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The number of children with disabilities

Requested from PSA by A. Tresvalles at 05:40 PM on Aug 18, 2023.
Purpose: Research
Date of Coverage: 08/18/2023 - 08/18/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-656434048472

Tresvalles 05:40 PM, Aug 18, 2023 

Hi! I would like to request for the document of the following

1.) Regional cases of children with disabilities
2.) Regional cases of children with disabilities (enrolled and not enrolled)
3.) Regional number of schools for children with disabilities

Nisperos 02:55 PM, Sep 25, 2023 

September 25, 2023

Dear Ashlyn Kacy Tresvalles,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 18, 2023 05:40:14 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of children with disabilities.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response.

You may check our available data below:

For Item 1, you may refer to our data on Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: For Household Population Five Years Old and Over (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168274

Table C. Household Population 5 Years Old and Over by Age Group, Sex, Domain or Type of Functional Difficulty, and Level of Severity: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/%2528approved%2529Statistical%2520Tables%2520on%2520Functional%2520Difficulty_PMMJ_CRD.xlsx

National Disability Prevalence Survey: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey

For Items 2 and 3, you may check our data on the following: 

National Demographic and Health Survey Publication: 2.1.2 Household Population by Highest Educational Attainment: https://library.psa.gov.ph/kohaimages/PSA/ebookreader/viewebook.html?out=1&d=pdf/dfc003a8cf2d4a4e3b16b8b5df94883a_2016%20NDPS.pdf&speech=1&ref=https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Disability%20Prevalence%20Survey&biblionumber=15629#book/

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 10.1a Enrollment in Public and Private Schools by Level of Education: SY 2000-01 to SY 2020-21: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T10_1a.xlsx
Note: For SY 2014-2015 to SY 2020-2021, enrollment data in elementary and junior high school include learners with disabilities (lwds).

For more specific data, you may also refer to the following agencies: 
National Council on Disability Affairs: https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-data/
Department of Education: https://www.deped.gov.ph

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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