Survey to monitor poverty incidence held in Aklan
The Philippine Statistics Authority is currently conducting the Annual Poverty Indicator Survey in selected sample households in Aklan to determine the country’s poverty incidence.
According to Provincial Statistics Officer Antonet B. Catubuan the APIS aims to gather data to generate income and non-income based poverty indicators.
These indicators which are correlated with poverty include, among others, family income, family expenditure pattern, housing characteristics, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, employment, and social protection.
Likewise, access to government services is also included to determine the extent of pervasiveness of corruption in the country and to look at the public services that are prone to corruption.
PSO Catubuan said that information that will be obtained from this question will attempt to provide a description of the sources of corruption whether it is supply driven (from the “bribe giver”) or demand-driven (from the “bribe taker”).
“It is a long-term perspective to assist government agencies and institutions in preventing and reducing, if not eliminating corruption,” PSO Catubuan explained.
Moreover, the APIS also includes questions on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) and a Module on Water Quality Testing (WQT).
These questions are intended to respond to some data requirements of the Sustainable Development Goal 6- Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
Of the total 11, 000 sample households nationwide, 97 of them are located in Aklan distributed in six barangays.
That is why the PSA-Aklan appeals to all sample households to cooperate with the data collectors by giving accurate and truthful answers.
The PSA assures respondents that data furnished to field men will be held strictly confidential and cannot be used for taxation, investigation or law enforcement purposes.
The Philippine Statistics Authority is currently conducting the Annual Poverty Indicator Survey in selected sample households in Aklan to determine the country’s poverty incidence.
According to Provincial Statistics Officer Antonet B. Catubuan the APIS aims to gather data to generate income and non-income based poverty indicators.
These indicators which are correlated with poverty include, among others, family income, family expenditure pattern, housing characteristics, water, sanitation and hygiene, education, employment, and social protection.
Likewise, access to government services is also included to determine the extent of pervasiveness of corruption in the country and to look at the public services that are prone to corruption.
PSO Catubuan said that information that will be obtained from this question will attempt to provide a description of the sources of corruption whether it is supply driven (from the “bribe giver”) or demand-driven (from the “bribe taker”).
“It is a long-term perspective to assist government agencies and institutions in preventing and reducing, if not eliminating corruption,” PSO Catubuan explained.
Moreover, the APIS also includes questions on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) and a Module on Water Quality Testing (WQT).
These questions are intended to respond to some data requirements of the Sustainable Development Goal 6- Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
Of the total 11, 000 sample households nationwide, 97 of them are located in Aklan distributed in six barangays.
That is why the PSA-Aklan appeals to all sample households to cooperate with the data collectors by giving accurate and truthful answers.
The PSA assures respondents that data furnished to field men will be held strictly confidential and cannot be used for taxation, investigation or law enforcement purposes.