Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 07:05 PM, Sep 11, 2023

September 11, 2023

Dear ALMAR JAVA,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jul 18, 2023 01:30:25 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for The number of adolescent father in Western Visayas.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, please be informed that our data on this are limited to the following:

a) Fertility Indicators in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684060081

Table A. Ever-Married Women Aged 15-49 Years by Age Group, Number of Children Ever Born Alive, and Region: Philippines, 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2.%20Statistical%20Tables_Fertility%20Indicators.xlsx

Total Fertility Rate Declined from 2.7 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2022: https://psa.gov.ph/content/total-fertility-rate-declined-27-2017-19-2022

Table 1. Age-specific and total fertility rates (TFR) for the 3-year period preceding several years, according to mother's age at the time of the birth, Philippines: 1993 to 2022: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/dhsd/2022-12/%2528ons-cleared%2529_2_Preliminary%2520Tables%2520from%2520the%25202022%2520National%2520Demographic%2520and%2520Health%2520Survey_dhsd_ONS.xlsx

b) National Demographic and Health Survey: 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

Chapter 5: Fertility on our National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS 2022) publication: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15634&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20national%20demographic%20and%20health%20survey

c) Vital Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/vital-statistics
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/vital-statistics/stat-tables
Registered Live Births in the Philippines, 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/vital-statistics/node/1684041483

Table 7. Number of Registered Live Births by Age Group of Mother and Number of Living Children, Philippines: 2021
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/vsd/2021%20Births_Statistical%20Tables.xlsx

You may also check tables in our OpenSTAT portal:

Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000 women) by Age group, Year and Urbanity: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__HN/0053E3D5090.px/?rxid=c9ef36b3-67a7-4c88-9111-cdde7518d5ff

Current Fertility Rate (per 1,000 women): 2008, 2013, 2017 by Age group, Year and Urbanity: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__HN/0053E3D13A0.px/?rxid=04e946d6-8774-4b6d-8bba-51c06c66892d

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Respectfully,

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