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Statistics on Violence Against Women and Children:
A Morally Rejuvenating Philippine Society?
by Dr. Romulo A. Virola ¹
Secretary General, NSCB

We do not enjoy reading sensationalized stories on victims of violence, especially women and children, and we doubt whether gory media reporting of details of such crimes is protected by its responsibility to provide information to the public. In fact, we doubt if it contributes to the prevention, and if it at all, to the upliftment of our society.  But we must know and talk about violence against women and children if we are to break the culture of silence that is conducive to the perpetration and perpetuation of these sins of modern society.

Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC)² include women who have been victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse/maltreatment/battering, illegal recruitment, involuntary prostitution, armed conflict, human trafficking, detention, and others like HIV patients/potentials, strandees, abandoned, emotionally distressed, unwed mothers, sexually exploited, voluntary committed/surrendered, and neglected victims of disaster.

Child abuse, on the other hand, includes victimization of children under the following circumstances: abandoned, neglected, sexual abuse, sexually exploited, physical abuse/maltreatment, illegal recruitment, child trafficking, abduction and armed conflict. Unfortunate that we have ignored in this listing the case of children who, for one reason or another, have been denied the right to education, and whose future therefore, has been compromised and contorted, if not lost. Yes, bicycle for education will surely help our children in far-flung areas who have to travel many hours and many kilometers by foot so they could  be not unlike  others who know how to read and write!  Don’t we wish civil society would spend more of its time helping solve  this very practical problem of our poor?

In recognition of the importance of generating statistics on gender concerns, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), with much gentle pushing from our friends in the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) from the time of the great Remy Rikken created the Interagency Committee (IAC) on Gender Statistics³  whose mandate includes the formulation of measures that will improve the system of collection and dissemination of sex-disaggregated data at the national and local levels and the recommendation of appropriate measures to the NSCB Executive Board for the generation of data support on gender issues.

Gender statistics, of course, is not just about generation of sex-disaggregated data. It is about the production, dissemination and utilization of sex-disaggregated statistics on various gender concerns that push the agenda of gender equality as articulated in the World Conferences on Women. The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (4th World Conference) specifies the following actions to be taken by national and international statistical organizations: (a)  collect gender and age-disaggregated data on poverty and all aspects of economic activity and develop qualitative and quantitative statistical indicators to facilitate the assessment of economic performance from a gender perspective; and (b) devise suitable statistical means to recognize and make visible the full extent of the work of women and all their contributions to the national economy, including their contribution in the unremunerated and domestic sectors, and examine the relationship of women’s unremunerated work to the incidence of and their vulnerability to poverty.

The Philippine Statistical System (PSS) is recognized internationally as one of the most advanced  among the developing countries in the area of gender statistics. There have been many PSS initiatives on gender statistics such as the pioneering NSCB publication “Statistical Handbook on Women and Men in the Philippines”⁴ which is now produced nationally and regionally, the conduct of a pilot Time Use Survey (TUS) by the National Statistics Office (NSO)⁵, the estimation of the contribution of women to the economy⁶, and the creation of the IAC on Gender Statistics, among others. Aside from information generated on how women and men use their time, a TUS would allow the compilation of a better measure of the contribution of women to the economy. However, a TUS is costly to administer and our NSO has not been given the required budget to be able to do a TUS on a regular basis.

The PSS is  now generating gender statistics in different areas of concern. For one, our Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been compiling data on WEDC⁷ and child abuse. The reader is forewarned however, that these statistics are based only on cases reported to/by the DSWD and therefore may have missed many cases that the culture of silence has veiled out and away from public view. The numbers, including the regional distribution, could also be affected by the manpower and financial constraints as well as the varying levels of efficiency and priorities of the regional offices of the DSWD⁸ in the delivery of basic services. Subject to these and other similar limitations, the DSWD data reveal the following:

1. 

   The number of WEDC who have been served by the DSWD (1998-2007) has dwindled over the years⁹. The most common cases of WEDC are women who are physically abused/maltreated/battered followed by the group that includes HIV patients/potentials, emotionally distressed, stranded, unwed mothers, neglected victims of disaster, etc.  and  sexually abused women (Table 1,  Figures 1A and 1B ).

2. NCR¹⁰ used to have the most number of WEDC, but in 2007, Regions III, X, IX,  VII and  VIII, in that order, had the most number of WEDC (Table 2).

3. 

   In 2007, the most common case of WEDC of physical abuse/maltreatment/battering is most rampant in Region IX, followed by Region VII, CAR, Region III and  Region II (Table 3 and Figure 2).

4. Reports of child abuse are likewise on the downtrend. Most common cases are victims of  sexual abuse, neglected  children, physically abused/maltreated and the abandoned. Good to know that sexual abuse, the most common case of child abuse,  has declined too, together with the number of abandoned children. However, between 2006 and 2007, the number of children who have been victims of physical abuse/maltreatment, child labor, illegal recruitment, trafficking and armed conflict alarmingly increased. ( Table 4 and Figures 3A and 3B)

5. By region¹¹, the most number of child abuse cases served by the DSWD in 2007 came from Region IX, Region III, Region VII, NCR, and Region I (Table 5)

6. Girl victims of abuse outnumber boys, two to one. Among girls, the majority of the victims belong to the age groups 10 to below 14 and 14 to below 18; among boys, the most number of victims belong to age groups 1 to below 5 and 5 to below 10. (Table 5).

7. The highest number of reported cases comes from sexual abuse among girls, more than half of which are rape victims, and from neglect among boys. (Table 5)

8. It is interesting to note that the clientele of the DSWD has dramatically shifted during the last three years towards services to families: from 237,009 families or 1.34 % of the total number of families  in 2004 to 1, 387,260 or  7.35% in 2005 to 1,838,891 or 10.57% in 2006 to 1,200,210 or 6.44% in 2007. After families, the next biggest groups of DSWD clients are children and women with the youth and the disabled/senior citizens as the smallest groups. Noticeable also was the big jump in women clients served by the DSWD in 2006.  However, the DSWD has been serving much less than 1 per cent of the total population of the last four groups: women, children, youth and the elderly. (Tables 6.1 and 6.2 and Figures 4A and 4B.).

9. In 2007, among the regions,  the DSWD served the most number of families in  Region V, Region VI, Region IV-A, Region VIII, Region II and Region XII; the most number of women in Region IX, NCR, Region VII, Region XI, Region III and Region X; the most number of youth in Region IX, NCR, Region VII, Region XI and Region IV-A; the most number of children in NCR, Region III, Region IX, Region IV-A, Region VII and Region I; and the most number of senior citizens in NCR, Region IV-A, Region VII and Region IX.  (Table 7 and Figures 5A-5E)

Certainly, it is worthwhile for the DSWD to examine the profile of its clientele and its priorities to make sure some sectors are not being left behind in the delivery of services they need. And if the DSWD reports on declining number of cases of WEDC and child abuse are reflective of the real trend  ( underreporting causes the levels to be lower than actual), we should all be pleased. Kudos therefore to our NCRFW, the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), the DSWD, the Department of Health (DOH), the non-government organizations (NGOs), the civil society, the churches, and all those who have fought and continue to fight for the rights of our women and children. May this signal the moral rejuvenation much needed by our society!

 

Reactions and views are welcome thru email to the authors at ra.virola@nscb.gov.ph and bb.balamban@nscb.gov.ph.

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¹ Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) and Chairman of the Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC). He holds a Ph. D. in Statistics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, U.S.A. and has taught mathematics and statistics at the University of the Philippines. He is also a past president of the Philippine Statistical Association. This article is co-written by Bernadette B. Balamban, Statistical Coordination Officer of the NSCB. The authors thank  Jessamyn O. Encarnacion,  Teresita M. Almarines, Noel S. Nepomuceno, Redencion M. Ignacio, and Candido J. Astrologo, Jr. for the assistance in the preparation of the article. The views expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSCB.

² Glossary of Terms, Philippine Statistical Yearbook PSY) of the NSCB. The definitions of WEDC and child abuse were approved under NSCB Board Resolution No. 6, Series of 2001.

³ The IAC on Gender Statistics was created by the NSCB on  4 January 2002 thru NSCB Memorandum Order No. 003 Series of 2002. It was an offshoot of the Task Force to Generate Statistics on Violence Against Women and Children created by NSCB Memorandum Order No. 1 Series of 1997. The IAC is chaired by the NCRFW and has the following member agencies: NSO, NSCB, CHED, DSWD, NEDA, Bureau of Women and Young Workers, DTI, BAS, DepEd, DENR, BLES, DILG, DOH, PNP, DFA, SRTC, TESDA, DFA and the Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines. Thru Resolution No. 12 Series of 2005, the NSCB approved on  19 October 2005,  recommendations of the IAC towards further improvement of  Gender Statistics in the PSS.

⁴ The initial publication in 1995 was funded thru the NSCB-UNESCAP project on Improving Gender Statistics funded by UNIFEM.

⁵ Funded by CIDA ISP-II.

⁶ The NSCB has produced and presented a number of papers  on this subject including Measuring the Contribution of Women to the Philippine Economy, 7th National Convention on Statistics, October 1998 (Virola R. and S. de Perio),  Women’s Contribution to the Economy – the Philippine Experience,  52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute, 1999 ( Virola, Romulo A.), Are Pinoy Machos Getting More Domesticated? , Statistically Speaking, http://www.nscb.gov.ph/headlines/StatsSpeak/2007/111207_rav_domesticated.asp, November 2007 (Virola R. and J. Encarnacion), Measuring the Contribution of Women to the Economy and Estimating Women in Poverty – the Philippine Experience, Global Forum on Gender Statistics, December 2007 (Encarnacion, Jessamyn O.), and Do Women Contribute Less Than Men to Nation Building?, 10th National Convention on Statistics, October 2007 (Virola, R., J. Encarnacion, A. Zaguirre and R. Perez). The last paper was also presented by J. Encarnacion in a Lecture in Miriam College, February 2008 and in an Advocacy Forum on Gender Statistics of the IACGS in May 2008.

⁷ The Philippine National Police is also compiling statistics on Violence Against Women based on reported cases. Obviously, the two sets of data will not necessarily reflect identical figures.

⁸ For the fifth time, the DSWD ranked first in the July 2008 Ulat ng Bayan survey of Pulse Asia, garnering the highest approval rating of 65  per cent,  http://www.dswd.gov.ph/articledetails.php?id=978

⁹ The PNP data show the same trend of declining reported cases of Violence Against Women from 1999 to 2005.

¹⁰ The DSWD does not get reports for ARMM.

¹¹ On the regional distribution of data on child abuse, we were not able to get DSWD data for years other than 2006 and 2007 in time for this article.

Posted 08 September 2008.

 

Table 1. Number of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC) Served
By the Department of Social Welfare and Development, By Case Category: 1998-2007

Case Category	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	7474	7763	7125	6074	5608	5703	5559	5440	5378	5359
Sexually abused	1076	1204	900	707	518	495	373	348	333	319
Physically abused/ maltreated/  battered	4083	3440	3184	2318	1405	1926	1557	1582	1,438	1,475
Illegal recruitment	198	119	151	530	99	102	162	74	45	102
Involuntary prostitution	231	239	171	147	164	91	85	141	75	32
Armed Conflict/ Trafficking	604	53	43	839	45	96	94	117	53	174
In Detention	52	60	98	59	10	59	62	62	71
Others1	1230	2648	2578	1474	1702			1229		954
Uncategorized 2					1665	2934	3226	1887	3,363	2303

Notes:
¹ Others includes HIV patients/potentials, strandees, abandoned, emotionally distressed, unwed mothers, sexually exploited, voluntary committed/surrendered and neglected victims of disaster
² These are the estimated number of WEDC clients provided with crisis intervention services whose cases are not categorized.

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Figure 1-A. Number of WEDC Served by DSWD, 1998 to 2007

 

Figure1-B. Number of WEDC Served by DSWD by Case Category, 1998-2007

 

Figure 2. Number of Physically Abused Women Served by DSWD by Region, 2000-2007

 

Table 2. Number Of Women In Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC) Served
By The Department of Social Welfare and Development, By Region: 2000-2007

Region	Number of Cases								Rank Based on the Number of Cases
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
NCR	1288	1677	1077	573	475	525	266	257	1	1	1	4	6	4	9	9
Regn. I	405	403	594	492	430	332	274	271	9	6	3	6	8	9	8	8
Regn. II	645	942	355	597	448	399	359	174	4	2	6	3	7	8	7	10
Regn. III	425	276	259	395	480	559	592	1011	8	8	10	8	5	3	4	1
Regn. IV	394	251	257	138	244	180	138	152	10	9	11	13	10	11	12	11
Regn. V	222	131	146	101	70	85	71	115	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	13
Regn. VI	64	116	127	156	144	116	100	71	15	12	14	12	13	13	13	14
Regn. VII	1051	467	525	564	598	416	377	519	2	4	4	5	3	7	6	4
Regn. VIII	177	104	192	162	145	215	157	502	12	13	12	11	12	10	11	5
Regn. IX	763	667	342	815	861	766	688	815	3	3	7	1	1	1	2	3
Regn. X	585	58	680	719	497	477	645	832	5	15	2	2	4	6	3	2
Regn. XI	483	412	330	331	669	486	1083	272	6	5	8	9	2	5	1	7
Regn. XII	108	188	262	168	149	172	211	126	13	10	9	10	11	12	10	12
CAR	437	288	416	468	318	675	395	381	7	7	5	7	9	2	5	6
CARAGA	78	94	46	24	31	37	22	51	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Table 3. Number of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC) Served
by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, by Region, By Case Category: 2007

Regions	Total	Sexually abused	Physically abused/ maltreated/ battered	Illegal recruitment	Involuntary prostitution	Armed Conflict/ Trafficking	Others 1	Uncategorized2
Total	5359	319	1475	102	32	174	954	2303
National Capital Region	257	24	38	2	4	36	122	31
Cordillera Administrative	381	13	149	3	1	0	137	78
Ilocos Region	220	89	75	5	13	8	7	23
Cagayan Valley	164	16	118	16		3	11	0
Central Luzon	1011	24	136	7	2	35	195	612
CALABARZON	62	11	13	0	0	0	10	28
MIMAROPA	85		12				48	25
Bicol Region	110	5	11	0	1	0	31	62
Western Visayas	71	13	30	0			14	14
Central Visayas	519	22	185	27	0	58	103	124
Eastern Visayas	502	16	92	3		7	9	375
Zamboanga Peninsula	815	38	464	26	2	16	184	85
Northern Mindanao	832	15	19	8	0	3	18	769
Davao Region	153	30	48	5	1	0	40	29
SOCCSKSARGEN	126		85		8	8	25	0
Caraga	51	3	0	0	0	0	0	48

Notes:
¹ Others includes HIV patients/potentials, strandees, abandoned, emotionally distressed, unwed mothers, sexually exploited, voluntary committed/surrendered and neglected victims of disaster

² These are the estimated number of WEDC clients provided with crisis intervention services whose cases are not categorized.

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Figure 3-A. Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served by DSWD: 1998 to 2007

 

Figure 3-B. Number of Reported Child Abuse Served by DSWD, by Type of Abuse:
1998 to 2007

Note: Does not include cases of abduction, emotional abuse and others.

 

Table 4. Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served by the DSWD
by Type of Abuse: 1998-2007

Type of Abuse	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	8,716	11,845	11,045	9,448	10,045	10,044	9,197	8,336	7,606	7,228
Abandoned	2,032	1,168	977	985	1,079	1,134	1,026	936	1,039	878
Neglected	1,910	2,566	2,542	2,285	2,549	2,560	2,627	2,420	2,267	2249
Sexually abused	3,098	5,269	5,185	3,980	4,129	4,097	3,416	2,939	2,803	2,277
Rape	1,710	2,726	2,823	2,192	2,259	2,395	1,981	1,634	1,526	1377
Incest	880	1,912	1,681	1,245	1,332	1,189	1,084	1,018	921	692
Acts of    Lasciviousness	436	631	681	543	538	513	351	287	356	208
Not classified	72
Sexually exploited	118	353	235	249	284	311	348	267	244	165
Victims of    pedophilia	51	41	40	21	32	51	43	19	7	17
Victims of    prostitution	65	293	186	224	245	247	294	242	236	121
Victims of    pornography	1	19	9	4	7	13	11	6	1	27
Others	1
Physically abused/maltreated	1,256	1,784	1,606	1,445	1,440	1,370	1,214	1,009	796	863
Emotional Abuse										9
Victims of child labor	261	560	350	412	358	268	333	268	231	285
Victims of Illegal recruitment	-	-	-	21	21	30	54	24	14	77
Victims of Child trafficking	41	85	45	29	95	66	135	102	146	204
Abduction			1
Victims of armed conflict	-	60	104	42	90	208	44	371	66	184
Involved							8	27	17	51
Affected							36	344	49	133
Others										37

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Figure 4-A. Percent Share of Clients Served by DSWD to Total Population: 2000-2007

 

Figure 4-B. Distribution in the Number of Clients Served by DSWD (Among Individuals):
2000 to 2007

 

Table 5.Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served
by the Department of Social Welfare and Development
by Type of Abuse, by Region, by Age Group: 2007

Region	Number of Child Abuse Cases Served			Type of Abuse
				Abandoned		Neglected		Sexually-Abused								Sexually-Exploited
								Total		Rape		Incest		Acts of Lasciviousness		Total		Victims of Prostitution		Victims of Pedophilia		Victims of Pornography		Victims of Cyber Pornography
	Both Sexes	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Total	7228	2397	4831	487	391	1127	1122	60	2217	46	1331	6	686	8	200	11	154		121	5	12		7	6	14
NCR	701	222	479	76	44	81	64	5	202	1	112		69	4	21	5	73		57		2			5	14
CAR	331	132	199	23	9	63	61	5	88	5	57		24		7
I	579	233	346	48	49	37	45	1	203		138		49	1	16		10		10
II	544	225	319	12	3	139	143	36	133	31	87	5	39		7		9		9
III	1003	273	730	71	41	115	56	5	368	3	264		61	2	43	1	24		23	1	1
IV-A	106	22	84	6	9	4	8	1	59	1	21		29		9		4		2		2
IV-B	71	26	45	2	3	3	4		27		15		4		8	1	5		1	1	4
V	149	33	116	11	9	18	21	1	74	1	27		36		11		2		2
VI	189	38	151	27	33	9	5		84		53		26		5		4		4
VII	778	257	521	43	31	117	134	3	237	2	132		86	1	19	1	13		6	1			7
VIII	442	130	312	13	16	100	136		123		76		38		9	1	3		3	1
IX	1429	552	877	74	75	316	322	2	261	1	148	1	84		29	1	4		1		3			1
X	172	27	145	3	6	3	10		107		69		33		5	1	2		2	1
XI	441	149	292	36	33	98	95	1	115	1	56		49		10		1		1
XII	228	69	159	34	21	23	17		91		54		36		1
CARAGA	65	9	56	8	9	1	1		45		22		23
Age Group	7228	2397	4831	487	391	1127	1122	60	2217	46	1331	6	686	8	200	11	154		121	5	12		7	6	14
0 to below 1	494	246	248	98	76	129	151		3		2				1
1 to below 5	1157	560	597	180	140	319	336	3	77	3	51		12		14		1		1
5 to below 10	1508	642	866	119	86	309	285	23	314	17	189	4	86	2	39	2	16		9		4			2	3
10 to below 14	1731	480	1251	54	42	215	201	21	742	17	408	2	270	2	64	7	24		8	3	6		7	4	3
14 to below 18	2338	469	1869	36	47	155	149	13	1081	9	681		318	4	82	2	113		103	2	2				8

 

Region	Type of Abuse
	Physically Abused/ Maltreated		Emotional Abuse		Victims of Child Labor		Victims of Illegal Recruitment		Victims of Child Trafficking		Victims of Armed Conflict						Others
											Total		Involved		Affected
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Total	459	404		9	62	223		77	25	179	160	24	38	13	122	11	6	31
NCR	34	45			16	3				45							5	3
CAR	39	38				1		1		1	2				2
I	23	19				8				2	124	9	10	3	114	6		1
II	36	19				5			2	7
III	59	69			13	142		7	8	11							1	3
IV-A	4	4		9	1				6
IV-B	7	3			5					2	8	1	8			1
V	2	3				1			1	1		5		3		2
VI	2	17						4		2								2
VII	88	62				2		6	3	34	2				2			2
VIII	15	11								9	1	6	1	4		2		8
IX	110	62			24	31		52	3	55	22	3	19	3	3			12
X	18	10				1			2	9
XI	13	24				17		7			1				1
XII	9	17			3	12				1
CARAGA		1
Age Group	459	404		9	62	223		77	25	179	160	24	38	13	122	11	6	31
0 to below 1	16	15							3	3
1 to below 5	45	40							9	3	4		4
5 to below 10	176	130			6	19			3	7	3	1	2	1	1		1	8
10 to below 14	147	119		1	16	91			4	17	15	5	5	3	10	2	1	9
14 to below 18	75	100		8	40	113		77	6	149	138	18	27	9	111	9	4	14

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Figure 5-A.Distribution of Families Served by DSWD, by Region: 2007

Figure 5-B. Distribution of Women Served by DSWD, by Region: 2007

Figure 5-C. Distribution of Youth Served by DSWD, by Region: 2007

Figure 5-D. Distribution of Children Served by DSWD, by Region: 2007

Figure 5-E. Distribution of Senior Citizens Served by DSWD, by Region: 2007

 

Table 6.1. Number of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development
by Client Category: 2000 - 2007

Type of Client	Total Number of Clients Served by DSWD
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Families	243,832	354,512	360,667	252,369	237,009	1,387,260	1,838,891	1,200,210
Women 1	41,311	37,901	29,387	5,703	5,559	5,440	174,373	16,880
Youth	14,915	14,776	7,409	5,682	5,091	6,359	5,519	11,223
Children	42,052	37,760	89,182	75,187	81,176	139,513	65,611	47,356
Elderly 2	5,719	3,410	1,910	2,016	2,228	2,260	3,065	3,286

Notes:

¹ Data for women in 2006 include women served in Crisis Intervention Units (CIU), victims of disasters, strandees, deportees, etc.

² Data for 2000 still includes disabled.

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Table 6.2. Percent Share of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to Total Population by Client Category: 2000 - 2007 ¹

Type of Client	Percent Share of Clients Served by DSWD
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Families	1.62	2.28	2.25	1.53	1.34	7.35	10.57	6.44
Women 2	0.11	0.10	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.40	0.04
Youth	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.04
Children	0.13	0.11	0.26	0.21	0.23	0.38	0.18	0.12
Elderly 3	0.13	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06

Notes:

¹ Data for the computation of the total population were estimated as follows:

a. Total Families were estimated using the Family Income and Expenditure Survey and annual average growth rate of families, 2000-2003 and 2003-2006
b. Total population for women are based on the 2000-Based Population Projections
c. Total population for the youth, children and senior citizens were estimated using 2000 Census of Population and Housing and 2000-2007 annual average growth rate of population

² Data for women in 2006 include women served in Crisis Intervention Units (CIU), victims of disasters, strandees, deportees, etc.

³ Data for 2000 still includes disabled.

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

Table 7. Number of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development
by Client Category, by Region: 2007

Region	2007 POPULATION					Clients Served by DSWD in 2007*
	Families1	Women2	Youth3	Children3	Senior Citizen3	Families	Women	Youth	Children	Senior Citizens
Philippines4	18,624,881	44,098,000	25,777,469	38,166,089	5,249,101	1,200,210	16,880	11,223	47,356	3,286
NCR	2,385,218	5,644,700	3,735,279	4,294,715	538,779	34,328	3,372	1,343	12,446	1,347
Region I	971,395	2,426,500	1,299,824	1,882,378	364,428	11,689	283	245	2,788	53
Region II	630,662	1,562,900	869,188	1,345,661	194,205	90,630	473	4	1,175	52
Region III	1,943,640	4,774,400	2,861,127	4,004,705	578,609	41,284	1037	111	5,656	102
Region IV-A	2,272,663	5,597,300	3,463,467	4,837,860	635,054	120,555	67	311	5,026	425
Region IV-B	561,476	1,363,600	700,879	1,214,822	144,472	37,784	85	115	1,634	95
Region V	1,032,250	2,639,200	1,345,859	2,429,043	341,204	160,267	596	123	866	177
Region VI	1,406,338	3,547,600	1,920,189	2,952,046	519,721	143,645	78	62	1,625
Region VII	1,320,281	3,299,400	1,824,559	2,749,375	457,015	49,191	2405	744	3,701	399
Region VIII	835,257	2,053,700	1,014,628	1,833,182	292,073	107,142	635	149	1,319	29
Region IX	636,045	1,619,800	895,337	1,459,294	162,744	75,347	3775	7,358	5,509	385
Region X	805,712	2,019,200	1,142,552	1,787,676	213,052	43,538	688	197	1,425	19
Region XI	851,432	2,035,600	1,236,791	1,831,680	215,524	61,578	2360	336	2,146	74
Region XII	762,516	1,878,900	1,192,477	1,842,245	181,253	89,054	593	18	947
CAR	310,599	784,100	450,341	667,624	96,116	40,498	382	4	811	71
ARMM	544,101	1,673,200	1,259,469	1,933,194	131,101	32,719
Caraga	454,301	1,177,900	619,813	1,088,033	135,463	60,961	51	103	282	58

 

Region	Percent Share of Clients Served by DSWD to Population (%)
	Families	Women	Youth	Children	Senior Citizens
Philippines4	6.44	0.04	0.04	0.12	0.06
NCR	1.44	0.06	0.04	0.29	0.25
Region I	1.20	0.01	0.02	0.15	0.01
Region II	14.37	0.03	0.00	0.09	0.03
Region III	2.12	0.02	0.00	0.14	0.02
Region IV-A	5.30	0.00	0.01	0.10	0.07
Region IV-B	6.73	0.01	0.02	0.13	0.07
Region V	15.53	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.05
Region VI	10.21	0.00	0.00	0.06	-
Region VII	3.73	0.07	0.04	0.13	0.09
Region VIII	12.83	0.03	0.01	0.07	0.01
Region IX	11.85	0.23	0.82	0.38	0.24
Region X	5.40	0.03	0.02	0.08	0.01
Region XI	7.23	0.12	0.03	0.12	0.03
Region XII	11.68	0.03	0.00	0.05	-
CAR	13.04	0.05	0.00	0.12	0.07
ARMM	6.01	-	-	-	-
Caraga	13.42	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.04

Notes:

¹ Estimated using 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey and 2003-2006 Annual Average Growth Rate of Families

² Based on 2000-Based Population Projections

³ Estimated using 2000 Census of Population and Housing and 2000-2007 Annual Average Growth Rate of Population

⁴ Details may not add up to the total population since annual population growth rate was used and not the total of the regional estimates

* Department of Social Welfare and Development

 

 

 

 

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