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Indicator definitions v2
What each indicator on this site means and how it is worked out, so you can check it before relying on it. Every number links here.These are the definitions of version 2. A change to a formula raises the version, and stored values are recomputed.

  • GIDA

    gidaShare

    Share of sitios classed as a GIDA (geographically isolated and disadvantaged area).

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [isGida] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Main access

    mainAccessType

    Sitios by their main access, out of sitios that answered.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    mainAccessType
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Transportation modes

    transportationModes

    Sitios using each transportation mode, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    transportationModes
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Population

    population

    Residents, male plus female.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    population
    Kind
    Sum

  • Households

    householdCount

    Number of households.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    householdCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Average household size

    averageHouseholdSize

    Residents per household.

    per household (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    population / householdCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Sex ratio

    sexRatio

    Males per 100 females.

    ratio (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    maleCount / femaleCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Population by age group

    ageGroups

    Residents aged 0–14, 15–64, and 65 and over, each with its share of the population.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    populationByAgeGroup
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

  • Dependency ratio

    dependencyRatio

    Residents aged 0–14 or 65 and over per 100 residents aged 15–64.

    ratio (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    (age0To14Count + age65PlusCount) / age15To64Count
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Without birth certificate

    withoutBirthCertificateRate

    Share of residents without a birth certificate.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    withoutBirthCertificateCount / population
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Without PhilSys ID

    withoutNationalIdRate

    Share of residents without a PhilSys ID.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    withoutNationalIdCount / population
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Out-of-school rate

    outOfSchoolRate

    Share of out-of-school children and youth aged 5–24, out of those aged 5–24 attending school plus those out of school.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    outOfSchoolChildrenYouthCount / (attendingSchoolCount + outOfSchoolChildrenYouthCount)
    Kind
    Ratio

    Both counts cover ages 5 to 24, so the denominator is everyone aged 5 to 24 counted by the two.

  • Registered voters

    registeredVoterCount

    Number of registered voters.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    registeredVoterCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Purok leaders

    purokLeaderCount

    Number of purok leaders.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    purokLeaderCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • RST members

    rstMemberCount

    Number of Reinforced Services Taskforce (RST) members.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    rstMemberCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Sectoral organizations

    sectoralOrganizations

    Sitios with each type of sectoral organization, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    sectoralOrganizations
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • PhilHealth coverage

    philHealthCoverageRate

    Share of residents who are PhilHealth direct or indirect contributors.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    (philHealthDirectContributorCount + philHealthIndirectContributorCount) / population
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Labor force

    laborForceCount

    Number of persons in the labor force.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    laborForceCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Labor force participation rate

    laborForceParticipationRate

    Share of residents aged 15 and over who are in the labor force.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    laborForceCount / (age15To64Count + age65PlusCount)
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Unemployment rate

    unemploymentRate

    Share of the labor force who are unemployed.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    unemployedPersonCount / laborForceCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Labor force by age group

    laborForceAgeGroups

    Labor force aged 15–24, 25–54, 55–64, and 65 and over, each with its share of the labor force counted by age.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    laborForceByAgeGroup
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

  • Workers by class

    workerClasses

    Workers by class, each with its share of all workers counted; wage and salary workers are left out to avoid counting anyone twice.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    workerClassCounts except wageAndSalaryWorkerCount
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

    Leaves out wage and salary workers, which include private household, private establishment, and government workers and would count them twice. Shown on its own as a sum.

  • Wage and salary workers

    wageAndSalaryWorkerCount

    Number of wage and salary workers (private household, private establishment, and government).

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    wageAndSalaryWorkerCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Income sources

    incomeSources

    Sitios with each income source, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    incomeSources
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Farmers

    farmerCount

    Number of farmers.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    farmerCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • farmerTypeRate:*

    Share of farmers who are of this type; types overlap.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    farmerTypeCounts[<k>].count / farmerCount, <k> ∈ each option key
    Kind
    Ratio

    Types overlap. A farmer can be of several types, so the rates don't add up.

    Members
    • Farmer type: Farm ownerfarmerTypeRate:farmOwner
    • Farmer type: Tenant farmerfarmerTypeRate:tenantFarmer
    • Farmer type: Smallholder farmerfarmerTypeRate:smallholderFarmer
    • Farmer type: Agricultural worker/laborerfarmerTypeRate:agriculturalWorker
    • Farmer type: Livestock raiserfarmerTypeRate:livestockRaiser

  • Farmer associations and cooperatives

    farmerAssociationCooperativeCount

    Number of farmer associations and cooperatives.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    farmerAssociationCooperativeCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Farm area

    farmAreaHectares

    Total farm area, in hectares.

    hectares (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    farmAreaHectares
    Kind
    Sum

  • Farm area per farmer

    farmAreaPerFarmer

    Hectares of farm area per farmer.

    hectares (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    farmAreaHectares / farmerCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Major crops and produce

    majorCropsProduce

    Sitios growing each crop or produce, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    majorCropsProduce
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Municipal fisherfolk

    municipalFisherfolkCount

    Number of municipal fisherfolk.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    municipalFisherfolkCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Aquaculture operators

    aquacultureOperatorCount

    Number of aquaculture operators.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    aquacultureOperatorCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Fisherfolk associations and cooperatives

    fisherfolkAssociationCooperativeCount

    Number of fisherfolk associations and cooperatives.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    fisherfolkAssociationCooperativeCount
    Kind
    Sum

  • Fishpond area

    fishpondAreaHectares

    Total fishpond area, in hectares.

    hectares (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    fishpondAreaHectares
    Kind
    Sum

  • Fish pen or cage area

    fishPenOrCageAreaSquareMeters

    Total fish pen and fish cage area, in square meters.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    fishPenOrCageAreaSquareMeters
    Kind
    Sum

  • Aquaculture systems

    aquacultureSystems

    Sitios using each aquaculture system, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    aquacultureSystems
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Major aquaculture products

    majorAquacultureProducts

    Sitios producing each aquaculture product, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    majorAquacultureProducts
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Livestock and poultry

    livestockPoultryTypes

    Sitios raising each kind of livestock or poultry, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    livestockPoultryTypes
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Households with a backyard garden

    backyardGardenRate

    Share of households with a backyard garden.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    householdsWithBackyardGardenCount / householdCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Backyard garden crops

    backyardGardenCommodities

    Sitios whose backyard gardens grow each crop, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    backyardGardenCommodities
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Electricity access

    electricityAccessRate

    Share of households with electricity.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    householdsWithElectricityCount / householdCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Electricity sources

    electricitySources

    Sitios using each electricity source, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    electricitySources
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Internet access

    internetAccessRate

    Share of households with internet access.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    householdsWithInternetAccessCount / householdCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Strongest mobile signal

    mobileSignalStrength

    Sitios by the strongest mobile signal found in the sitio, None to 5G, out of sitios that answered.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    mobileSignalStrength
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Mobile data (3G or better)

    mobileDataAccess

    Share of sitios where a 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile signal can be found, out of sitios that answered.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [mobileSignalStrength ∈ 3g, 4g, 5g] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Information dissemination methods

    informationDisseminationMethods

    Sitios using each way of spreading information, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    informationDisseminationMethods
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Without a toilet

    withoutToiletRate

    Share of households without a toilet facility.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    householdsWithoutToiletFacilityCount / householdCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Main toilet types

    predominantToiletFacilityTypes

    Sitios where each toilet type is predominant, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    predominantToiletFacilityTypes
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Open defecation

    openDefecationPresence

    Share of sitios where open defecation is a predominant toilet practice.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [openDefecation ∈ predominantToiletFacilityTypes] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Waste management practices

    wasteManagementPractices

    Sitios using each waste management practice, out of sitios reporting; a sitio can have several.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    wasteManagementPractices
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Houses by construction type

    houseConstructionTypes

    Houses by construction type, each with its share of all houses counted by type.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    houseConstructionTypeCounts
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

  • Makeshift houses

    makeshiftHousingRate

    Share of houses counted by construction type that are makeshift.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    makeshift / Σ houseConstructionTypeCounts
    Kind
    Ratio

    A sitio whose list row is missing for an option added or retired later has no value for that year, not 0.

  • Houses by ownership

    houseOwnershipTypes

    Houses by ownership type, each with its share of all houses counted by ownership.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    houseOwnershipTypeCounts
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

  • Informal settlers

    informalSettlerRate

    Share of houses counted by ownership that are occupied by informal settlers.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    informalSettler / Σ houseOwnershipTypeCounts
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Improved drinking water

    improvedDrinkingWaterAccess

    Share of sitios with at least one working Level I, II, or III drinking water point.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [any of drinkingWaterSources.level1–3 has functioningCount > 0] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Piped drinking water

    pipedDrinkingWaterAccess

    Share of sitios with at least one working Level II or III drinking water point.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [drinkingWaterSources.level2 or .level3 has functioningCount > 0] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Drinking water points working

    drinkingWaterPointFunctionalRate

    Share of drinking water points, all levels, that are working.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    Σ functioningCount / Σ (functioningCount + nonFunctioningCount) over the four drinkingWaterSources
    Kind
    Ratio

  • General-use water points working

    generalUseWaterPointFunctionalRate

    Share of general-use water points, all levels, that are working.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    Σ functioningCount / Σ (functioningCount + nonFunctioningCount) over generalUseWaterSources
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Working drinking water points by level

    drinkingWaterPoints

    Working drinking water points by level (Natural, Level I, II, III), each with its share.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    functioningCount per drinkingWaterSources level
    Kind
    Distribution (counts)

  • Students per classroom

    averageStudentsPerClassroom

    Average of each sitio's students per classroom, over sitios with an education facility.

    ratio (2 decimals)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    averageStudentsPerClassroom / 1, only if an education facility exists; else absent
    Kind
    Ratio

  • All-weather road access

    allWeatherRoadAccess

    Share of sitios with an asphalt or concrete road.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [roadTypes.asphalt.exists or roadTypes.concrete.exists] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • facilityPresence:*

    Share of sitios with the facility in the sitio.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [exists] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Has Health centerfacilityPresence:healthCenter
    • Has PharmacyfacilityPresence:pharmacy
    • Has KindergartenfacilityPresence:kindergarten
    • Has Elementary schoolfacilityPresence:elementarySchool
    • Has High schoolfacilityPresence:highSchool
    • Has MadrasahfacilityPresence:madrasah
    • Has Market / talipapafacilityPresence:marketTalipapa
    • Has Community toiletfacilityPresence:communityToilet

  • facilityDistanceKm:*

    Average distance to the nearest one, in km, over sitios without the facility.

    km (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    distanceToNearestKm / [not exists]
    Kind
    Ratio

    Averaged over sitios without the facility in the sitio; sitios that have it are left out.

    Members
    • Distance to Health centerfacilityDistanceKm:healthCenter
    • Distance to PharmacyfacilityDistanceKm:pharmacy
    • Distance to KindergartenfacilityDistanceKm:kindergarten
    • Distance to Elementary schoolfacilityDistanceKm:elementarySchool
    • Distance to High schoolfacilityDistanceKm:highSchool
    • Distance to MadrasahfacilityDistanceKm:madrasah
    • Distance to Market / talipapafacilityDistanceKm:marketTalipapa
    • Distance to Community toiletfacilityDistanceKm:communityToilet

  • facilityGoodCondition:*

    Share of sitios with the facility where it is rated Good or Excellent.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [conditionRating ≥ 4] / [exists]
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Health center in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:healthCenter
    • Pharmacy in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:pharmacy
    • Kindergarten in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:kindergarten
    • Elementary school in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:elementarySchool
    • High school in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:highSchool
    • Madrasah in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:madrasah
    • Market / talipapa in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:marketTalipapa
    • Community toilet in good conditionfacilityGoodCondition:communityToilet

  • facilityCondition:*

    Sitios with the facility by its condition rating, Bad to Excellent.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    conditionRating (1–5), d = [exists]
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)
    Members
    • Health center conditionfacilityCondition:healthCenter
    • Pharmacy conditionfacilityCondition:pharmacy
    • Kindergarten conditionfacilityCondition:kindergarten
    • Elementary school conditionfacilityCondition:elementarySchool
    • High school conditionfacilityCondition:highSchool
    • Madrasah conditionfacilityCondition:madrasah
    • Market / talipapa conditionfacilityCondition:marketTalipapa
    • Community toilet conditionfacilityCondition:communityToilet

  • roadPresence:*

    Share of sitios with a road of this type in the sitio.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [exists] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Has Asphalt roadroadPresence:asphalt
    • Has Concrete roadroadPresence:concrete
    • Has Gravel roadroadPresence:gravel
    • Has Natural roadroadPresence:natural

  • roadLengthKm:*

    Total length of roads of this type, in km.

    km (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    lengthKm if exists, else 0
    Kind
    Sum
    Members
    • Asphalt road lengthroadLengthKm:asphalt
    • Concrete road lengthroadLengthKm:concrete
    • Gravel road lengthroadLengthKm:gravel
    • Natural road lengthroadLengthKm:natural

  • roadGoodCondition:*

    Share of sitios with a road of this type where it is rated Good or Excellent.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [conditionRating ≥ 4] / [exists]
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Asphalt road in good conditionroadGoodCondition:asphalt
    • Concrete road in good conditionroadGoodCondition:concrete
    • Gravel road in good conditionroadGoodCondition:gravel
    • Natural road in good conditionroadGoodCondition:natural

  • roadCondition:*

    Sitios with a road of this type by its condition rating, Bad to Excellent.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    conditionRating (1–5), d = [exists]
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)
    Members
    • Asphalt road conditionroadCondition:asphalt
    • Concrete road conditionroadCondition:concrete
    • Gravel road conditionroadCondition:gravel
    • Natural road conditionroadCondition:natural

  • hazardAffected:*

    Share of sitios where the hazard occurred at least once in the past 12 months.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [occurrenceCountPast12Months ≥ 1] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Affected by FloodhazardAffected:flood
    • Affected by LandslidehazardAffected:landslide
    • Affected by DroughthazardAffected:drought
    • Affected by EarthquakehazardAffected:earthquake
    • Affected by Strong windhazardAffected:strongWind

  • hazardOccurrences:*

    Times the hazard occurred in the past 12 months, added up over sitios.

    count (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    occurrenceCountPast12Months
    Kind
    Sum
    Members
    • Flood occurrenceshazardOccurrences:flood
    • Landslide occurrenceshazardOccurrences:landslide
    • Drought occurrenceshazardOccurrences:drought
    • Earthquake occurrenceshazardOccurrences:earthquake
    • Strong wind occurrenceshazardOccurrences:strongWind

  • Food security

    foodSecurityStatus

    Sitios by food security status, out of sitios that answered.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    foodSecurityStatus
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)

  • Food insecurity

    foodInsecurity

    Share of sitios with seasonal scarcity or chronic shortage, out of sitios that answered.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [foodSecurityStatus ∈ seasonalScarcity, chronicShortage] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

  • Dog vaccination rate

    dogVaccinationRate

    Share of dogs that are vaccinated.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    vaccinatedDogCount / dogCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • Cat vaccination rate

    catVaccinationRate

    Share of cats that are vaccinated.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    vaccinatedCatCount / catCount
    Kind
    Ratio

  • priorityNeedLevel:*

    Sitios by the priority they give the need, Not needed to Very urgent.

    sitios (whole number)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    priorityLevel, keyed 0–3
    Kind
    Distribution (sitios)
    Members
    • Water system prioritypriorityNeedLevel:waterSystem
    • Community CR (comfort room) prioritypriorityNeedLevel:communityCr
    • Solar street lights prioritypriorityNeedLevel:solarStreetLights
    • Road opening / concreting prioritypriorityNeedLevel:roadOpeningConcreting
    • Farm tools / garden support prioritypriorityNeedLevel:farmToolsGardenSupport
    • Health services prioritypriorityNeedLevel:healthServices
    • Education / school support prioritypriorityNeedLevel:educationSchoolSupport

  • priorityNeedHigh:*

    Share of sitios that rate the need Very urgent.

    % (1 decimal)

    How it's calculated
    Formula
    [priorityLevel = 3] / 1
    Kind
    Share of sitios

    Counts sitios, not people: the share of sitios in the area where this holds, out of the sitios where it applies.

    Members
    • Water system very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:waterSystem
    • Community CR (comfort room) very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:communityCr
    • Solar street lights very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:solarStreetLights
    • Road opening / concreting very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:roadOpeningConcreting
    • Farm tools / garden support very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:farmToolsGardenSupport
    • Health services very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:healthServices
    • Education / school support very urgentpriorityNeedHigh:educationSchoolSupport