Glossary of Terms
Social Services

Basic Social Services - social services designed to provide meaningful opportunities for social and economic growth of the disadvantaged sector of the population in order to develop them into productive and self-reliant citizens and promote social equity. Basic social services of the government includes Self-Employment Assistance and Practical Skills Development Assistance, among others. (Glossary of Terms in Statistics 1985, National Economic and Development Authority)

Child/Youth - defined as an individual whose age ranges from 0 to less than 18 years old. This follows the definition of the Family Code which considers 18 as the legal age for individuals to be able to vote, to get married and perform other important decisions with legal implications in the Philippine society. (Glossary of Terms in Statistics 1985, National Economic and Development Authority)

Day Care Service - an arrangement whereby substitute mothering is provided to disadvantaged pre-school children as well as streetchildren during part of the day when the mother cannot attend to their children. (Department of Social Welfare and Development)

Disability - refers to any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for human being. A person considered physically or mentally disabled if he has any of the following impairments:

1. Blindness - if one eye or both eyes are reported totally blind and have no vision.
2. Deafness - if one ear or both ears are reported to be incapable of hearing sounds or noises.
3. Muteness - if the person is unable to speak or utter words.
4. Speech Impairment - if the person can speak but not sufficiently clear to be understood. This also includes those people who can only make meaningless sounds.
5. Mental Illness - if the person suffers from schizophrenia, manic depressive illness, psychosis , or severe depression characterized by strange behavior.
6. Mental Retardation - if the person has disorder/damage of the brain resulting in mental retardation.
7. Orthopedic Handicap - if the person suffers from bone deformities of has the following impairments: absence or deformity of one or both hands/arms, absence or deformity of one or both feet/legs, fractures, severe scoliosis, kyphosis, third degree burns, etc.
8. Multiple Disability - if the person is reported to have combination of two or more disabilities.
9. Others - if the disability does not fall in any of the the above categories, i.e. cancer, leprosy, paralysis, cerebral palsy, etc. (National Statistics Office)

Disadvantaged Communities - communities which have inadequate resources of facilities such as roads, water system, electricity and absence of natural resources. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Disadvantaged Families - families belonging to the disadvantaged group or families belonging to the bottom 30 percent of the income strata. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Disadvantaged Persons/Groups - individuals or group of individuals who are considered economically, physically, and socially disadvantaged. These include needy family heads and other needy adults, indigent children, out-of-school youths, physically and mentally disabled persons, distressed individuals and families, and disadvantaged children. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Disadvantaged Women - women from 18-59 years old who were deprived of literacy opportunities or those abused/exploited, and victims of involuntary prostitution or illegal recruitment. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Disadvantaged Youths - individuals 7-17 years old who due to poor parents, are out-of-school, sickly, alcoholic/drug addicts, youth offenders or have been sexually abused or exploited. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Distressed Individuals/Families/Groups - needy evacuees/squatters/cultural minorities/refugees and other persons who are victims of social conflicts, or other upheavals and disasters/calamities both natural and man-made. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Out-of-School Youth - boys and girls who belong to any of the categories; a) 7-14 years old who are not enrolled; b) 15-24 years old, not enrolled, not employed and not a tertiary level graduate. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Outreach Headcount - refers to individuals or groups of individuals extended basic and special social services. (National Statistical Coordination Board)

Social Welfare Services - include care of the aged, care of the disabled and mentally defective, child care, and other welfare services. (National Statistical Coordination Board)