DEMOGRAPHICS OF BARANGAY CASTILLO (MAKATO, AKLAN) AS REFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT


Marivel S. Villorente, PhD
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Abstract

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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EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review(JEBR)

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Vol : 6
Issue : 1
Month : January
Year : 2018
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