■ Jane B. Cadalig The survey done on the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of Cordillera women on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) last year showed both promising and challenging results. The awareness of Cordillera women on HIV is high, among those in the older age bracket, but low among those in the lower age group. Results
THE newly sworn-in Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) Executive Director intends to focus on the commission’s development aims. National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan has recently sworn into office former National Statistician Lisa Grace S. Bersales as undersecretary for population and development (Popdev). “The three…
Demographic surveys are important because their results become the basis for a lot of policy-making and legislative action that form the basis of governance. These samplings also show changes in behavior, consumer preferences and overall ideological bent of the population, and thus have a huge beari
POPCOM: Fertility rate of Filipino women falls to less than 2 kids cnnphilippines.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnnphilippines.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The sharp decrease in the total fertility rate (TFR) of Filipino women is not a cause for alarm as this could be taken advantage of to hasten socioeconomic development in the country, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) said on Monday, Nov. 14.
The POPCOM was referring to the 20