Mining Poverty 04 No To Mining In Palawan

1. The highest incidence of poverty
in the country is in the mining sector.
Is this the industry that’s the hope of our economy?
Numbers don’t lie. I n a swe e p ing study on pover ty conducted by
Dean Arsenio M. Balisacan of the University of the Philippines School of Economics, data across different
industries compared the state of workers using various indices of human deprivations, including income
poverty. The results:
Poverty is decreasing in most sectors. In mining, it has gone up by 74% since 1988.
Poverty Incidence (Population), 1988 - 2009, (in %) Truth and the common
Group: Sector 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
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Agriculture 56.33 54.61 51.15 47.10 48.28 46.10 47.84 47.92 future of mining in our
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Utilities 8.73 11.41 8.23 7.58 4.43 4.12 7.44 3.23
Construction 37.21 34.70 29.40 22.27 25.83 21.49 25.19 24.52
Trade 21.42 21.31 15.77 13.34 12.89 10.72 13.87 13.12
Transport & communication 27.28 20.89 18.45 14.33 15.16 12.79 15.62 18.25
Finance 10.21 9.27 4.85 3.60 7.37 4.83 4.13 2.54
Services 17.42 15.09 12.35 9.76 9.56 9.06 12.41 11.94
Study by Arsenio M. Balisacan, UP School of Economics, Quezon City, 2011
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3. Poverty
Incidence
Table A1. Poverty Incidence (Population), 1988-2009, (in %)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Agriculture 56.33
54.61
51.15
47.10
48.28
46.10
47.84 47.92
Mining 27.84
28.63
30.22
29.50
34.80
41.27
34.64
48.71
Manufacturing 24.29
22.13
15.71
13.72
14.96
14.51
16.19
17.79
Utilities 8.73
11.41
8.23
7.58
4.43
4.12
7.44
3.23
Construction 37.21
34.70
29.40
22.27
25.83
21.49
25.19
24.52
Trade 21.42
21.31
15.77
13.34
12.89
10.72
13.87
13.12
Transportation & Communication 27.28
20.89
18.45
14.33
15.16
12.79
15.62
18.25
Finance 10.21
9.27
4.85
3.60
7.37
4.83
4.13
2.54
Services 17.42
15.09
12.35
9.76
9.56
9.06
12.41
11.94
Unemployed 23.28
19.53
16.81
13.01
13.13
10.51
12.65
12.83

4. B1
Table B1. Poverty Incidence (Household), 1988-2009, (in %)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Agriculture 50.28
48.46
44.59
40.47
41.04
38.80
40.08
39.60
Mining 23.92
24.11
28.18
22.82
27.60
33.90
28.16
41.40
Manufacturing 20.36
18.42
13.40
11.25
12.04
10.97
12.92
13.74
Utilities 7.00
9.46
5.89
7.50
4.37
2.85
4.88
2.53
Construction 32.20
29.31
24.26
18.20
20.85
16.82
20.10
19.15
Trade 18.04
17.43
13.14
10.95
10.21
8.00
10.53
9.72
Transportation & Communication 22.79
17.66
14.76
11.67
11.74
9.97
11.96
14.01
Finance 9.08
7.39
3.86
2.89
0.88
1.14
0.26
1.89
Services 14.78
12.73
10.29
7.91
7.74
6.42
7.93
8.98
Unemployed 20.18
17.90
15.24
11.16
11.32
8.90
10.14
10.75

5. C1
Table C1. Poverty Gap (Population), 1988-2009 (in %)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Agriculture 19.30
18.42
16.87
15.10
15.11
14.54
14.74
14.22
Mining 8.43
7.58
6.66
11.48
8.21
11.17
11.54
13.80
Manufacturing 6.36
5.83
3.82
3.29
3.70
3.68
3.86
4.34
Utilities 2.53
2.48
1.93
2.34
1.17
0.69
0.82
0.78
Construction 9.49
8.99
7.36
5.11
6.69
4.99
6.25
5.65
Trade 5.31
5.78
4.02
3.09
3.06
2.42
3.32
3.09
Transportation &
Communication 6.58
5.44
4.40
3.23
3.73
2.83
3.84
3.96
Finance 2.06
2.04
1.13
0.47
0.25
0.21
0.11
0.49
Services 4.58
3.79
2.92
2.41
2.35
2.04
2.62
2.85
Unemployed 6.13
5.54
4.47
3.52
3.42
2.63
3.15
2.98

6. G1
Table G1. Average Per Capita Income, 1988-2009 (in 2009 prices)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Agriculture 20,108
20,701
21,321
24,031
24,053
24,327
23,818
24,042
Mining 27,172
35,591
34,279
33,944
31,167
31,991
25,902
24,095
Manufacturing 38,003
42,602
48,702
58,058
53,539
54,657
48,457
45,404
Utilities 53,145
49,526
58,280
69,233
74,274
88,364
71,907
70,837
Construction 27,669
31,258
29,984
39,997
35,539
36,692
34,401
32,636
Trade 45,336
49,540
51,530
60,451
56,827
59,488
55,703
56,179
Transportation &
Communication 32,982
43,168
39,599
46,522
46,702
46,055
45,471
42,434
Finance 71,644
79,666
76,820
121,589
123,936
108,788
100,740
115,482
Services 46,420
49,921
50,973
66,865
75,689
70,149
68,403
64,920
Unemployed 42,825
46,908
48,849
59,241
62,586
66,606
62,858
57,949

7. G2
Table G2. Average Household Income, 1988-2009 (in 2009 prices)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Agriculture 108,962
110,819
114,839
124,921
126,148
122,277
119,036
118,670
Mining 155,031
195,455
191,418
181,801
173,991
157,890
136,101
129,670
Manufacturing 200,152
225,842
260,475
295,644
279,063
251,739
231,030
213,964
Utilities 274,956
293,445
332,639
375,899
403,118
444,332
371,436
375,311
Construction 157,705
179,567
172,330
220,783
197,478
190,790
183,442
171,468
Trade 232,964
253,631
262,861
303,898
283,210
277,707
258,304
255,887
Transportation &
Communication 185,707
237,471
220,771
249,000
250,245
230,769
228,438
208,657
Finance 377,192
414,605
400,860
615,600
617,844
499,009
441,000
514,254
Services 246,681
269,579
272,679
342,596
387,003
332,043
325,700
303,076
Unemployed 200,922
218,222
229,105
272,447
284,320
284,574
272,901
246,597

8. Table J1. Subsistence Incidence (Household), 1988-2009, (in %)
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Philippines 19.1 18.6 15.1 10.4 9.5 7.8 8.2 7.6
Locality
Urban 7.8 10.0 7.5 3.7 3.2 2.4 2.8 2.6
Rural 25.9 27.1 22.7 16.5 15.5 13.1 13.5 12.5
Region
Ilocos Region 16.3 16.3 12.5 8.1 6.4 4.4 6.5 4.5
Cagayan Valley 17.8 17.8 12.2 5.8 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.2
Central Luzon 10.8 9.5 9.7 3.3 3.1 1.8 2.7 2.9
CALABARZON 18.4 11.2 7.7 4.7 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.3
MIMAROPA 29.1 24.5 16.8 12.0 12.3 11.4 14.0 11.1
Bicol Region 32.0 33.1 28.6 20.1 21.2 15.9 15.5 10.6
Western Visayas 18.1 18.8 13.5 7.6 9.5 7.2 6.6 6.8
Central Visayas 35.7 31.9 26.9 20.8 19.8 17.8 18.4 15.6
Eastern Visayas 25.3 27.2 24.4 22.3 16.3 11.1 12.3 14.0
Zamboanga Peninsula 21.0 22.4 23.6 12.1 20.0 23.5 19.5 20.2
Northern Mindanao 22.8 30.4 26.1 18.5 18.1 16.2 16.1 15.2
Davao Region 25.3 25.2 22.6 16.8 11.5 11.7 11.5 11.0
SOCCSKSARGEN 27.1 28.9 22.9 17.8 11.4 9.3 10.7 10.1
NCR 5.0 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6
CAR 15.5 24.1 14.6 11.3 8.5 4.4 5.1 4.7
ARMM 6.1 12.5 5.3 4.1 7.5 7.6 11.5 8.6
CARAGA 16.9 26.1 23.7 19.9 14.8 16.2 14.7 18.4
Sector
Agriculture 30.2 29.8 25.5 19.5 18.4 16.2 16.8 15.5
Mining 13.6 19.1 15.3 14.2 7.7 16.2 15.9 19.8
Manufacturing 11.9 11.1 6.6 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 5.0
Utilities 4.1 7.0 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.0
Construction 18.1 18.8 15.2 7.5 10.0 5.7 6.9 7.0
Trade 8.3 9.3 6.2 3.7 3.8 2.5 3.5 2.7
Transportation & Communication 12.0 10.2 7.6 4.3 4.2 3.2 3.8 3.9
Finance 3.0 3.7 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4

9. Services 7.8 6.6 4.8 3.4 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.9
Unemployed 9.7 8.9 8.1 4.7 4.3 2.8 3.5 3.4
Class of Worker
Worked for private household 25.7 25.9 27.9 15.7 15.0 7.5 7.2 8.2
Worked for private establishment 17.6 17.3 13.7 8.0 9.2 6.6 7.8 8.2
Worked for government/government corporation 3.5 4.8 4.2 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.6
Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 14.2 25.2 16.3 3.2 8.2 10.5 5.5 17.6
Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 8.8 14.4 13.9 5.8 4.4 3.4 3.9 6.0
Self-employed without any employee 26.2 25.4 20.3 15.7 13.7 12.5 12.6 10.9
Employer in own family-operated farm or business 8.4 10.9 9.5 6.0 8.0 6.1 5.6 5.3
Educational Attainment
No Education 25.8 30.1 24.7 18.4 20.4 21.6 22.1 23.6
Elementary Undergraduate 30.8 28.8 25.0 19.2 14.0 16.7 16.5 16.2
Elementary Graduate 23.4 23.2 18.7 12.8 4.6 9.5 11.1 9.4
Highschool Undergraduate 17.0 17.9 14.2 9.3 2.0 6.6 7.8 7.6
Highschool Graduate 8.7 9.2 6.7 4.7 1.9 3.1 3.5 3.4
College Undergraduate 3.7 4.0 2.9 1.6 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
College Graduate 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

10. Table I2. Subsistence Magnitude (Population), 1988-2009
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Philippines 12,892,506 14,117,372 12,502,631 9,628,161 9,784,395 8,521,505 9,503,252 9,239,844
Locality
Urban 2,103,575 3,853,240 3,178,146 1,708,068 1,669,330 1,382,443 1,694,741 1,710,490
Rural 10,788,931 10,264,132 9,324,485 7,920,093 8,115,065 7,139,062 7,808,511 7,529,354
Region
Ilocos Region 692,899 713,387 597,848 444,807 394,170 286,570 423,728 328,512
Cagayan Valley 478,122 512,074 413,869 223,957 150,437 122,925 135,619 138,375
Central Luzon 759,344 771,938 863,612 340,629 364,474 243,558 356,804 391,441
CALABARZON 1,087,530 907,343 677,249 456,037 397,569 348,529 376,789 408,138
MIMAROPA 598,344 550,534 410,907 334,408 398,300 379,161 506,038 439,929
Bicol Region 1,568,857 1,783,749 1,632,829 1,306,101 1,564,174 1,045,344 1,125,442 791,610
Western Visayas 1,155,058 1,357,539 1,076,511 656,932 846,500 665,868 633,527 666,102
Central Visayas 1,712,419 1,645,877 1,517,823 1,297,315 1,318,973 1,325,414 1,460,679 1,362,527
Eastern Visayas 943,314 1,091,991 1,060,489 1,043,204 779,066 598,912 696,395 794,891
Zamboanga Peninsula 532,954 615,225 674,953 396,066 701,468 813,894 764,238 794,143
Northern Mindanao 693,219 1,070,093 1,004,069 802,115 821,894 753,103 831,395 815,939
Davao Region 804,625 858,153 848,391 722,063 579,932 606,658 614,908 621,576
SOCCSKSARGEN 671,044 785,202 650,927 635,345 535,900 451,594 528,467 539,846
NCR 503,690 237,162 124,207 103,148 89,765 72,278 92,829 109,637
CAR 216,877 357,436 237,160 208,062 173,285 90,362 110,029 102,294
ARMM 146,097 293,766 152,449 139,858 246,375 276,494 424,099 364,751
CARAGA 328,113 565,904 559,339 518,112 422,114 440,839 422,269 570,131
Sector
Agriculture 9,032,623 9,913,353 9,029,004 7,134,908 6,855,747 6,298,934 6,605,825 6,133,595
Mining 87,128 115,732 55,986 86,830 89,695 68,758 87,111 113,775
Manufacturing 611,325 676,935 373,027 261,937 326,674 302,674 261,345 354,055
Utilities 15,175 30,058 13,749 12,085 4,206 3,695 4,391 7,344
Construction 675,718 870,612 821,498 550,528 701,270 463,728 574,110 641,190
Trade 475,709 578,468 441,028 311,711 426,257 320,997 496,858 430,496
Transportation & Communication 556,389 486,008 472,320 317,931 420,789 364,243 433,600 417,797
Finance 34,531 45,511 12,200 12,049 774 1,692 1,364 1,631
Services 663,032 634,669 462,553 393,909 363,564 308,473 448,034 543,668
Unemployed 655,314 766,026 816,174 546,274 595,420 388,310 590,616 596,293
Class of Worker
Worked for private household 468,000 471,656 579,995 350,081 303,894 117,568 103,780 187,091
Worked for private establishment 3,589,407 3,719,298 3,278,098 2,286,620 2,778,716 2,509,909 2,936,118 3,203,710
Worked for government/government corporation 203,247 293,734 245,155 174,447 205,747 149,580 175,334 229,883
Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 12,883 28,509 16,955 5,430 17,112 14,825 8,739 8,269
Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 29,020 86,535 131,212 26,739 38,166 24,985 25,704 48,246
Self-employed without any employee 7,649,719 8,288,663 7,042,724 5,932,224 5,167,714 4,730,318 5,154,984 4,412,503

11. Employer in own family-operated farm or business 284,916 462,953 392,318 310,093 677,627 586,010 507,979 553,848
Educational Attainment
No Education 900,680 1,048,903 888,734 627,997 746,084 662,720 611,361 694,708
Elementary Undergraduate 5,597,781 5,645,934 5,062,849 4,078,853 7,733,674 3,879,443 4,085,053 4,024,873
Elementary Graduate 3,916,210 4,383,913 3,982,864 2,917,220 1,016,281 2,122,844 2,529,686 2,211,062
Highschool Undergraduate 1,272,575 1,531,763 1,304,627 982,428 220,377 916,106 1,183,540 1,142,660
Highschool Graduate 939,068 1,188,358 1,003,875 821,594 26,079 764,041 905,810 979,097
College Undergraduate 210,216 277,073 227,261 156,197 21,360 147,448 157,391 166,180
College Graduate 55,977 41,427 32,420 43,873 20,540 28,904 30,412 21,264

12. Table J2. Subsistence Magnitude (Household), 1988-2009
Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009
Philippines 2,009,167 2,226,338 1,928,671 1,473,514 1,448,112 1,287,853 1,427,753 1,398,231
Locality
Urban 310,657 593,199 473,795 247,177 241,181 199,169 242,406 240,089
Rural 1,698,509 1,633,139 1,454,876 1,226,338 1,206,932 1,088,685 1,185,347 1,158,142
Region
Ilocos Region 102,030 109,786 88,134 63,356 51,605 38,910 61,329 45,487
Cagayan Valley 77,747 86,920 63,590 33,810 23,088 18,976 18,731 20,699
Central Luzon 115,103 116,864 126,379 49,030 47,964 31,882 52,127 58,137
CALABARZON 171,627 136,754 100,914 69,747 59,435 54,409 54,885 56,016
MIMAROPA 94,310 88,422 64,793 50,915 55,149 56,874 76,580 65,281
Bicol Region 235,912 272,347 251,338 194,848 232,488 150,458 156,194 113,217
Western Visayas 173,256 201,459 152,836 95,203 115,491 90,950 90,634 98,674
Central Visayas 296,176 288,690 256,628 218,047 218,668 216,657 237,623 214,589
Eastern Visayas 151,621 180,002 169,508 167,184 119,973 83,977 99,915 121,497
Zamboanga Peninsula 79,994 96,198 107,734 60,551 108,506 137,718 121,430 133,449
Northern Mindanao 111,768 168,581 154,809 123,045 124,540 119,792 127,177 127,778
Davao Region 123,507 138,086 132,048 110,135 83,383 94,601 96,340 96,931
SOCCSKSARGEN 98,802 119,542 102,103 97,895 76,622 65,771 80,475 80,674
NCR 71,836 31,290 14,787 13,139 13,297 8,480 12,069 14,615
CAR 33,017 54,839 35,268 29,165 23,491 12,351 15,517 15,175
ARMM 21,667 48,666 21,851 16,755 33,980 38,542 61,638 49,293
CARAGA 50,796 87,892 85,953 80,688 60,432 67,505 65,093 86,720
Sector
Agriculture 1,404,345 1,563,340 1,382,035 1,092,885 1,009,805 956,581 992,336 925,623
Mining 12,636 17,124 9,007 11,305 12,220 10,456 12,247 17,351
Manufacturing 97,522 103,309 58,629 41,796 48,213 46,600 41,506 54,398
Utilities 2,231 4,576 1,992 1,941 805 528 627 789
Construction 96,435 126,387 117,497 76,267 99,949 64,422 76,845 85,050
Trade 74,084 91,170 66,076 46,829 62,407 47,395 74,328 59,828
Transportation & Communication 78,774 73,232 64,779 46,409 56,715 50,331 60,713 62,326
Finance 5,328 7,212 1,695 1,689 97 282 273 466
Services 102,794 93,613 73,716 60,313 51,732 45,289 67,916 79,786
Unemployed 121,357 146,375 152,191 94,080 106,169 65,969 100,963 112,615
Class of Worker
Worked for private household 76,578 77,884 94,212 57,030 46,796 18,648 18,610 28,101
Worked for private establishment 548,326 578,302 487,315 338,509 401,020 366,020 427,153 476,134
Worked for government/government corporation 27,865 40,555 36,258 25,087 26,885 21,472 24,260 32,377
Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 1,942 6,064 2,879
776 2,280 2,252 1,474 1,138
Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 4,387 14,870 23,006 4,604 5,827 4,167 3,823 6,914
Self-employed without any employee 1,188,235 1,294,703 1,073,583 909,061 757,167 725,043 777,148 661,323

13. Employer in own family-operated farm or business 40,477 67,583 59,226 44,835 101,969 84,283 74,323 79,631
Educational Attainment
No Education 159,233 198,501 163,392 114,061 127,212 113,875 105,488 114,916
Elementary Undergraduate 885,832 895,493 793,981 631,729 1,137,992 596,278 630,607 620,694
Elementary Graduate 591,104 667,888 589,609 425,896 142,144 307,754 365,226 326,710
Highschool Undergraduate 191,461 235,518 193,801 146,002 31,927 136,329 167,682 166,518
Highschool Graduate 139,408 181,094 150,050 124,446 3,517 109,260 131,358 142,007
College Undergraduate 33,989 41,288 32,817 24,594 2,275 20,413 23,526 24,013
College Graduate 8,139 6,556 5,020 6,787 3,046 3,945 3,866 3,373

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