The
National Statistical Coordination Board or NSCB had released the results of its
2003 and 2009 Municipal/City Poverty Statistics. Region XII results show that
the City of Tacurong had 18.5 percent poverty incidence, the lowest among all
cities and municipalities in the region for the survey year of 2009. This means
that out of 100 individuals in the city, only 18.5 are poor.
Tacurong is followed by Kidapawan
City with 19.2 poverty incidence, Koronadal City with 21.7, and General Santos
with 22.5.
In
2003, Tacurong had the third least poverty incidence of 15.9. Kidapawan City
only had 12.5 while General Santos City and Koronadal City have had 14.0 and
16.2, respectively.
The
said poverty statistics is part of the output of the Intercensal Updating of
Small Area Poverty Estimates Project which used small area estimation (SAE).
According to a communication forwarded by NSCB XII, the SAE method combined
survey and census data to generate poverty estimates at lower level geographic
aggregation.
In 2009, among the data used are
from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES), Labor Force Survey (LFS),
and Census of Population and Housing to estimate poverty incidence in all towns
and cities in the country.
With the data provided, NSCB hopes
to help local community policymakers in the formulation of strategic programs
towards poverty reduction.
For more information, visit
www.nscb.gov.ph.
Jezereel
Louise C. Billano
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