Poverty Maps
Province of Sorsogon

The Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) has objectives to popularize the use of development and poverty indicators with simple color-coded charts and maps based on statistical data for easy reference and understanding. The simple color-coded ranking is meant to help development institutions and individuals appreciate patterns of statistical observations on development and poverty situations in the country. Hopefully, the map may also help in targeting priority areas and sectors for development work at the municipal level. The purpose of the ranking is to get to the bottom, or worse-off, 20 percent (approximate) municipalities in terms of each indicator.


Households with Access to Electricity


Elementary Cohort Survival Rate


Infant Mortality Rate
Malnutrition Rate

Households with Access to Potable Water

Households with Access to Sanitary Toilets

 
The PEF Development Index is an index for PEF to have a sequential ranking of municipalities based on a number of chosen indicators. It is simply the average of the 10 index values chocen by PEF based on its developmental thrust and mandate. Performance of each indicator is expressed as a value between 0 and 1 by applying the following general formula:

The PEF Development Index of Sorsogon is the average of the following indices:

  1. Households with access to potable water
  2. Households with access to sanitary toilet
  3. Malnutrition rate
  4. Infant mortality rate
  5. Maternal mortality rate
  6. Elementary participation rate
  7. Elementary cohort survival rate
  8. Secondary participation rate
  9. Secondary cohort survival rate
  10. Proportion of households owning/ amortizing lot
  11. Proportion of households owning/ amortizing house
  12. Proportion of households with makeshift housing
  13. Proportion of households with electricity

To download a digital copy of this Poverty Map as officially published, please proceed to the Downloads section. The digital copy is an exact replicate of the printed Poverty Map Poster. This Map Poster includes the entire table of statistical data which is the basis for the color coding. To procure a copy of the official Poverty Map Poster (recommended), please contact any PEF office nearest you.

We are encouraging our users to provide feedback on our poverty maps. You can download the Poverty Maps Feedback Form here.

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