Burning is the most common method of kitchen garbage disposal 
    
In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), three in every ten or 30.0 percent of 77.6 thousand households in Romblon had their kitchen garbage burned. Other usual manners of kitchen garbage disposal reported in 2020 were feeding to animals (18.0%), picked up by garbage truck (17.8%), dumping in an individual pit (13.3%), composting (13.0%), burying (7.4%), 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 77.6 thousand households in the province, 92.0 percent had improved sanitary toilet facility, which included the following: flush to the septic tank (80.0%), piped sewer system (5.8%), pit latrine (4.9%), pit latrine with slab (0.7%), ventilated improved latrine and composting toilet (0.3% each). (Figure 2 and Table B)
 

On the other hand, 1.6 percent of the households used unimproved sanitary toilet facility. Considered as unimproved sanitary facility are flush to open drain (0.5%), bucket / pail system (0.4%), pit latrine without slab or open pit (0.2%), flush to an unknown depository or place (0.2%), hanging toilet / hanging latrine (0.1%), and other types (0.2%). The remaining 6.3 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 72.1 thousand households or 92.9 percent of the total number of households in Romblon used electricity for lighting. Moreover, kerosene (gaas) was used for lighting by 4.7 percent of households, while 0.8 percent of households used solar panel / solar lamp. A meager percentage of households (1.3%) used liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), oil, and other lighting fuel types. (Figure 3 and Table C)
 

More than half of the households use wood for cooking

Wood was the most used fuel for cooking by 51.0 percent of the total households in the province. Charcoal and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was the second and third most commonly used fuel for cooking, with a corresponding share of 27.6 percent and 15.0 percent of the total households. Other types of fuel used often by the rest of the households were electricity (3.7%), kerosene (gaas) (2.6%), and other fuels (<0.1%). (Figure 4 and Table D)
 

Water from refilling stations is the main source of drinking water by one in every three households

In 2020, the main source of water for drinking was water refilling stations, as reported by 33.3 percent of the total households in the province. This was followed by community water system with 33.2 percent, broken down into households using their own faucet which is connected to a community water system (21.2%), and households using a shared faucet connected to a community water system (12.0%). (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 (9.1%), protected spring (5.2%), tubed or piped shallow well (4.0%), protected well (3.6%), unprotected spring (3.5%), and own use tubed or piped deep well (3.5%). (Figure 5 and Table E)

Two in every five 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 40.5 percent of the province’s total households for cooking. On the other hand, 15.7 percent used water from shared faucets connected to a community water system. Other households obtained their water for cooking from shared tubed or piped deep wells (11.7%), own use tubed or piped deep wells (5.5%), tubed or piped shallow well (5.4%), protected spring (4.5%), water refilling stations (4.4%), and protected wells (4.2%). (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 77,634 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