PSA to conduct labor force, poverty indicators
survey in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY, June 22 - The Philippine Statistics
Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office XIII (PSA-Caraga) will conduct
the July 2017 Labor Force Survey (LFS) and 2017 Annual Poverty Indicators
Survey (APIS) from July 8 to 31, 2017.
The LFS is a nationwide survey of households
conducted regularly to gather data on the demographic and socio-economic
characteristics of the population. It is
primarily geared towards the estimation of the levels of employment and
unemployment in the country. It is
conducted every first month of the quarter in the selected areas in the
Philippines.
On the other hand, 2017 APIS is the tenth in a
series of annual poverty indicators surveys conducted nationwide by PSA. It gathers data that can be used to generate
non-income-based poverty indicators for monitoring the poverty situation in the
country and for the formulation of policies and programs to improve the living
conditions of the poor.
On a nationwide level, the July 2017 LFS covers
about 45,000 sample households, while the 2017 APIS will cover only around
11,000 sample households. This sample
size will allow the generation of reliable estimates of indicators of
employment at the regional level. In
Caraga Region, our Statistical Researchers will be visiting around 2,128 sample
households for LFS (of which 532 sample households will also be covered for
APIS).
The PSA Field Staff and selected trained
Statistical Researchers in Caraga will do a comprehensive door-to-door
interview using tablets (Computer Aided Personal Interviewing or the use of
tablets instead of paper and pencil during interview was first implemented on
January 2017 LFS round) to the sample households during enumeration period. The information collected shall be kept
strictly confidential and shall not be used for purposes of taxation,
investigation or regulation as provided under Article 55 of Republic Act 10625.
(PSA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
MGB-13 targets more LGUs for coastal geohazard
assessment
By Rubenar L. Cagubcob
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, June 22 (PIA) -
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 13 carried on with its Coastal Geohazard
Assessment under the National Geohazard Assessment and Mapping Program.
The outputs of the asessment are shoreline shift
maps that will give the public substantial information on coastal areas or
shorelines that are prone to erosion and accretion. Threat advisories per purok
and technical reports are also included in the expected outputs.
For the first quarter of 2017, the target
municipalities of MGB-13 were Barobo, Lianga, Hinatuan and Bislig City in
Surigao del Sur.
As for the second quarter, the municipality of Del
Carmen in Surigao del Norte was assessed on May 31 to June 7, 2017. The
municipality of Socorro, Surigao del Norte will be assessed by the third week
of June 2017.
The Philippines has one of the longest coastlines
in the world with an estimated extent of 36,289 kilometers. Approximately 46
percent of the total population in the country resides in coastal areas,
directly or indirectly relying on coastal resources as source of livelihood,
habitation, and recreation. Many of the coastal areas are inherently vulnerable
to coastal hazards – geographically or by geologic setting. (MGB
XIII/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
