Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 06:32 PM, Nov 28, 2022

November 28, 2022

Dear Vergel Florenz Agravante,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 04, 2022 10:21:22 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Top 5 cases of Child Abuse.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response.

Our data on this is limited to our data as follows:

1) Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Chapter 12: SOCIAL SERVICES: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook

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

b) Statistics on 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

c) OpenSTAT portal data

Number of Child Abuse Cases ServeD by Item and Year: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33A0.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4a05c93b-1423-407a-a422-a189d7d9f9af

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/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=4a05c93b-1423-407a-a422-a189d7d9f9af

For more specific data on child abuse, you may try to coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

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