Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 01:09 PM, Jan 04, 2024

January 4, 2024

Dear Lovely Sherl Balangue,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 05, 2023 02:50:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of reported cases of prostitution in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response. 

In reference to your data request, we regret to inform you that we do not have specific data on this. Our related data on this are limited to the following: 

National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS): https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22National%20Demographic%20and%20Health%20Survey%20(NDHS).%22
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=bbe90bc524b7ae39bc6b2cecf7631ccb

3.19 Violence Against Women: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15637

Women and Men Factsheet 2023: 8. Violence against Women: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/population
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/phdsd/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 17 Public Order, Safety, Justice: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 17.11 Reported Cases of Violence Against Women by Classification of Offense: 2008 to 2014: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T17_11.xlsx

Table 17.12 Reported Crimes Committed Against Children by Classification of Offense: 2008 to 2014: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T17_12.xlsx
2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 12 Social Services: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

Table 12.2 Unduplicated Number of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development by Region: 2017 to 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T12_2.xlsx

Table 12.4 Number of Women in Especially Difficult Circumstances (WEDC) Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development by Case Category and by Region: 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T12_4.xlsx

OpenSTAT: 5.2.s2 Number of reported abuse cases for women and children: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0053I3D52S2.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4a05c93b-1423-407a-a422-a189d7d9f9af

Number of Clients served by DSWD, by Clientele Category and Sex: 2000 – 2015: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__GD__SW/0073E3D0730.px/?rxid=c21e31a7-4275-4b4a-a67e-85f56229ea07

5.2.s3 Number of cases served by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on violence against women and child abuse: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0063I3D52S3.px/?rxid=c21e31a7-4275-4b4a-a67e-85f56229ea07

Percentage of Women Aged 15-49 Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence, by their Current Marital Status and Reported Perpetrator: 2008 and 2013: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__GD__VA/0113E3D1150.px/?rxid=8f03f606-2e9a-4542-a1d3-b77b5a0bde88

5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0033I3D0522.px/?rxid=f707ce83-3bed-4dee-821c-927fe9153b68

5.2.1 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual, or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0023I3D0521.px/?rxid=f707ce83-3bed-4dee-821c-927fe9153b68

For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the following agencies: 
Department of Social Welfare and Development: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/
Philippine National Police: https://pnp.gov.ph/

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Respectfully,

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