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    Income an employment structure of households in the coastal barangays of Miagao, Iloilo
    Bacalocos, Kezzie Lyn R.; Camit, Rizalee L. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2010-04)
    This paper was designed to describe the income and employment structure of the households in the coastal barangays of Miagao, Iloilo. Data were gathered through face- to-face interviews with 303 household heads from the six barangays identified by the Municipal Planning and Development Office. There were a total of 1,867 household members, where 1,086 belonged to the working age group. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, averages and percentages. Results showed that despite being near the sea, the households were not dependent on it for their income and employment. The proportion of professionals was low. Most household members in working age worked in the past in non — professional jobs, mostly in contractual terms. Similarly, most were currently employed in skill-related jobs such as in construction and mechanics. The proportion of females out of work is greater than the males. The monthly household income ranged between 0 to Phpl6, 300. The majority of households have an average income of P7, 343.19. Income diversification program is needed in the area. The women who are willing to work can be targeted for livelihood program and skills training. Information on jobs and skills training available must effectively disseminated in the barangays.
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    Willingness-to-pay for the conservation of mangrove site in Dumangas, Iloilo
    Agapito, Arianne I.; Guadalupe, Ronell D. (Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2011-03)
    This study was designed to determine the willingness-to-pay of the residents of Dumangas, Iloilo for the conservation of the existing mangrove sites in their area. Data were gathered through personal interviews using an interview schedule among 240 household representatives equally distributed in six barangays: three coastal, three noncoastal. Results of the study showed that most of the study participants were aware and knowledgeable about the existence of mangroves, its uses and benefits. The popular barangays identified to have mangrove sites included Sapao (31.33%) and Ermita (32.92%). Using dichotomous choice willingness-to-pay method with randomly assigned bid prices, results showed that most of the study participants both from coastal (89.17%) and non-coastal barangays (91.67%) were willing to pay for the conservation of mangroves. The main reason cited was that they want to participate in programs by the local government that aims to conserve the environment. When adjusted to level of certainty, there was slight difference in the number of study participants who were willing-to-pay; mean willingness-to-pay amounted to Php 86.47 without adjustment to level of certainty and Php 76.17 when adjusted to level of certainty. Knowledge index rating, civil status and bid price were the significant factors that affect the willingness-to- pay without adjustment to level of certainty at 5% level of significance. When adjusted to level of certainty, knowledge index rating (5%) and bid price (1%) were the significant factors. Annual surcharge in Community Tax is the preferred payment vehicle of the study participants for the conservation.
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    Analysis of the consumption pattern of microcredit borrower and non-borrower households from three urban coastal barangays in Culasi, Antique
    Ammen, Neil D. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2011-03)
    This paper analyzed the consumption pattern of microcredit borrower households from the three urban coastal barangays in Culasi, Antique, and compared that with the non-borrowers. A total of 140 households were surveyed of which 46, 50, and 44 came from barangay Centro Norte, Centro Población, and Centro Sur, respectively. Out of the total households surveyed, 40% were ‘identified borrowers and the remaining 60% were non-borrowers. In addition, while only 33% were identified as fishers, the bigger percentage belonged to the non-fisher households. Consequently, these groups were further categorized into (1) fisher-borrower, (2) non-fisher-borrower, (3) fisher-non-borrower, and (4) non-fisher-non-borrower and a comparison of the differences in their consumption patterns was executed. Survey results showed that the top three household expenditures of the three urban coastal barangays were food, debt repayment, and education. This study also investigated the impact of per capita monthly expenditure and other household characteristics on the budget share of 20 commodities (food and nonfood) consumed by borrower and non-borrower households and found that income elasticities of the said commodities significantly vary among household categories. Results from the estimation and correlation on the quadratic model suggested that borrowers of microcredit programs are better off in terms of consumption than non-borrowers.