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PSA Oriental Mindoro Conducts 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (2024 POPCEN-CBMS) City/Municipal Level Training for Household Profile Questionnaire (HPQ) Data Collection and Geotagging

15 July 2024 – ORIENTAL MINDORO. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Oriental Mindoro conducted the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) Municipal Level Training for the Household Profile Questionnaire (HPQ) in two batches from 01 to 16 July 2024 and 08 to 13 July 2024. The six-day training was attended by 99 team supervisors and 610 enumerators from all municipalities of the province. 

The training aims to capacitate the personnel involved on the concepts, definitions and operational procedures of geotagging and data collection in households and institutional living quarters (ILQ) in preparation for the upcoming nationwide census operation from 15 July to 10 September 2024.

The Census of Population (POPCEN) encompasses the comprehensive process of gathering, compiling, assessing, analyzing, publishing, and distributing demographic data concerning a nation's inhabitants. This involves enumerating and documenting the characteristics of every individual and institutional living quarter (ILQ) within a defined timeframe and geographic area.

Meanwhile, the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) is a structured, technology-driven approach to collecting, processing, and verifying detailed data disaggregated at the local level. It serves as a tool for local planning, program execution, and impact assessment, focusing on enumerating all households within a community. 

The primary objective of the 2024 POPCEN-CBMS is to supply government officials, policy makers, and planners with current population and housing data for all barangays nationwide. This initiative aims to ensure that social registries maintained by national government agencies and local government units are both comprehensive and up to date, thereby supporting evidence-based project development and program implementation. 

The PSA is committed to delivering relevant and reliable statistics. Hence, the agency encourages the public, especially the sample households and establishments, to participate in the various censuses and surveys conducted by the PSA. The agency also assures everyone that all collected personal information is processed in accordance with the law and other issuances.

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office