Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

February 24, 2021 Dear Joel Duque, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 08, 2021 09:32:24 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for The number of indigent senior citizens in the philippines. We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. Please see our available data as follows: 1. For data on Number of indigent senior citizens in metro manila from 2015-2020, you may check the data in the Poverty Statistics, Basic Sectors, under the tables for Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Senior Citizens, by Region https://psa.gov.ph/poverty-press-releases/data https://psa.gov.ph/content/poverty-statistics Table 4. Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Senior Citizens, by Region, 2015 and 2018 https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/Table%204.%20Poverty%20Incidence%20and%20Magnitude%20of%20Poor%20Senior%20Citizens%2C%20by%20Region%2C%202015%20and%202018.xlsx Poverty Statistics Among the Basic Sectors https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__BS/?tablelist=true Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Senior Citizens, by Region: 2015 and 2018 https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__BS/0071E3DB004.px/?rxid=200f89c7-5840-46d5-be7e-1d1703452322 2. For data on Number of indigent senior citizens affected by the pandemic, we do not have specific data on this. 3. For data on Number of abandoned senior citizens in Metro Manila, our data is limited to our data on Census of Population and Housing Report https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/statistical-tables https://psa.gov.ph/content/census-population-and-housing-report You may check the CPH Report on Institutional Population Institutional Population Increased by More Than 168 Thousand https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/2015%20Report%20No.%205_Institutional%20Population_Statistical%20Tables_0.xlsx 2015 Report No. 5 - Institutional Population https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20Report%20No.%205%20-%20Institutional%20Population.pdf 4. For data on Percentage of senior citizens in labor sector, you may check the data in the Labor Force Survey,under the tables for Percent Distribution of Population 15 Years Old and Over by EmploymentStatus, by Sex and Age Group (data is national only) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/labor-force-survey/table https://psa.gov.ph/content/integrated-survey-households-ish-bulletin Table 3 Percent Distribution of Population 15 Years Old and Over by Employment Status, by Sex and Age Group July 2020 https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/TABLE%203%20%20Percent%20Distribution%20of%20Population%2015%20Years%20Old%20and%20Over%20by%20EmploymentStatus%2C%20by%20Sex%20and%20Age%20Group%20July%202020.xls We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://goo.gl/forms/J8QrjkKm0ui9zB9n1. Thank you. Respectfully, Nicole Dane L. Navea (Registration Officer IV) Officer-in-Charge Knowledge Management and Communications Division