DEMOGRAPHICS OF BARANGAY CASTILLO (MAKATO, AKLAN) AS REFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Marivel S. Villorente, PhD
The study aimed to determine the demographics of Castillo (Makato, Aklan) in the central Philippines as a reference for community development. The study wants to know the family aspirations, ascertain the training needs and level of interest to attend trainings of the 132 households-respondents; stratified random sampling was used for sampling size per sitio, then simple random sampling technique through random start was used to draw each respondent; secondary data was used on household population and a constructed questionnaire.
The respondents were mostly females with ages, 31-40., generally married, Roman Catholics and had attained high school; majority were farmers followed by laborers, had no occupation; got income below P3,000.00 per month, followed by an income from P3,000.00 to P5,000.00; they either had 1 to 3 children or more or no child at all; houses were concreted with roofing of GI sheets, concreted flooring but a few had wood and bamboo with two households having soil and sand flooring; almost all households owned a radio and a television; used wood for cooking and very few had gas stove; used tricycles and motorcycles for transport , generally paid but a few owned motorcycles; had transportation expense per month from P200.00 and above; families aspired to have a peaceful and healthy family life and will be able to send children to college; showed high interest to attend trainings on vegetable crop production, animal production, and a handful liked handicrafts, thus, trainings on this field is highly recommended.
KEYWORDS: Demographics, Profile, Households, Aspirations, Training needs
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Vol | : | 6 |
Issue | : | 1 |
Month | : | January |
Year | : | 2018 |