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SPECIAL RELEASE

Republic of the Philippines

Philippine Statistics Authority Regional Statistical Services Office VI

Women and Men in Western Visayas

Population

TABLE 1 Total Population by Sex and by Province/City, Region VI: 2015

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2015 Census of Population

Region VI had a total population of

7,536,383 in 2015. Of the total population in

Western Visayas for that year, 50.8% were

males and 49.2% were females. This

resulted in a sex ratio of 103 males per

100 females.

As of 2015, the estimated median age of

the total population in Western Visayas was

at 24.6 years. This means that half of the

population was younger than 24.6 years

old. The region’s median age for females

was at 25.2 years, while for males was

24.1 years.

Western Visayas has a relatively young population. This is evident in the broad lower-middle

base of the population pyramid. Of the total population in 2015, nearly a third (30.8%) were

under 15 years old.

Among the provinces and highly urbanized

cities in the region, Negros Occidental

registered the largest population for both the

men and women in Western Visayas.

About 220,768 (18.3%) and 276,881 (17.8%)

of the total male population in the provinces of

Iloilo and Negros Occidental were from their

respective capitals of Iloilo City and

Bacolod City. As for the females in these

provinces, 227,224 (19.3%) and 284,994

(9.0%) female population were from Iloilo City

and Bacolod City, respectively.

Explanatory Notes

This special release presents selected information on Women and Men in Western Visayas. Data provided in this special release were taken from the latest available data from latest census and various surveys of Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and other data sources from various government agencies.

Date of Release: March 30, 2020 Reference No: 2020-SR03

FIGURE 1. Population Pyramid, Region VI: 2015

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

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Youth The youth population

(population aged 15-30

years old as stated in RA

8044) comprised 28.4%

of the total population in

Western Visayas. A total

of 1.1M young men and

1.0M young women were

reported in the region.

This is lower than the

national youth composition

of 29.3%. Among the youth groups, the core youths aged 18-24 contributed the largest

proportion of youth in the region with 45.73%.

TABLE 2 Youth Population by Youth Group and Sex, Region VI: 2015

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2015 Census of Population

The mid-year population in

Western Visayas is projected to

reach 7,904,899 by 2020. All

provinces in the region are

expected to increase in

population with varying rates of

growth. In terms of population

growth by sex, it was projected

that the men will consistently

outnumber women in all the

provinces in the region. Among

all the provinces in the region,

Guimaras was projected to have

the highest sex ratio with about

105 males per 100 females. Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2015 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections

FIGURE 3 Projected 2020 Mid-Year Population based on the 2015 POPCEN, Region VI: 2015

Of the 5,985,537 population

ten years old and over in the region,

2,692,171 or 44.98 percent were

never been married while 2,475,630

or 41.36 percent were married. The

rest of the population were

categorized as follows: 430,321

common-law/live-in marital

arrangement (7.19 percent),

320,270 were widowed (5.35

percent), and 65,362 were

divorced/separated (1.09 percent).

It was also revealed that during

2015, there were more single men

than women in the region. Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

FIGURE 2 Total Population 10 Years Old and Over by

Marital Status and by Sex, Region VI: 2015

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Employment As of July 2019, 62.1 percent

of the total population

nationwide aged 15 years old

and over were reported to be

in the labor force.

About 7.3 percent of the total

individuals nationwide in the

labor force were from

Western Visayas, of which

38.8 percent were women

and 61.2 percent were men.

The employment rate in the region was 94.2%. It was estimated that 39.5% of all employed

individuals were women and 60.5% were men.

Women in Western Visayas were

more likely to be working as

Service and sales workers,

Elementary occupations workers,

and Managers and professionals.

Meanwhile, the men tended to be

more involved in Elementary

occupations, Skilled agricultural,

forestry, and fishery works, and

Service and sales works.

TABLE 3 Percent Distribution of Population 15 Years Old and Over by

Employment Status of Women and Men, Region VI: July 2019

TABLE 4 Percent Distribution of Employed Persons by Sex and Major Occupation Group, Region VI: July 2019

Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (number in thousands) Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, July 2019 Labor Force Survey

Male workers in the region accounted the

larger share in the proportion of workers

across all the weekly working hour

categories. The share of the workforce

usually working 40 hours or more was

59.3 percent for the males and 40.7

percent for the females. On the other

hand, for those that did not work, a

greater proportion of females were

recorded at 67.7%.

FIGURE 4 Percent Distribution of Employed Persons by Total Hours Worked and Sex, Region VI: July 2019

Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, July 2019 Labor Force Survey

Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. (number in thousands) Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, July 2019 Labor Force Survey

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Based on the findings of the 2017 National Demographic and

Health Survey (NDHS), one in every five (21.6%) women aged

15 - 49 has experienced some type of physical violence.

Violence Against Women

Marital control behaviors is one of the

indicators and manifestation of

violence against women. Figure 6

shows a list of behaviors that may

indicate a potentially violent partner

or spouse. The most common

controlling behaviors reported by

women are jealousy or anger if they

talk to other men (32.1%), and

spouses insisting or knowing where

they are at all times (24.4%). More

than one (1) in every ten (10) married

women in the region (10.3%) had

husbands who displayed three (3) or

more of these specific behaviors.

Cases of violence against women in the region fall to its lowest level since 2013. There were

1,850 combined cases recorded in 2018, down from a peak of 6,985 in 2015. About 85.14% of

these cases were violations of the RA 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their

children (VAWC) Act of 2004. More than half (51.05%) of the RA 9262 cases were found to have

occurred in Iloilo (including Iloilo City). Second and third in rank were Negros Occidental

(including Bacolod City) (17.40%) and Capiz (12.89%).

FIGURE 6 Percentage of Married Women Aged 15-49

That Experienced Marital Control Exercise from Husband,

Region VI: 2017

FIGURE 5 Number of Reported Cases of Violence Against Wome, Region VI: 2013-2018

Source: Philippine National Police

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2017 NDHS

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FIGURE 7 Percent Distribution of Women Aged 15-49 Who Have Ever Experienced

Physical or Sexual Violence by Their Help-Seeking Behavior, Region VI: 2017

44.5%

Sought help to stop violence

Never sought help but told someone

Never sought help, never told anyone

21.0%

34.6%

In 2018, a total of 101,480 live births

were recorded in the region. More male

babies (52,761) were born in 2018

compared to females (48,719) which

resulted to a sex ratio of 108 male

babies per 100 females. Negros

Occidental (including Bacolod City) was

reported to have the highest number of

live births for that year at 37,615.

FIGURE 8 Number of Registered Live Births by Sex, Region VI: 2014 to 2018

Vital Statistics

Source: Field Health Services Information System, DOH – CHD Note: DOH only generates Crude Birth Rate (CBR) for both sexes

In spite of the advancements in women

empowerment and gender equality

over the past few years, more and

more women have refused to seek out

help to stop violence. As of 2017,

it was shown that 44.5% of the women

who experienced violence never

sought out help and have never told

anyone about it.

TABLE 5 Number of Registered Live Births by Sex and by Province, Region VI: 2014 to 2018

Source: Field Health Services Information System, DOH – CHD

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The number of deaths in the region reached 45,708 in 2018 with a crude death rate

(CDR) of 5.77. This was translated to about six (6) deaths per thousand

population. An estimated 125 persons died daily in Western Visayas on average

during that year.

Infant mortality among the males was found to be higher than that of the females

in 2018. The computed infant mortality rate in Western

Visayas is 11.02. This means that about 11 infants under

1 year old died for every 1,000 live births. Among other

provinces in the region and highly urbanized cities, Bacolod

City posted the highest infant mortality rate with about

22 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Source: Field Health Services Information System, DOH – CHD

Note: DOH only generates Crude Birth Rate (CBR) for both sexes

Death rates were computed per 1,000 population

Infant death rates were computed per 1,000 live births

Maternal death rates were computed per 1000,000 live births

Figure 9 shows the number of births

by attendant at birth in the region for

the year 2018. A remarkable

proportion of births about 94.8% were

attended to by skilled health

professionals. This indicates the

improvement on health services in

terms of maternal and child health

care throughout the

region.

TABLE 6 Number and Rate of Registered Deaths and Infant Deaths by Province/City, Region VI: 2018

Source: Field Health Services Information System, DOH – CHD

FIGURE 9 Number of Births by Attendant at Birth, Region VI: 2018

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Hypertensive cardiovascular disease (HCVD) was the top leading cause of

death in 2018 with 141 deaths per 100,000 population. HCVD has remained the

leading cause of mortality over the past 5 years. The second and third leading

causes of deaths in the region in 2018 were pneumonia and malignant

neoplasm or cancer with 104 and 56 deaths per 100,000 population,

respectively.

In 2017, Acute Respiratory

Infections (ARI) were reported

to have had the most cases

among all notifiable diseases

in the region affecting about

124,287 individuals in Western

Visayas.

TABLE 7 Number and Rate of Top 10 Leading Causes of Deaths by 5-Year Average from 2013-2017 and 2018 by Sex, Region VI: 2018

Source: Field Health Services Information System, DOH – CHD Note: Rates were computed per 100,000 population

TABLE 8 Notifiable Diseases by Sex, Region VI: 2017

Source: Field Health Service Information Service, DOH – CHD

Health

CAUSES

5 year Average 2018

(2013-2017) REGIONAL TOTAL

NO. RATE Male Female Total RATE HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (HCVD)

11,658 153.38 5,980 4,985 10,965 140.78

PNEUMONIA 8,908 117.19 4,446 3,687 8,133 104.42 NEOPLASM 4,173 54.90 2,148 2,229 4,377 56.20 INJURIES 2,438 32.07 2,096 565 2,661 34.17 RENAL DISEASES 2,120 27.89 1,367 933 2,300 29.53 CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) 1,586 20.87 989 788 1,777 22.82 TUBERCULOSIS 1,764 23.20 1,201 510 1,711 21.97 DIABETES MELLITUS 1,388 18.26 853 763 1,616 20.75 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)

1,464 19.27 1,076 387 1,463 18.78

UNSPECIFIED CAUSE OF MORTALITY 549 744 1,293 16.60

Notifiable Disease 2017

Male Female Total

ALRTI & Pneumonia 19,435 20,747 40,182

Hypertension 15,187 23,073 38,260

ARI 56,496 67,791 124,287

UTI 6,552 11,827 18,379

Bronchitis 7,320 8,329 15,649

TB Respiratory 7,944 4,315 12,259

Influenza 3,430 3,858 7,288

Acute Watery Diarrhea 3,701 3,463 7,164

Chicken pox 815 778 1,593

Dengue Fever 357 298 655

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Agricultural Wage Rates

Throughout Western Visayas, the

daily nominal wage rates of male

farm palay workers averaged at

about P307.54 per day in 2018.

This was considerably higher than

their daily nominal wage rates in

2016 and 2017. Daily nominal

wage rates among female farm

palay workers also showed an

increase of about P28.54 per day

as compared to that of the previous

year. Compared to the national

wage rate of farm palay workers in

2018, the nominal

wage rates of male

and female farm palay workers in the region was lower by about P22.32 and

P18.22, respectively.

Table 16 Corn: Daily Nominal Wage Rates of Farm

Workers by Sex and Region, Philippines, 2016-2018

(in Pesos)

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The average daily

n o m i n a l

compensation rates

among corn workers

in the region continued its

upward trend in 2018 at about

P277.17 and P236.20 for the

male and female corn workers,

respectively. The average daily

nominal wage rate of male farm

corn workers in the region went

up by about P6.37 during 2018,

exceeding the national value of

P269.23. Similarly, an increase

was also recorded in the daily

nominal wage rates among female corn workers in the region. From an average nominal wage

rate of P222.87 during 2017, compensation among female corn workers in the region went up

by an average of about P13.33 per day in 2018.

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Trends in Agricultural Wage Rates 2016-2018

TABLE 9 Palay: Daily Nominal Wage Rates of Farm Workers by Sex

and Region, Philippines: 2016-2018 (in Pesos)

TABLE 10 Corn: Daily Nominal Wage Rates of Farm Workers by Sex

and Region, Philippines, 2016-2018 (in Pesos)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Trends in Agricultural Wage Rates 2016-2018

MARLENE Y. ALVIAR Officer-in-Charge PSA RSSO VI

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