Picked up by garbage truck is the most common method of kitchen garbage disposal 
    
In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), more than seven in every ten or 70.7 percent of 82.1 thousand households in City of Puerto Princesa had their kitchen garbage picked up by garbage truck. Other usual manners of kitchen garbage disposal reported in 2020 were feeding to animals (12.5%), dumping in an individual pit (5.6%), composting (4.8%), burning (4.3%), burying (1.7%), and other manners of disposal such as being thrown in esteros, vacant lots, rivers, among others (0.4%). (Figure 1 and Table A)
 

More than nine in every ten households have improved sanitary toilet facility

Of the total 82.1 thousand households in the city, 93.9 percent had improved sanitary toilet facility, which included the following: flush to the septic tank (78.4%), piped sewer system (11.6%); pit latrine (2.5%), ventilated improved latrine (0.6%); composting toilet (0.4%); and pit latrine with slab (0.4%). (Figure 2 and Table B)
 

On the other hand, 4.2 percent of the households used unimproved sanitary toilet facility. Considered as unimproved sanitary facility are flush to open drain (1.2%); pit latrine without slab/open pit (0.9%); bucket/pail system (0.9%); flush to an unknown depository/place (0.5%); hanging toilet/hanging latrine (0.4%); and other types (0.3%). The remaining 2.0 percent of the total households reported open defecation with no toilet facility. (Figure 2 and Table B)

Nine in every ten households use electricity for lighting

About 73.6 thousand households or 89.6 percent of the total number of households in City of Puerto Princesa used electricity for lighting. Moreover, solar panel / solar lamp was used for lighting by 6.5 percent of households, while 2.6 percent of households used kerosene (gaas). A meager percentage of households (1.1%) used liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), oil, and other lighting fuel types. (Figure 3 and Table C)
 

Two in every five households use liquefied petroleum gas for cooking

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was the most used fuel for cooking by households (39.2%). Charcoal and wood was the second and third most commonly used fuel for cooking, with a corresponding share of 36.8 percent and 13.8 percent of the total households. Other types of fuel used often by the rest of the households were electricity (7.2%), kerosene (gaas) (2.8%), and other fuels (<0.1%). (Figure 4 and 
Table D)
 

Water from refilling stations is the main source of drinking water by more than half of total households

In 2020, the main source of water for drinking was water refilling stations, as reported by 55.9 percent of the total households in the city. This was followed by community water system with 32.1 percent, broken down into households using their own faucet which is connected to a community water system (24.1%), and households using a shared faucet connected to a community water system (8.0%). (Figure 5 and Table E) 
 

The rest of the households reported their main source of water for drinking as follows: shared tubed / piped deep well (2.8%), own use tubed / piped deep well (2.3%), protected well (1.9%), and surface water (1.2%). (Figure 5 and Table E)

Seven in every ten households use water systems with own faucets as main source of water for cooking

Water from the community water system connected to the household’s own faucets was used by 69.6 percent of the city’s total households for cooking. On the other hand, 12.1 percent used water from shared faucets connected to a community water system. Other households obtained their water for cooking from water refilling stations (4.6%), shared tubed / piped deep wells (4.1%), own use tubed / piped deep wells (2.7%), and protected wells (2.2%). (Figure 6 and Table F)

The statistics presented in this special release were based on the information provided by the respondent or any responsible household member who may provide accurate answers to the questions and give correct information about the household. Moreover, the households described in this release, which total to 82,100 households, exclude those enumerated in relocation areas, those enumerated as homeless, and those living in other types of buildings such as buses/trailers, boats, tents, and others.

 
The following data items were collected by the enumerator from a sample of 20 percent of the total households in the enumeration area/s using CPH Form 3 (Sample Household Questionnaire) or CPH Form 7B (Self-Administered Questionnaire for Sample Household):

a.    Usual manner of kitchen garbage disposal (“How does this household usually dispose of your kitchen garbage such as leftover food, peeling of fruits and vegetables, fish and chicken entrails, and others?”),
b.    Kind of toilet facility (“What type of toilet facility does this household use?”),
c.    Fuel for lighting (“What type of fuel does this household use for lighting?”),
d.    Fuel for cooking (“What kind of fuel does this household use most of the time for cooking?”),
e.    Source of water supply for drinking (“What is this household’s main source of water supply for drinking?”), and 
f.    Source of water supply for cooking (“What is this household’s main source of water supply for cooking?”).

(SGD) LENI R. RIOFLORIDO
Regional Director

MLLM / OHG / RRL