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The number of Orphans in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by P. Calamaya at 10:29 PM on Nov 27, 2022.
Purpose: Academic Purpose (Thesis Writing)
Date of Coverage: 12/30/2011 - 12/30/2021
Tracking no: #PSA-588217579660

Calamaya 10:29 PM, Nov 27, 2022 

Hi! I would like to request for information regarding:

1. Number of abandoned, neglected and street children in every region of the Philippines from year 2011-2021 

2. Number of abandoned and street children in every city of National Capital Region (NCR) from year 2011-2021

3. Number of children get adopted every year in the Philippines

4. Statistic of the orphaned children remaining abandoned in the streets and licensed child care institute in the Philippines

Nisperos 06:05 PM, Jan 05, 2023 

January 5, 2023

Dear Pamela Kyla Calamaya,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 27, 2022 10:29:45 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of Orphans in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, we regret that our data on this are limited to the following:

1) Institutional Population of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/167966 TABLE 3

Institutional Population by Residence Status, Type of Institutional Living Quarter, Sex, and Region: 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/3_2020%20Report%20No.5_Institutional%20Population_RML_08112022_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

2) Women and Men in the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf UPDATES ON WOMEN AND MEN IN THE PHILIPPINES under Part 7. Social Welfare and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2022%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men._0.xlsx

3) Philippine Statistical Year, Chapter 12
http://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook

TABLE 12.2 Unduplicated Number of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development by Region: 2016 and 2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T12_2.xlsx

TABLE 12.6 Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served by the DSWD by Type of Abuse and Sex: 2016 and 2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T12_6.xlsx

3) Specific tables on our OpenSTAT portal:

a) Number of Child Abuse Cases Served
http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33A0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4

b) Number of Child Abuse Cases Among Males/Females Served
http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33B0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4
http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33C0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4

c) Number of cases served by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on  against women and child abuse
http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0053I3D52S3.px/?rxid=3623043c-8459-4080-959a-90eb5f2b0455

For more information on this data, kindly coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development.


Thank you.

Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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