Are we POOR?

Subject: Are we POOR? March 28th 2008, 4:20 pm

Philippine Poverty and Inequality Situation
(as of March 2008)

Poverty Incidence

According to the Social Weather Stations (January 2008):

Almost 1 out of 2 Filipinos see themselves as poor.

46% of Filipinos families see themselves as poor. (estimated 8.1 million families or about 40.5 million Filipinos out of the 2007 projected population of 86 million)

Available data from the government:

1 out of 3 Filipinos is poor. (2006 NSCB)

32.9 million Filipinos out of 88.6 million. (2006 NSCB and 2007 NSO population projection data)

Other sources of data:

There are more than 30 million urban poor or 34% of the population. (Ibon, Sept 2006)

65 million Filipinos or 80% of the population are struggling to survive on the equivalent of US$ 2 a day. (Ibon, Mar 2007)

Poverty Threshold

PhP 41 per person per day for food and non-food needs. (NSCB, March 2007)

PhP 27 for food alone which amounts to PhP 9 per meal

PhP 14 for transportation, shelter, education, health, water, electricity, and other non-food needs except recreation and communication

PhP 14,866 annual per capita poverty threshold per Filipino

PhP 74,340 annual per capita poverty threshold for a family of five (5)

Cost of Living Wage

PhP 158 per person per day for food and non-food needs (NWPC, July 2007)

PhP 792 family living wage for a family of 5 living in the National Capital Region

Poverty Wages

16.1 million Filipino workers or more than 50 percent of the labor force (in 2005) earn wages around Php5,000-8,000 (wages that hover around the poverty threshold), which translates to PhP33-53 per person per day (6.1 M farmers and fisherfolk and 10 M laborers and unskilled workers) (pegged at PhP41 per person per day).

(Malaluan, Nepomoceno A., Dire State of the Nation, The Crisis of Income and Employment in the Philippines , August 26, 2006)

Income Inequality

Income of top 10% of the income decile is equivalent to 19 times that of the poorest 10 percent. (2006 FIES)

3.5 million families or the top 20% of the income decile account for 52.8% or more than half of the total family income, while the remaining 47.3% was shared by the poorest 80% or 13.9 million families. (2006 FIES)

7 out of 10 peasants still do not own land while less than 1/3 of landowners own more than 80% of agricultural land. (Ibon, 2006)

Oil companies earn PhP 110 million a day in 2006. (Ibon, 2007)

Income inequality is intensified by regressive taxation. (exacerbated by the recently imposed 12% E-VAT)(Ibon, 2007)

Status of Hunger

16.2% of Filipino Families or 2.9 families (approx. 14.5 Filipinos) experienced involuntary hunger. (SWS, January 2007)

Around 9.3 million Filipinos do not even meet the 100% dietary energy requirement. (FNRI, 2005)

Coping Strategies on Hunger

Cutting down the number of meals.

Sleeping through meal times.

Mothers eating smaller portions.

Skipping meals so the rest of the family will get to eat.

Giving children to the care of relatives / other sympathetic souls.

(Datinguinoo, Vinia M, The Face of Hunger is Female, November 24, 2004, PCIJ)

Based on a 2001 study Surrogate Ulam is what one-third of class E and one- tenth of class D eat in lieu of vegetables, fish or meat because they cannot afford them;

Salt, soy sauce, bagoong

Pork / chicken lard

Softdrinks, coffee

Instant noodles drowned in plenty of water now constitute a full meal for many poor families.

Eating pagpag or batchoy or kaning baboy (thrown left-overs)

Health

12 Filipinos die of dirty water daily (Cebu Daily News citing USAID, November 7, 2006)

More than 90% of all sewage in the Philippines is untreated. (Cebu Daily News citing the World Bank, November 7, 2006)

10 Filipino women die daily from childbirth-related complications because they do not have access to emergency obstetric care. We have among the highest maternal mortality rate (estimated at 162 per 100,000 live births) in Asia and the world. (FIES, 2006)

Among 0-5 years old, 27% are underweight and 30% are short. (FNRI, 2005)

Education

1 in 10 Filipinos has never gone to school (6.8 million) (Education Network Quick Stats, 2003)

1 in 6 Filipinos is not functionally literate. (9.6 million)

4.1 million Filipinos are complete illiterate.

1 in 3 children/ youth is not attending school. (11.6 million)

About half (51%) of Filipinos had Elementary Education at most.

Among poor Filipinos, only about 70% can read, write and compute.

Only a little over half (54.3%) are fully literate.

Among non-poor Filipinos, 45.3% have completed at least basic education.

In contrast, only 14.3% have achieved this level of education among the rural poor Filipinos.

Sources:

Government Agencies

2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Final Results, National Statistics Office (NSO)

National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

National Wages and Productivity Commission (NSCB)

Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)

Institutions

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)

Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC)

Ibon Development Foundation (Ibon)

Social Watch Philippines (SWP)

Education Network (E-Net)

Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLink)

Maraming Salamat sa:

GCAP-Philippines Secretariat
Rm. 130 Alumni Center,
University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City
Telefax: 920-8949

Ibinahagi ni Juan Maralita sa Bobong Pinoy E-group

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? March 28th 2008, 4:38 pm

Employment

3,300 workers leave the country daily (Ibon, Mar 2007)
4.1 million Filipinos or 7.3% of the total labor force are unemployed. (NSO, 2005-2006) According to Cielito Habito, this is based on the new definition of unemployment which was introduced in 2005. Under the old definition, the current number of Filipinos unemployed is about 4 million.
7.47 million Filipinos are considered underemployed or 13.4% of total labor force. Despite the slight improvement from 2006 to 2007, the average annual unemployment rate is still posted at 10.8%, just a little lower than the previous year at 11 percent. (NSO, 2005-2006)
861,000 (NSO 2005-2006) jobs were created by the government at the end of 2007 but revealed the following:
- 142,000 household help or kasambahays
- 116,000 in transport, storage and communication 111,000 in wholesale and retail trade o what we called the ambulant vendors
- 103,000 construction workers
- 34,000 in unpaid family labor
These types of work are characterized by low productivity, below-poverty- level wages, and insecure working conditions. (Marivic Raquiza, Social Watch Philippines 2008)</li>

Debt

Every Filipino owes about PhP 44,000.00. (Debt Quick Stats, Freedom from Debt Coalition)
The total debt of the Philippines as of December 2006 is $118.19 billion.
Debt service is allocated PhP612.8 Billion in the 2008 National Budget.

Corruption

25 % of the Annual National Budget ends up in corruption. (PS Link)
Philippines is the most corrupt in Asia. (PERC, 2007)

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? March 29th 2008, 3:13 pm

at dahil mahaba rin ang post mo sasagutin ko ang subject...

hindi tayo poor... mayaman nga tayo eh...hindi lang nagagamit ng tama ang likas na yaman....ang mga yamang pinansyal naman pinagsasasaan ng mga GANID na mayayaman....YUN NA!

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? April 4th 2008, 3:43 am

poor na kawawa pwede pa. poor na mahirap--- hindi. pero yun lang poor na kawawa tayo dahil ung yamang atin ay kinakamkam at pinagsasasaan ng mga dayuhang kapitalista, lokal na burukratang kapitalista at estadong korap. tsk.

poor juan dela cruz. scratch

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? April 4th 2008, 4:50 pm

Tumpak ang inyong mga sinabi philippines

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? April 5th 2008, 5:43 pm

so, are u poor PA? hehhe..

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 20th 2008, 7:47 am

mahirap ang pilipinas sa mga taong mapagkakatiwalaan.. sa mga taong marunong mamahala..

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 24th 2008, 5:21 pm

Mahirap rin ang Pilipinas sa mga taong handang mag-alay ng kanilang sarili para sa kapakinabangan ng mas nakararami.

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 25th 2008, 1:50 pm

hindi ko nakikitang "poor" ang pilipinas, dahil kung poor ang pilipinas, wala na sanang nakatira dito. ang nakikita ko kung bakit sinasabi nating "poor" tayo is mali yung organization or distribution nila sa resources.

Kung tutuusin mayaman ang pilipinas, mali lang talaga ang pag gamit or pag aalocate ng mga yaman na ito (usually dahil sa greed). Kaya madaming hindi nakakaramdam ng yaman ng pilipinas.

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 26th 2008, 7:53 am

mahirap ang pilipinas pagdating sa mga taong tunay na nagmamahal sa kapwa pilipino..

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 26th 2008, 6:39 pm

@ Xavior: Korek ka dyan!

@ Bantay: Umpisahan natin dito sa KP ang ganyang pag-iisip

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? May 27th 2008, 2:53 pm

tama tama.. pakiss nga kuya jhuly Very Happy

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? July 9th 2008, 1:49 pm

Asan na ang kiss ko... hehehehe...

Napapanahon nanamn ang issue na ito... pinagmamalaki ni Gloria gumanda ang ekonomiya dahil sa kanyang mga programa... ngayong pumapangit sinisisi ang kalagayan ng mundo... ano ba talaga ate glow...

Kung maayos lang ang programang pang-ekonomiya niya hindi na sana umabot sa pamumudmod niya ng abuloy sa mga mahihirap... isang tanda ng trapo ang ginagawa niya na pamimigay ng pera sa mga mahihirap... tanda rin iyan ng utak maka-mamumuhunan...

Bakit utak mamumuhunan yung electricity subsidy?

Galing po iyon sa VAT na kinolekta sa Meralco... meaning yung pinamimigay na 500 subsidy sa mahihirap ay ibinayad ng Meralco sa Government... ano ginagawa ni Gloria? Ibinabalik lang niya sa Meralco... sinisiguro ni Gloria na kikita ang Meralco... saan ka pa... lokohan na ang nangyayari...

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? July 9th 2008, 6:33 pm

hindi talaga mulat ang ibang mga pinoy sa katotohanan..

katotohanang niloloko lang tayo ng gobyerno natin ngayon..

eto na kiss ko :X :X :X

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? July 9th 2008, 6:45 pm

Korek... naloloko marami sa atin dahil na rin sa kahirapan... kapit sa patalim eka nga... pero kung may isang mulat na magmumulat rin sa kapwa niya baka naman mabawasan yung mga maloloko ni gloria...

Karumaldumal talagang gawain ang pagsamantalahan ang tao dahil sa kanyang kahirapan...

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? July 9th 2008, 6:50 pm

e di magorganize ng isang "seminar"..

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? August 20th 2008, 1:40 pm

hehehhe Are we Poor?
hindi ko po ma aanswer yan kasi may mga mahihirap at normal at mayayaman sa bansa natin hehehheheheh

Subject: Re: Are we POOR? January 14th 2009, 8:08 pm

Statistics can show whatever it want!...

poor kung poor!

Pero, ako, ikaw at tayong lahat ay MAYAMAN! promise!