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Philippines - Census of Population 2015

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Reference ID PHL-PSA-POPCEN-2015-v1
Year 2015
Country Philippines
Producer(s) Philippine Statistics Authority - National Economic and Development Authority
Sponsor(s) Government of the Philippines - GOP - Full Funding
Collection(s)
Demographic and Social Statistics
Population and Migration
Human Settlements and Housing
Household-based Censuses
Created on
Jul 01, 2017
Last modified
Jul 01, 2017
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Overview
Identification
Country
Philippines
Title
Census of Population 2015

Study Type
Population and Housing Census
Series Information
POPCEN 2015 is the 14th census of population conducted in the country since the first census in 1903. It is the third mid-decade census undertaken in the country. The previous mid-decade censuses were conducted in 1995 and 2007.

ID Number
PHL-PSA-POPCEN-2015-v1
Version
Version Description
V1.0: Division edits for preliminary estimates computation (raw, first output)

Production Date
2017-06
Overview
Abstract
POPCEN 2015 was designed to take an inventory of the total population in the Philippines and collect information about its characteristics. The census of population is the source of information on the size, distribution, and composition of the population as well as information about its demographic, social, and economic characteristics. These information are vital in the formulation of rational plans and programs towards national and local development.

The said census undertaking involved collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing, publishing, and disseminating data on the population count and selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population in each barangay, city/municipality, province, and region in the country.

General Objectives:

The main objective of the POPCEN 2015 was to provide government executives, policy makers, and planners with population data, especially updated population counts of all barangays in the country, on which to base their social and economic development plans, policies, and programs.

The specific objectives of the POPCEN 2015 were to gather data on:

- size and geographic distribution of the population;

- population composition in terms of age, sex, and marital status;

- religious affiliation;

- school attendance, literacy, highest grade/year completed, and technical/vocational course obtained;

- usual activity/occupation, and whether overseas worker for members 15 years old and over;

- registration of birth and death;

- household-level characteristics such as fuel used for lighting and source of water supply for drinking and cooking;

- housing characteristics such as the type of building, construction materials of the roof of the building, construction materials of the outer walls of the building/housing unit, and tenure status of the housing unit/lot; and

- barangay characteristics such as the presence of selected facilities and establishments; and presence of informal settlers, relocation areas, and in-movers in the barangay due to natural and man-made disasters.

August 1, 2015 was designated as Census Day for the POPCEN 2015, on which date the enumeration of the population in the Philippines was referred. For the purpose of this census, all information collected about the population were as of 12:01 a.m., Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Enumeration lasted for about 25 days, from 10 August to 6 September 2015. In some areas, enumeration was extended until 15 September 2015 for large provinces.

Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]

Units of Analysis
The following are the units of analysis in POPCEN 2015:

1. Individual person

2. Household

3. Housing unit

4. Institutional Population

5. Barangay

Scope
Notes
The POPCEN 2015 gathers information on the following:

HOUSEHOLD: number of households; number of households reporting deaths in the last two years by number of deaths, sex, age at death, and death registration; households in occupied housing units by type of construction materials of the roof and outer walls; number of households using a particular type of fuel for lighting; number of households by source of water supply for drinking and cooking; and number of households by tenure status of the housing unit/lot

HOUSEHOLD POPULATION: relationship to the household head, sex, age, birth registration, marital status, religious affiliation, school attendance, literacy, highest grade/year completed, technical/vocational course obtained, overseas worker, and usual activity/occupation

HOUSING UNIT: number of housing units by type of building, type of construction materials of the roof and outer walls, and tenure status of the housing unit/lot

INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION: residence status, sex, age, birth registration, marital status, religious affiliation, and highest grade/year completed

INSTITUTIONAL LIVING QUARTER: type of ILQ such as dormitory/lodging house, hospital, military camp, prison/jail, orphange, and seminary/convent

BARANGAY: selected characteristics and facilities present in the barangay or nearest to the barangay (i.e. within two kilometers or more than 2 kilometers from the barangay hall); number, kind and employment size of establishments in the barangay; and presence of informal settlers, relocation areas, and in-movers in the barangay due to natural and man-made disasters in the last five years.

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
Population and migration Philippine Statistics Authority
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The population count is available at the barangay, city/municipal, provincial, regional, and national levels. Demographic, social, and economic characteristics are tabulated at the city/municipal, provincial, regional, and national levels.

Universe
The POPCEN 2015 covered all persons who were alive as of 12:01 a.m. August 1, 2015, and who were members of the household and institution as follows:

Persons Enumerated as Members of the Household

1. Those who were present at the time of visit and whose usual place of residence was the housing unit where the household lived;

2. Family members who were overseas workers and who were away at the time of the census and were expected to be back within five years from the date of last departure.

These included household members who may or may not have had a specific work contract or had been presently at home on vacation but had an existing overseas employment to return to. Undocumented overseas workers were still considered as members of the household for as long as they had been away for not more than five years. Immigrants, however, were excluded from the census.

3. Those whose usual place of residence was the place where the household lived but were temporarily away at the time of the census for any of the following reasons:

a. on vacation, business/pleasure trip, or training somewhere in the Philippines and was expected to be back within six months from the date of departure. An example was a person on training with the Armed Forces of the Philippines for not more than six months;

b. on vacation, business/pleasure trip, on study/training abroad and was expected to be back within a year from the date of departure;

c. working or attending school outside their usual place of residence but usually came home at least once a week;

d. confined in hospitals for a period of not more than six months as of the time of enumeration, except when they were confined as patients in mental hospitals, leprosaria/leper colonies or drug rehabilitation centers, regardless of the duration of their confinement;

e. detained in national/provincial/city/municipal jails or in military camps for a period of not more than six months as of the time of enumeration, except when their sentence or detentionwas expected to exceed six months;

f. on board coastal, interisland, or fishing vessels within Philippine territories; and

g. on board oceangoing vessels but expected to be back within five years from the date of departure.

4. Boarders/lodgers of the household or employees of household-operated businesses who did not return/go home to their respective households weekly;

5. Citizens of foreign countries who resided or were expected to reside in the Philippines for at least a year from their arrival, except members of diplomatic missions and non-Filipino members of international organizations;

6. Filipino balikbayans with usual place of residence in a foreign country but resided or were expected to reside in the Philippines for at least a year from their arrival; and

7. Persons temporarily staying with the household who had no usual place of residence or who were not certain to be enumerated elsewhere.

Persons Enumerated as Members of the Institutional Population

1. Permanent lodgers in boarding houses;

2. Dormitory residents who did not usually go home to their respective households at least once a week;

3. Hotel residents who stayed in the hotel for more than six months at the time of the census;

4. Boarders in residential houses, provided that their number was 10 or more. However, if the number of boarders in a house was less than 10, they were considered as members of regular households, not of institutions;

5. Patients in hospitals who were confined for more than six months;

6. Patients confined in mental hospitals, leprosaria or leper colonies, and drug rehabilitation centers, regardless of the length of their confinement;

7. Wards in orphanages, homes for the aged, and other welfare institutions;

8. Prisoners of corrective and penal institutions;

9. Seminarians, nuns in convents, monks, and postulants;

10. Soldiers residing in military camps; and

11. Workers in mining and similar camps.

All Filipinos in Philippine embassies, missions, and consulates abroad were also included in the enumeration.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Philippine Statistics Authority National Economic and Development Authority
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
Government of the Philippines GOPFull Funding
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Population and Housing Census DivisionPHCDPhiilippine Statistics AuthorityDocumenter
Date of Metadata Production
2017-06-19
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0

This is the first version of documentation for the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) using IHSN Toolkit.

DDI Document ID
DDI-PHL-PSA-POPCEN-2015-v1

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