Poverty, Unemployment and Happiness Index

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Poverty in the Philippines


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A Filipino needs P974monthly to fulfill hismonthly food needs

P1,403 is neededmonthly to stay outof poverty


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A Filipino familyneeds P4,869monthly to fulfill his

monthly food needs P7,107 is needed

monthly to stay outof poverty


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Proportion of Subsistence

Subsistence incidenceor proportion of foodpoor families improvedfrom 8.7 percent in2006 to 7.9 percent in2009.

This means that one

family per 100 waslifted out of foodpoverty between 2006and 2009.


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Number of Poor Families

There was a slight reduction from 21.1% in2006 to 20.9% in 2009

2 families per 1,000 were lifted out of poverty

between 2006 and 2009. While there was a decrease in the poverty

incidence among families from 2006 to 2009, in

terms of poverty incidence among population,there was a very slight increase from 26.4% in2006 to 26.5 in 2009


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While there was a decrease in the poverty incidenceamong families, in terms of poverty incidence amongpopulation, there was a very slight increase from26.4% in 2006 to 26.5 in 2009.

There was an increase of about 185,000 poor familiesfrom 3.67 million in 2006 to 3.86 million in 2009. Onthe other hand, the magnitude of poor populationincreased by almost 970,000 Filipinos from 22.2

million in 2006 to 23.1 in 2009. Meanwhile, the magnitude of subsistence poor families

decreased by about 58,000 from 1.51 million in 2006to 1.45 million in 2009.


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While there was a decrease in the poverty incidenceamong families, in terms of poverty incidence amongpopulation, there was a very slight increase from26.4% in 2006 to 26.5 in 2009.

There was an increase of about 185,000 poor familiesfrom 3.67 million in 2006 to 3.86 million in 2009. Onthe other hand, the magnitude of poor populationincreased by almost 970,000 Filipinos from 22.2

million in 2006 to 23.1 in 2009. Meanwhile, the magnitude of subsistence poor families

decreased by about 58,000 from 1.51 million in 2006to 1.45 million in 2009.


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There was a slight reduction from 21.1% in2006 to 20.9% in 2009

2 families per 1,000 were lifted out of poverty

between 2006 and 2009. While there was a decrease in the poverty

incidence among families from 2006 to 2009, interms of poverty incidence among population,there was a very slight increase from 26.4% in2006 to 26.5 in 2009


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Income Gap

The income gap decreased by 1.5 percentagepoints from 27.2 percent in 2006 to 25.7 in2009.

This means that the income of the poor in 2009would need to be increased by 25.7 percent ofthe poverty threshold (around P4,328 perperson) for them to become non-poor.


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Regional Incidence

In the National Capital Region, a solebreadwinner of a family of five in 2009 neededto earn at least PhP 8,251 per month to keep

out of poverty. Caraga and ARMM consistently posted the

highest poverty incidence among families in2006 and 2009.

In terms of the share to total poor families,Central Visayas, Bicol and Western Visayascontinue to have the biggest share for years

2003, 2006 and 2009.


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Regional Incidence

In the National Capital Region, a solebreadwinner of a family of five in 2009 neededto earn at least PhP 8,251 per month to keep

out of poverty. Caraga and ARMM consistently posted the

highest poverty incidence among families in2006 and 2009.

In terms of the share to total poor families,Central Visayas, Bicol and Western Visayascontinue to have the biggest share for years

2003, 2006 and 2009.


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Least Poor Provinces

Batanes NCR

Benguet

Cavite

Bulacan

Laguna

Rizal

Pampanga

Nueva Vizcaya

Ilocos Norte

Bataan


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Most Poor Provinces

Zamboanga del NorteAgusan del Sur

Surigao del Norte

Maguindanao

Masbate

Bohol


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Unemployment

The unemploymentrate in the countrydecreased to 7.2% in

January 2012. However, the

underemploymentrate is still high at

18.8%.


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Human Development Index

The Philippines rank#112 in the HumanDevelopment Index,

with a score of 0.644.(Medium humandevelopment)

However, it lags

behind othercountries in East

Asia, with an averageHDI of 0.671.


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Happiness Index

The Philippines is notincluded in the Top 100happiest nations,ranking at # 103 (World

Happiness Report, 2012) But in the UN Happiness

Index, the country ranksat #28.

In the Happy PlanetIndex, the country ranksat #14 (2009)


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Happiness Index

The following "personalfactors" were givenweight:

Mental health Physical Health

Family experience

Education, and Gender and age

Also, The UN studybased its ranking on"external factors"

Income Work

Community and

governance Values and religion


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Political Geography

1 AutonomousRegion (ARMM)

80 Provinces

1,514 municipalities

122 cities (38 areindependent cities

42, 026 barangays

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