Sexual behavior changes, Covid concerns drive teen birth rate down to 31% MANILA — The number of births among adolescent mothers in the Philippines in 2020 went down by 23,855 — a 13% drop which set a 17-year record for the sharpest decrease in births in women under 20 years of age since 2003, according… Read More POPCOM: Adolescent pregnancies in PHL drop by 13% in 2020
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MANILA The latest civil-registry statistics for 2019 from the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed that births among girls ages 15 years old and below have gone up by 7%, compared to 2018. This is the ninth year since 2011 that this figure has continued to rise, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) warned. The government… Read More Filipino minors pregnancy rises up, POPCOM calls for prevention
Sizes of families trending lower at 4 members The Number of Filipinos will continue to grow in 2021, although at a slower pace, and is projected to reach 110,881,756 next year, according to the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM). At least, 1.4 million will be added to the population in 2021, it added. Despite… Read More POPCOM: Filipinos in 2021 estimated at 110.8 million
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