2024 CENSUS OF POPULAITON (POPCEN) AND COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM (CBMS)

PSA Clears the Conduct of the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS)

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance for the conduct of the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) (Listing Record and Profiling of Household and Institutional Population).

This statistical activity is a simultaneous conduct of POPCEN and CBMS to ensure a cost-efficient implementation designed to update the information on the population and improve the social registry of the country.

The simultaneous conduct specifically aims to:

a. Update the inventory of the total population in all barangays, cities/municipalities, provinces, and regions in the country

b. Update the list of beneficiaries of government social protection programs thereby reducing leakages

c. Update the distribution of shares of Local Government Units in the National Tax Allocation

d. Aid in the implementation of the recently signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11964 or the “Automatic Income Classification of Local Government Units Act”

e. Aid in the efficient use of government resources

The major data items to be collected from this census are the following:

a. Household Population

i. Core Demographic Characteristics

ii. Other Demographic Characteristics

iii. Migration

iv. Education

v. Economic Characteristics

vi. Health

vii. Food Security

viii. Assistance from Abroad

ix. Formal Financial Account

x. Negative Shocks and Disaster Preparedness

xi. Internet Access

xii. Public Safety

xiii. Social Protection and Assistance Programs

xiv. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

xv. Housing Characteristics

xvi. Access to Public Transportation

b. Institutional Population

i. Residence Status

ii. Core Demographic Characteristics

iii. Education

This census data collection covering the households and institutional living quarters will utilize a budget amounting to PhP 4.8 billion to cover 27.4 million households and 29.8 thousand institutional living quarters nationwide. The activity will be conducted from 15 July to 16 September 2024 and the result of the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS (Listing Record and Profiling of Household and Institutional Population) is targeted to be released by the first quarter of 2025.