Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

December 27, 2022 Dear Rene Olis, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 06, 2022 11:51:00 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for The Number of Abandoned/ Orphaned Childrein in the Philippines. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, we regret that our data on this are limited to the following: 1) Results of National Demographic and Health Survey http://psa.gov.ph/content/national-demographic-and-health-survey-ndhs 2) Philippine Statistical Year, Chapter 12 http://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook TABLE 12.2 Unduplicated Number of Clients Served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development by Region: 2016 and 2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T12_2.xlsx TABLE 12.6 Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse Served by the DSWD by Type of Abuse and Sex: 2016 and 2017: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2019%20T12_6.xlsx 3) Specific tables on our OpenSTAT portal: a) Number of Child Abuse Cases Served http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33A0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4 b) Number of Child Abuse Cases Among Males/Females Served http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33B0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4 http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33C0.px/?rxid=5181daca-a8cc-4835-89f1-7f95ec8f6ef4 c) Number of cases served by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on against women and child abuse http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G05/0053I3D52S3.px/?rxid=3623043c-8459-4080-959a-90eb5f2b0455 d) Reported Cases of Violence Against Children: 2015 http://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__GD__VA/0113E3D1180.px/?rxid=3623043c-8459-4080-959a-90eb5f2b0455 e) Institutional Population by Residence Status, Type of Institutional Living Quarter, Sex, and Region: 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/3_2020%20Report%20No.5_Institutional%20Population_RML_08112022_RRDH_CRD.xlsx f) Statistics on Women and Men in the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf UPDATES ON WOMEN AND MEN IN THE PHILIPPINES under Part 7. Social Welfare and Development: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2022%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men._0.xlsx For data on orphanages, kindly coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service