NHTS-PR Profile of the Poor in the Philippines

The household assessments were completed last December 2009. The NHTSPR was able to assess and subject to Proxy Means Test (PMT) 10,909,456 households in the 17 regions, 80 provinces, and 137 cities and 1493 municipalities nationwide. Of these 5,255,118 households were identified as poor. PMT is a statistical model that estimates household income using proxy variables or income predictors. The assessment was supported by two major activities, On-Demand Application and Validation. These activities respond to issues of under coverage and inclusion of non-poor households. These processes aim to ensure the integrity of the database before sharing it with other government agencies and social protection stakeholders. The database of the poor is for updating after four years.