagkain (basic food requirements) at iba pang mga pangunahing pangangailangan (basic non-food requirements).

Paano Sinusukat ang Food Threshold?

Ang food threshold ay tumutukoy sa minimum na kita o kinakailangang halaga ng isang indibidwal o pamilya upang matugunan ang mga pangunahing pangangailangan sa pagkain o basic food requirements.

Food Bundle Use as Chart

kombinasyon ng mga pagkaing may pinakamababang halaga; kinakain sa lalawigan; tumutugon sa 100% na itinalaga sa Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intake (RENI) para sa required na enerhiya at protina para sa isang average na indibidwal; at tumutugon sa 80% para sa iba pang mga nutrients

Total Basic Expenditure

 Ang total basic expenditure ay binubuo ng pangunahing pangangailangan gaya ng pagkain, edukasyon, tirahan, pangkalusugan, damit at sapin sa paa, ilaw, tubig at kuryente, renta sa bahay, pananatili at pagkukumpuni ng mga gamit sa bahay, transportasyon, komunikasyon, materyal para sa pangangalaga ng katawan.

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