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PR-201012-RO1-06
PRESS RELEASE
December 30, 2010
NSCB Releases 2010 Ilocos Region Regional Social and Economic Trends
As part of its continuing commitment to disseminate relevant information generated by the Philippine Statistical System to address the demand for more and diversified statistics for development planning at the regional and local level, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) releases the “2010 Regional Social and Economic Trends (RSET), Ilocos Region”.
The RSET features annual time series data that are useful for planning and decision-making and for setting policies towards effective governance and improved service delivery at the local level. It also contains data that are disaggregated in different dimensions and includes a glossary of terms of official concepts and definitions for statistical purposes. Each chapter of the publication has brief sectoral highlights, statistical tables and charts/graphs to better guide the data users in their analysis of regional trends.
The RSET presents data for 18 sectors, namely: 1) population and housing; 2) income and prices; 3) economy; 4) natural resources; 5) agriculture and agrarian reform; 6) industry; 7) domestic and foreign trade; 8) tourism; 9) vital, health and nutrition; 10) education; 11) labor and employment; 12) social services; 13) transportation and communication; 14) energy and water resources; 15) public administration; 16) money and banking; 17) public order, safety and justice; and 18) science and technology.
For the 2010 edition, the RSET includes a special feature on poverty statistics for the following eight basic sectors: .1) women; 2) youth; 3) children; 4) senior citizens; 5) urban poor; 6) migrant and formal sector workers; 7) farmers: and 8) fishermen.
We acknowledge with gratitude the support and cooperation by all our partner agencies who have been providing data for the publication.
For inquiries and subscription, please visit or call, the National Statistical Information Center Region 1 Branch, 2/F LM Chan Bldg., 663 Quezon Ave., San Fernando City, La Union, Tel. Nos. (072)700-3035 /607-8923 or e-mail nscbregion1@yahoo.com.
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