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Women and Men in Bicol Region
Population and Families

The population is the most important resource in an economy. Changes in the demographics of an area constitute an important factor in charting its social and economic development. The family, on the other hand, is considered the basic social unit. The health of a community, in both social and economic sense, depends on the health of individual constituent families.

The Bicol Region accounts for 6.1 percent of the country’s population as of May 2000 with an average annual growth rate of 1.83 percent, lower than the country’s average largely due to out-migration Women comprise about half of the population, an almost equal share with men in the region’s human resource capital. Harnessing women’s full capacity in the task of social and economic development however still face constraints brought about by lingering gender role definitions. While improvements in shared domestic responsibility between women and men have been noted in recent years, majority of the burden of changing population sizes and family compositions and limited resources is still borne by women.

This section presents the population structure of the region based on the censuses conducted by the National Statistics Office.

List of Tables and Figures
  

Table 1.1• Sex Ratio, Region V: Census Years 1970 - 2000
Table 1.2• Household Population by Age Group and Sex Ratio, Region V: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Table 1.3• Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Marital Status, Region V: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Table 1.4• Population of Youth 15-24 Years by Age Group, Region V: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Table 1.5• Distribution of Household Heads by Sex and Age Group, Region V: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Table 1.6• Distribution of Household Heads by Size of Household, Region V: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Figure 1.1• Population Pyramid of the Bicol Region: Census Years 1995 and 2000
Figure 1.2• Projected Average Number of Children Per Women, Region V: 1995-2020

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