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WHEN is a PERSON considered POOR? Department

Based on Republic Act 8425, otherwise known as the Social Reform and
Poverty Alleviation Act, dated 11December 1997, the poor refers to
individuals and families whose income fall below the poverty threshold as
defined by the government and/or those that cannot afford in a sustained
manner to provide their basic needs of food, health, education, housing and
other amenities of life.”

The poverty threshold “refers to the minimum income/expenditure required

for a family/individual to meet the basic food and non-food requirements”.

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Definition of Terms… Department

Household refers to a unit composed of an enrolled member and his

legal dependents.

Poverty threshold is the annual per capita income required or the

amount to be spent to satisfy nutritional requirements (2Kcal) and other
basic needs such as clothing and footwear; fuel, light and water; rental
or occupied dwelling units; medical care; education; transportation and
communications; non-durable furnishings; household operations,
personal care and effects.

Poor families/individuals are those whose income fall below the

poverty threshold

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Definition of Terms… Department

Poverty incidence is the proportion of families/population

whose annual per capita income falls below the annual per
capita poverty threshold to the total number of
families/population in a given area.

Indigent refers to a person who has no visible means of income,

or whose income is insufficient for the subsistence of his family,
as identified by the Local Health insurance Office and based on
specific criteria set by the Corporation in accordance with the
guiding principles set forth in Article 1 of the National Health
Insurance Act of 1995(RA 7875).

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How does the government compute Department

for the poverty line?

1. The government constructs a menu per region
that satisfies basic nutritional requirements. The
government computes for the cost of that
menu. (ex. P42)
2. The government computes for the proportion of
total basic expenditures that is budgeted for
food using survey data. (ex. 69%)
3. The figure obtained in #1 is divided by the figure
obtained in #2. (ex. P38 / 69% ~ P61) PSA

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How does the government compute Department

for the poverty line?

1. The government constructs a menu per region
that satisfies basic nutritional requirements. The
government computes for the cost of that
menu. (ex. P42)
2. The government computes for the proportion of
total basic expenditures that is budgeted for
food using survey data. (ex. 69%)
3. The figure obtained in #1 is divided by the figure
obtained in #2. (ex. P38 / 69% ~ P61) PSA

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What is the Philippine poverty line Department

(2015)?

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What is the NCR poverty line (2015)?

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Regional Poverty Lines (2015)

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Poverty incidence, Department

1st semester 2015

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Regional poverty incidence Department

(Families)

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Least Poor Provinces

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Poorest Provinces

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Poverty Trends

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Two Categories of Poverty

Absolute Poverty- lack of income to buy
the basic food and necessities for
subsistence living.
Relative Poverty- refers to the structure
on how the national income is being
distributed among household in an
economy.

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GENDER 2007 2008 2009 2010

Male 44,608,300 45,483,100 46,368,900 47,263,600

Female 44,098,000 44,974,100 45,857,700 46,749,600

Total 88,706,300 90,457,200 92,226,600 94,013,200

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INDICATOR Jan Apr Jul Oct
Household Population 15 61,777 63,772 64,070
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years old and over

Labor Force 39,387 41,588 41,231 41,319

Employed 36,418 38,664 38,453 38,837
At Work 35,871 37,890 38,035 38,482
Worked Less than 40 13,218 14,961 13,932 13,762
hours (part time)

Worked than 40 hours 22,652 22,929 24,103 24,720

and over (full time)
With a Job but not at 548 774 418 355
work
Underemployed 7,103 7,027 7,049 7,278
Visibly 4,358 4,470 4,374 4,250
Invisibly 2,746 2,557 2,675 3,029
Unemployed 2,969 2,924 2,778 2,482
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