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Province of Siquijor - UNDP in the Philippines

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Part 2. Status Report<br />

on <strong>the</strong> Millennium<br />

Development Goals<br />

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme<br />

Poverty and Hunger<br />

Target 1A: Halve, between 1990 and<br />

2015, <strong>the</strong> proportion <strong>of</strong> people whose<br />

<strong>in</strong>come is less than one dollar a day.<br />

A. STATUS AND TRENDS<br />

Proportion <strong>of</strong> Population Below Poverty Threshold<br />

Results <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2006 CBMS survey conduct-<br />

ed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> <strong>Siquijor</strong> reveal that <strong>the</strong><br />

proportion <strong>of</strong> population liv<strong>in</strong>g below <strong>the</strong><br />

poverty threshold <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>ce was 58.8<br />

percent or an equivalent <strong>of</strong> 48,030 persons.<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 48,030, 24,442 were males and<br />

23,588 were females. More males than<br />

females live below <strong>the</strong> poverty threshold.<br />

Comparison by rural and urban categories<br />

showed that <strong>the</strong>re were more rural people<br />

liv<strong>in</strong>g below poverty threshold than those <strong>in</strong><br />

Status Report on <strong>the</strong> Millennium Development Goals Us<strong>in</strong>g CBMS Data <strong>Prov<strong>in</strong>ce</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Siquijor</strong><br />

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