Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 04:45 PM, Sep 27, 2023

September 27, 2023

Dear Ben Thatcher,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Aug 20, 2023 04:29:35 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for How many persons with disabilities have deployed overseas as OFWs?.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response.

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 Disability Prevalence Survey (NDPS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-disability-prevalence-survey/index
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15629

Survey on Overseas Filipinos
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-overseas-filipinos
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-overseas-filipinos/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-overseas-filipinos/index
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22SOF%20-%20Survey%20on%20Overseas%20Filipinos%22

Gender and Development
https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics

Work and Economic Participation
https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/work_and_economic_participation

Social Welfare and Development
https://psa.gov.ph/gender-statistics/wmf/social_welfare_and_development

Women and Men FactSheet 2023 - Revised
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/phdsd/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx

WAM Women and Men Handbook in the Philippines 2016
Chapter 9 Overseas Filipinos
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/main-publication/Women%2520and%2520Men%2520Handbook%25202016.pdf

Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index

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

Philippine Statistical Yearbook
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY)
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf

Chapter 11: Labor and Employment
Table 11.26 Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers by Type: 1998 to 2018	
Table 11.27 Deployed Land-Based Overseas Filipino Workers by Major World Groupings: 1998 to 2017	
Table 11.28 Number of Overseas Filipino Workers by Age Group and Sex: 2016 to 2019	
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/11_2022.xlsx

Chapter 12: Social Services
Table 12.1a Household Population and Number of Persons with Disability by Region: 2010        
Table 12.1b Household Population with Disability by Age Group and by Sex: 2010        
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/12_2022.xlsx

You may also coordinate with Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)/Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) through https://www.dmw.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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