HOW MANY PEOPLE GO HUNGRY IN THE PHILIPPINES?

(HUNGER OR MALNUTRITION)
The Philippine chronic malnutrition rate among children aged 0-2 was at 26.2%,
the highest in 10 years, according to a recent survey by the Food and Nutrition
Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology.

FNRI, together with the Save the Children Organization, presented its latest
report on child hunger and malnutrition on Tuesday, April 19.

Based on FNRI's data from 2015, the Philippine chronic malnutrition rate among
children aged 0 to 2 was at 26.2%, the highest in 10 years. PH fails to halve child
malnutrition within 25 years.

Chronic malnutrition, or stunting rate for children under 5 years old, was at
33.5%, up by 30.5% from 2013.

From 2013 to 2015, 10% of the stunting children increased to an average of

40%, and is expected to increase in 2016.

Chronic malnutrition, or stunting rate for children under 5 years old, was at
33.5%, up by 30.5% from 2013.

From 2013 to 2015, 10% of the stunting children increased to an average of

40%, and is expected to increase in 2016.

Ned Olney, Country Director of Save the Children, stressed on how the recent
findings of FNRI-DOST on stunting is becoming a major concern. (READ: 12M of
stunted children in ASEAN live in PH, Indonesia - report)

"The concerning data of FNRI is actually the worst increase in stunting in the past
25 years," said Olney. (READ: Why you should care about stunting)

Save the Children Health and Nutrition Advisor Armado Parawan, meanwhile,
explained that these figures primarily come from the poorest families.
“The latest national data also show that children born to the poorest mothers are
thrice (as) likely to suffer from stunting. This means that we need to double our
efforts to ensure that nutrition-related policies and programs reach the most
vulnerable,” he said.

"It's not that they [the government] are doing nothing," said Dr Cecilia Cristina
Santos-Acuin, a chief science research specialist at FNRI-DOST.

"They are doing so many different things in different ways and not all of them are
effective ways."

“Save the Children knows that the first two years of life is considered the
critical ‘window of opportunity’ for a child’s optimal growth and development,"
Parawan said.

He also noted that any damage caused by stunting or chronic malnutrition during
this period is irreversible.

The children's group has launched the Community Management of Acute

Malnutrition (CMAM) project to help decrease malnutrition and provide maternal
care through public awareness, proper nutrition, and sustainable solutions. The
initiative has been introduced in the national capital region, starting in Navotas
City, following its successful implementation in Visayas and Mindanao.

"Hunger, malnutrition is a man-made problem," said Olney, noting that "we

create this situation and it's completely preventable." – Rappler.com

Source:

Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)

Rappler Media
11:40 AM, April 21, 2016
Nico Aquino
Rappler

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/hunger/130046-philippines-chronic-malnutrition
 Reference Number:
2016-026
Release Date:
Friday, March 11, 2016

Results from the January 2016 Labor Force Survey (LFS)

January 2016b/ January 2015c/

a/
Philippines January 2016
(Excludes Leyte) (No Leyte)

Population 15 years and over (in 000) 67,153 65,665 64,591

Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 63.3 63.4 63.7

Employment Rate (%) 94.2 94.2 93.4

Unemployment Rate (%) 5.8 5.8 6.6

Underemployment Rate (%) 19.7 19.7 17.9

The employment rate in January 2016 was estimated at 94.2 percent. Three regions,
namely, Central Luzon (92.5%), CALABARZON (92.5%), and National Capital Region
(NCR) (93.1%) had employment rates significantly lower than the national figure
(Table 4). The labor force participation rate (LFPR) in January 2016 was estimated at
63.3 percent. The labor force population consists of the employed and the
unemployed 15 years old and over.

Workers were grouped into three broad sectors, namely, agriculture, industry and
services sector. Workers in the services sector comprised the largest proportion of
the population who are employed. These workers made up 56.3 percent of the total
employed in January 2016 (Table 1). Among them, those engaged in wholesale and
retail trade or in the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles accounted for the
largest percentage (33.5%) of workers in the services sector (Table 2).

Workers in the agriculture sector comprised the second largest group making up 27.0
percent of the total employed in January 2016, while workers in the industry sector
made up the smallest group registering 16.7 percent of the total employed. The
January 2016 LFS results also showed that in the industry sector, workers in the
manufacturing subsector made up the largest group, accounting for 49.2 percent of
workers in this sector, and those in construction, the second largest group, making up
45.4 percent (Tables 1 and 2).

Among the occupation groups, the laborers and unskilled workers remained the
largest group making up 31.7 percent of the total employed in January 2016 (Table 1).
Officials of the Government and special interest organizations, corporate executives,
managers, and managing proprietors (16.8% of the total employed) comprised the
second largest occupation group, followed by service workers and shop/market sales
workers (13.0%), and farmers, forestry workers and fishermen (11.5%).

Employed persons fall into any of these categories: (1) wage and salary workers, (2)
self-employed workers without any paid employee, (3) employers in own family-
operated farm or business, and (4) unpaid family workers. Wage and salary workers
are those who work for private households, private establishments, government or
government-controlled corporations, and those who work with pay in own family-
operated farm or business. In January 2016, the wage and salary workers made up
63.2 percent of the total employed, with those working in private establishments
continuing to account for the largest percentage (Table 1). They made up 48.5
percent of the total employed in January 2016. The second largest class of workers
were the self-employed making up 25.8 percent of the total employed in January
2016. Unpaid family workers accounted for 7.7 percent of the total employed.

Employed persons are classified as either full-time workers or part-time workers.

Full-time workers refer to those who worked for 40 hours or more during the
reference week, while those who worked for less than 40 hours were considered part-
time workers. Of the total employed persons in January 2016, 67.3 percent were full-
time workers, while 32.0 percent were part-time workers. In this round of LFS,
workers worked 42.5 hours per week, on the average.

By definition, employed persons who express the desire to have additional hours of
work in their present job, or to have additional job, or to have a new job with longer
working hours are considered underemployed. In January 2016, the
underemployment rate, which is the percentage of the underemployed to the total
employed, was estimated at 19.7 percent.
Underemployed persons who work for less than 40 hours in a week are called visibly
underemployed persons. They accounted for 51.4 percent of the total
underemployed in January 2016 (Table 3). By comparison, the underemployed
persons who worked for 40 hours or more in a week made up 47.5 percent. By sector,
44.8 percent of the underemployed worked in the services sector, while 37.2 percent
were in the agriculture sector. Those in the industry sector accounted for 18.0
percent

The unemployment rate in January 2016 was estimated at 5.8 percent. Among the
regions, Central Luzon (7.5%), CALABARZON (7.5%), and NCR (6.9%) had
unemployment rates significantly higher than the national figure

Among the unemployed persons in January 2016, 63.4 percent were males. Of the
total unemployed, the age group 15 to 24 years comprised 48.2 percent, while the
age group 25 to 34, 30.9 percent. By educational attainment, 19.7 percent of the
unemployed were college graduates, 14.5 percent were college undergraduates, and
32.9 percent were high school graduates (Table 3).

FOR THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN:

ESTELA T. DE GUZMAN

(Deputy National Statistician)

Officer-in-Charge
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