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The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in Western Visayas has highlighted the positive implications of the declining total fertility rate (TFR) in the region. CPD Regional Director Harold Alfred Marshall emphasized that the declining TFR provides an opportunity to accelerate development, reduce poverty, and improve labor force participation and should not be a cause for alarm.

During the regional dissemination forum of the 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) final report held in Iloilo City, Marshall discussed the policy and program implications of the TFR result. He stated, “There are more pros than cons in the declining TFR. Demographic changes brought about by the declining fertility rate have implications and impact, which offer opportunities and challenges to the region, across sectors, and at the household level.”

The final report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that the region’s TFR was 2.2 children per woman for the three years preceding the survey. Although it is still higher than the national rate of 1.9 children per woman, the region’s fertility rate has “decreased substantially” since 1993, when it was 4.2 children per woman.

Marshall attributed the downward trend to Responsible Parenthood and the Reproductive Health Law, along with other programs and policies that have contributed to the reduction in the fertility rate. He mentioned that Western Visayas lags in demographic dividends because economic resources are not allocated sufficiently to savings and investments due to having more children than desired.

He added that only the National Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Region 4-A are currently experiencing economic dividends in the country.

The 2022 NDHS, conducted from May 2 to June 22, 2022, is the seventh demographic health survey in the Philippines. It provides crucial indicators for policy-making, program planning, monitoring, and evaluation for population and health programs, including those related to sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the Philippine Development Plan, according to Nelida Amolar, officer-in-charge of the Philippine Statistics Authority 6.

The survey covered over 88 primary sampling units of the 2,440 housing units in the region, with women aged 15 to 49 years old as respondents.

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