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Poverty Data

Requested from PSA by S. Tria at 11:11 AM on May 03, 2023.
Purpose: Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/1980 - 12/31/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-281804447734

Tria 11:11 AM, May 03, 2023

Hi! I would like to request the following information regarding: 

1) Food threshold (at least from year 1980-most recent data);
2) Poverty incidence / level (at least from year 1980-most recent data); and 
3) Family income and expenditure (at least from year 1980-most recent data). 

Thank you!

Nisperos 03:54 PM, Jun 13, 2023

June 13, 2023

Dear Shannen Tria,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 03, 2023 11:11:00 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Poverty Data.

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request.

Our apologies for the delayed response.

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

1) Food threshold (at least from year 1980-most recent data)

Poverty Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/content/poverty-statistics 
Proportion of Poor Filipinos Registered at 23.7 Percent in the First Semester of 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/nid/165535

Table 3. First Semester Per Capita Food Threshold, Subsistence Incidence and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2018u and 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Table%203.%20%20First%20Semester%20Per%20Capita%20Food%20Threshold%2C%20Subsistence%20Incidence%20and%20Magnitude%20of%20Subsistence%20Poor%20Families%20with%20Measures_print%2016dec2021.xlsx

Table 3a. First Semester Per Capita Food Threshold, Subsistence Incidence among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region, Province and Highly Urbanized Cities: 2018u and 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Table%203a.%20%20First%20Semester%20Per%20Capita%20Food%20Threshold%2C%20Subsistence%20Incidence%20among%20Families%20with%20Measures%20of%20Precision%2C%20by%20Region_print2%2016dec2021.xlsx

You may also refer to our data on OpenSTAT portal:  

Table 3. Annual Per Capita Food Threshold and Subsistence Incidence Among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2015, 2018, and 2021p: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/0051E3DF030.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

Table 5. First Semester Per Capita Food Threshold and Subsistence Incidence among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2018u and 2021: 
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/0091E3DS050.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

Table 6. First Semester Per Capita Food Threshold and Magnitude of Subsistence Poor Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2018u and 2021: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/0111E3DS060.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

Table 14. First Semester Per Capita Food and Poverty Threshold, by Province and Urban/Rural Classification: 2018u and 2021: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/0231E3DS140.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

Table 16. Annual Per Capita Food and Poverty Threshold, by Province and Urban/Rural Classification: 2015, 2018, and 2021p: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/0271E3DF160.px/?rxid=75e38535-af2c-46a7-a3e9-72d7e407b621    

2) Poverty incidence / level (at least from year 1980-most recent data)

Poverty Statistics of the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/data

Poverty Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/content/poverty-statistics
Table 1. Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence Among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2015, 2018, and 2021p: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021%20Full%20Year%20Official%20Poverty%20Statistics%20Tables_f.xlsx

Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS): https://psa.gov.ph/content/annual-poverty-indicators-survey-apis

Highlights of the Preliminary Results of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 1: https://psa.gov.ph/content/highlights-preliminary-results-2021-family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-visit-1

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES): https://psa.gov.ph/content/family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-0

2018 Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/3-1_2018%20SAE%20tables.xlsx

Data from OpenSTAT portal:

Table 1. First Semester Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Poverty Incidence among Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2018u and 2021: 
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/0011E3DS010.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

Table 2. First Semester Per Capita Poverty Threshold and Magnitude of Poor Families with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2018u and 2021: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/0031E3DS020.px/?rxid=32172e97-d5b2-4690-b28d-9ccf0a566977

3) Family income and expenditure (at least from year 1980-most recent data)

Family Income and Expenditure Survey data: Highlights of the Preliminary Results of the 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Visit 1: https://psa.gov.ph/content/highlights-preliminary-results-2021-family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-visit-1

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Publication: https://psa.gov.ph/content/family-income-and-expenditure-survey-fies-0
Family Income and Expenditure Survey Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/data

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/FIES%202018%20Final%20Report.pdf

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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

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