Census of population up in Aklan in August

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced it will conduct a population census in the province of Aklan this August.

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Rodelyn Panadero, Statistician II/PSA-Aklan Officer-in-Charge, said the 2015 Census of Population (Popcen 2015) for Aklan census will cover 327 barangays for the 17 municipalities. A total of 512 enumerators, 134 team supervisors and 33 census area supervisors will also conduct the census.

“August 1, 2015 will be the reference date for the entire country but the actual census in Aklan will start on August 10, 2015 and may extend to the first week of September until the area will be finished by the assigned enumerator,” Panadero said.

Aklan province has a population of 535,725 as of May 1, 2010 (2010 Census of Population and Housing). It has a annual population growth rate of 1.73 percent from 2000 to 2010. Fifty years ago, the population in Aklan was only 226,232 persons.

Kalibo was the most populous municipality followed by Malay, Ibajay, New Washington and Banga. The least populated municipality was Lezo. 

Last May 12, the Provincial Census Coordinating Board (PCCB) led by Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores and vice chairman Aklan Division Schools Superintendent Dr. Jesse Gomez convened to ensure the successful conduct of the census, provide transportation, venues and facilities for the trainings of census personnel, temporary office and information dissemination.

 

Trainings for enumerators, managers and supervisors in the municipalities are conducted before deployment in the field for data gathering and enumeration. 

The nationwide census will gather basic date on age, educational attainment, marital status, sex, the number of household or institutional members by gender, name and address of household head or institution, household questionnaire on demographic and socio-economic characteristics, death among members of household, and selected housing characteristics.

PSA is the former National Statistics Office, created by virtue of Republic Act No. 10625 or otherwise known as the Philippine Statistics Act of 2013. PopCen 2015 will be the 14th census of population to be undertaken since the first census in 1903.