Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

25 September 2020 Dear Mr. Mark Geli, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 6 July 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following: (1) Total of Single Parents in the Philippines in 2019; (2) Total number of single mothers vs. single fathers; (3) Age in which they became a single parent (optional); (4) Reason of single parenthood (i.e. irreconcilable difference, death of partner etc.) (optional); and (5) Rate of employed vs. unemployed single parent. Response to your request Unfortunately, the DSWD may only have information on (1) and (2). Thus, we shall partially grant your request and we shall refer your request with respect to this matter to the proper DSWD office. We shall send it to the e-mail address you provided once we have received the response from the office responsible. It is the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that may have the data you require. Under Republic Act 10625 (the “Philippine Statistical Act of 2013”), the PSA is the government agency responsible for preparing and conducting periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, business, industry and other sectors of the economy. Hence, you may wish to direct your request to the PSA by submitting a request to the PSA via this portal. You may also contact the PSA by telephone at 462-6600 locals 839, 833 and 834 or via email at [email protected]. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Decision Maker

16 November 2020 Dear Mr. Mark Geli, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 6 July 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested information on the following: (1) Total of Single Parents in the Philippines in 2019; (2) Total number of single mothers vs. single fathers; (3) Age in which they became a single parent (optional); (4) Reason of single parenthood (i.e. irreconcilable difference, death of partner etc.) (optional); and (5) Rate of employed vs. unemployed single parent. Response to your request We have partially granted your request as was seen in the previous communication. We have sent the same to the e-mail address you have provided. Respectfully, Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan FOI Decision Maker