Benchmark Report: Living Wage and Living Income Report and 2024 Update for Rural Ilocos Sur Province, The Philippines
2024 Update Report: Living Wage and Living Income Report for Rural Ilocos Sur Province, The Philippines
Abstract
This report provides updated estimates of the living income and living wage for rural Ilocos Sur Province, in the Philippines. The update for June 2024 takes into account inflation since the original report in November 2022 (Dacuycuy, Nario, Khan, Anker & Anker, 2022).
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Original Report
2022 Benchmark Report: Living Income and Living Wage Report for Rural Ilocos Sur Province, The Philippines
Abstract
This report provides an in-depth analysis to determine the income required by a family to afford a basic but decent living standard. To operationalize the Anker Methodology, normative standards were introduced to finalize the model diet and decent housing requirements. Primary data on demographic characteristics, diet, and housing characteristics were collected during focused group discussions and key informant interviews. We also used secondary data such as the Family Income and Expenditures Survey, Labor Force Survey, and the National Health Demographic Survey. The living standard used in this report allows for households to afford a low-cost yet nutritious diet; live in a quite small well, built house with access to amenities such as water, electricity, and sanitation, and other essential needs that pertain to healthcare, children’s education, transportation, personal care, entertainment, etc. This study’s model diet comprises locally available and relatively inexpensive foods. Based on our computations, a typical household’s living income is Php 24,742 ($450) per month which is net income a typical family in the study area needs to generate monthly to live a decent life.
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