CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Oriental Mindoro Provincial Office is set to conduct the May 2023 round of the monthly Enhanced Rice and Corn Stocks Survey: Household (RCSS:H) on the 1st week of May 2023.
PSA Chief Statistical Specialist Efren C. Armonia said the survey is in accordance with Republic Act No. 10625 or the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, which authorizes the PSA to prepare and conduct periodic censuses on various sectors of the economy and Executive Order No. 352 mandating the conduct of RCSS:H every month.
Further, the Enhanced RCSS:H aims to assess the current rice and corn inventories of sample households across the province.
The collected data, together with stocks in the commercial and government sectors will be used by government planners, policymakers, and administrators in formulating social and economic development plans, policies, and programs.
Armonia said there will be seven statistical researchers (SRs) to be involved in the upcoming survey on data collection which will start on May 1 to 5, 2023.
Prior to the actual survey, the hired SRs underwent a one-day training for their preparation in field data collection and will later follow the manual editing and computerized data processing.
In the Province of Oriental Mindoro, there are 201 sample households to be interviewed for the said survey and they are located in the municipalities of Bulalacao, Baco, Bongabong, Gloria, Socorro, Pola, Victoria, Naujan, and City of Calapan.
“The PSA is committed to delivering relevant and reliable statistics. Hence, we encourage the public, especially the sample households, and establishments, to participate in the various censuses and surveys that we are conducting,” Armonia said.
He added that their agency assures that all collected personal information will be processed in accordance with the law and other issuances. (LTC/PIA Mimaropa-OrMin)
PSA Statistical Researcher John Patrick Calderon conducts an interview in one of the related surveys conducted in the past to sample households of Enhanced RCSS:H. (Photo credit: PSA-Oriental Mindoro)
