ORIENTATION. Antique Provincial Population Officer Primo Ogatis orients Barangay Service Point Officers in the Municipality of Laua-an, Antique for the modified master listing of households and social services survey on Jan. 19, 2023. Ogatis said on Friday (Feb. 17) they have modified the household and social services survey form this year to include disaster-prone areas and social services that the households have availed of. (Photo courtesy of Antique Provincial Population Office)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Antique provincial government through its Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPOs) is conducting a master listing of households and the social services they availed of from various agencies.
Provincial Population Officer Primo Ogatis said that through the modified master listing of households and social services survey, they could help generate information for planning and policy development by the local government and concerned national government agencies.
“We have modified the survey form to make it more relevant and in order that our partner agencies can also access real time data especially in times of calamities,” Ogatis said.
The provincial government annually conducts the survey, and for this year, the households were asked about disaster-prone areas and social services that they have availed of.
In the survey form, households are being asked if their homes are located along the river, seashore or mountainous areas that are disaster-prone.
“In time of calamity, the mayors would already be guided as to the number of family food packs that they would be distributing to their constituents who are located in the disaster prone areas because of the data,” Ogatis said.
In the previous years, they only gathered information on the family planning methods used and household size.
Ogatis added that the survey that started in the municipality of Laua-an on Jan. 17 is expected to be completed by March so that the information could be encoded in their online system to be accessed by different government agencies or organizations.
A total of 650 BSPOs from the province’s 18 municipalities were tapped for the activity. (PNA)
