Dear eFOI user,
Thank you for your request dated October 5, 2025, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You have requested the Socio-demographic data of older persons
We are pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved.
In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to our published data:
1. Educational attainment of Older Persons (OPs) per region
Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/reports
Three in Every Four Persons Aged 5-24 Years Are Currently Attending School (2020 Census of Population and Housing):
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684063635
Literacy Rate and Educational Attainment Among Persons Five Years Old and Over in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing):
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059980
Annual Poverty Indicator Survey:
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis
you may refer to our Four out of Five Children Aged 5 to 24 Years Were Attending School for School Year 2022 to 2023:
https://psa.gov.ph/content/four-out-five-children-aged-5-24-years-were-attending-school-school-year-2022-2023
Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey:
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media
Apayao and Benguet Topped the Country’s Basic and Functional Literacy Rates in 2024
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/education-mass-media/node/1684076281
2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development:
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
You may also refer to our OpenSTAT:
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G04/?tablelist=true
2. Sources of income of OPs, per region
Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/fies
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/fies/stat-tables
Philippine Statistical Yearbook - Chapters 2 Income and Prices
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
OpenSTAT: Income and Consumption: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/Database/Income-and-Consumption
Family Income and Expenditure Survey: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/catalog/FIES/about
3. Household living arrangement of OPs, per region
Housing Characteristics in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population
and Housing) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059631
Household Characteristics (2020 Census of Population and Housing):
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/1684059981
Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis
2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook Chapter 1: Population and Housing:
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): https://psa.gov.ph/sdg
https://psa.gov.ph/sdg/index
Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities:
https://psa.gov.ph/sdg/Philippines/baselinedata/sustainable_cities_and_communities
4. Poverty incidence among OPs, per region
Official Poverty Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/poverty
Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis
2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/poverty-sae
Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/poverty-sae/stat-tables
you may also refer to our OpenSTAT: Full Year Poverty Statistics: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FY/?tablelist=true
First Semester Poverty Statistics: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__FS/?tablelist=true
Poverty Statistics Among the Basic Sectors: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1E__BS/?tablelist=true
4. No. of Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens beneficiaries, per region
Annual Poverty Indicators Survey: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/income-expenditure/apis/index
Social Insurance Program can be found in Chapter 2. H - SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAM
You may refer to our publication on the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/national-demographic-health-survey
3.4 PHILHEALTH COVERAGE: Table 4 PhilHealth coverage:
You may refer to our Philippine National Health Accounts: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/pnha
Philippine National Health Accounts Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/pnha/tables
2024 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 12 Social Services: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook
TABLE 12.5 Number of Institutions/Centers/Facilities Involved in the Distribution of Social Services: 2014 to 2012:
You may also refer to our OpenSTAT: Philippine National Health Accounts: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2B__SA__HA/?tablelist=true
Estimated Beneficiaries and Total Registered Members of National Health Insurance Program (Revised Table Format): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E10/0933K3E1013.px/?rxid=4507fe43-fcaa-46bd-a0f3-3011451143f1
Decent Work Statistics: Social Security: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E10/?tablelist=true&rxid=227f6805-9732-41b6-981c-ac178832d6db
For other sources, you may also visit the following websites:
(For Time series Data) OpenStat: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/
(For Microdata/PUF) PSADA: https://psada.psa.gov.ph/
(For Online Publication) Digital Library: https://library.psa.gov.ph/
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Respectfully,
Rene C. Mendoza
Assistant National Statistician
Information Technology and Dissemination Service
