National Demographic and Health Survey

In Chapter 6, analyses identified several risk factors for violence in women in Rakai, Uganda, specifically lower levels of education, younger age at first intercourse, coerced

Any traditional method Any modern method.. They tell you the topic and specific population group being described. In this case, the table is about women age 15-49 and the frequency

Among married women, use of modern methods of family planning is higher in rural areas than urban areas (42% versus 38%).. There has been little change in traditional method

As shown in Table 14.2, the proportion of children age 12-23 months who received all basic vaccinations was lower for those living in rural areas compared with urban areas (66%

and predominant breastfeeding among children born in the three years preceding the survey, percentage of breastfeeding children under six months living with the mother who

Bicolano Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) outnumbered their Sicolana counterpart by close to 12 percent in the proportion of OFWs for the past years.. However in 2002, women

the total number of women who were 10years old and over in Zamboanga del Sur was 243,814, which consisted of 41.3 percent single, 47.8 percent married, 5.5 percent widowed, 0.8

(1) Coordinate programme approaches to training and workforce development based on National Health Human Resource Plans (2) Develop and implement staff development plans

Rissa draws on her own experience as a victim of domestic violence, and on the stories of other abused Filipino women that she has assisted, to make sense of the media’s distorted

* This report was written mainly by Prescilla Tulipat, guidance counselor at the UP Diliman Gender Office and researcher and trainer at WomanHealth Philippines, with inputs from

For instance, our findings show that for a woman who experiences all kinds of violence in the last 12 months (physical, emotional, and sexual), the probability of fighting back

As with interpersonal violence, predisposing risk factors include alcohol and drug abuse, a history of physical or sexual abuse in childhood, and social isolation

In collaboration with the Reproductive Health unit of the Regional Office, a Workshop on Strengthening Health Information Systems for Maternal and Child Care Services in the

This qualitative study on domestic violence attempted to describe the victims of domestic violence admitted at the DSWD Regional Center for Women in Western.. Visayas in terms

Based on the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, 41 percent of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual abuse in Central Visayas never

Zeroing in on those who ever experienced an involuntary work arrangement (Table 10.2), the most common involuntary work arrangements reported by migrants with both internal

Based on the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, 41 percent of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual abuse in Central Visayas never sought

Based on the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, 41 percent of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual abuse in Central Visayas never sought

Bivariate analysis shows that as women empowerment increases in level, the odds of having experienced spousal violence significantly decreases, even after adjusting for age,

Table 10.1 shows that 87 percent of the children born in the five years preceding the 2003 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) were ever breastfed. The corresponding figures

Data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office 1 Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) revealed that violence cases against women have increased from 2015 to

Table 11.1 shows that 88 percent of the children born in the five years preceding the 2008 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) had been breastfed at some time (ever

Although contraceptive use has increased since the 1993 NDS (from 40 to 47 percent of married women), comparison with the series of nationally representative Family