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MEDIA
 
RELEASE
 
(January 19, 2009)FROM: Dr. Ana Maria L. TabundaChief Research FellowPulse Asia, Inc.RE: Pulse Asia’s October 2008 Nationwide Survey onReproductive Health and the Reproductive Health Bill
Pulse Asia is pleased to share with you some findings from the October 2008
Ulat ng Bayan
national survey on
 Reproductive Health and the Reproductive Health Bill 
.We request you to assist us in informing the public by disseminating this information onFilipino perceptions, opinions, sentiments, and attitudes relating to current developmentshere and abroad.Based on a multistage probability sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 yearsold and above, Pulse Asia’s nationwide survey has a
±
3% error margin at the 95%confidence level. Subnational estimates for each of the geographic areas covered in thesurvey (i.e., Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) have a
±
6% errormargin, also at 95% confidence level. Face-to-face field interviews for this project wereconducted from
October 14 to 27, 2008
. (Those interested in further technical detailsconcerning the surveys’ questionnaires and sampling design may request Pulse Asia inwriting for fuller details, including copies of the pre-tested questions actually used.)
 
 2While the field interviews for this survey were being done, several developmentsdominated the news headlines. The major developments during this period included thefinancial crisis in the United States that soon spilled over into other parts of the worldincluding the Philippines, the American presidential elections, the filing of a newimpeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the Supreme Courtdecision on the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), and thecontroversial trip to Russia of several police officials that involved a “contingency fund”of P6.9M. Other issues included the deportation from the US of former AgricultureUndersecretary Jocelyn Bolante who is widely believed to be the brains behind thefertilizer fund scam, the decline in the price of oil at the world market, the impendingincrease in the electricity charges of the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), and thefood scare in China and other parts of the world over the discovery of melamine, anindustrial chemical, in milk and other food products.The survey’s sampling design and questionnaire are the full responsibility of Pulse Asia’s pool of academic experts and no religious, political, economic or any otherform of partisanship has been allowed to influence the survey design, the findingsgenerated by the actual surveys or the subsequent analyses of survey findings.Pulse Asia undertakes
Ulat ng Bayan
surveys on its own without any partysingularly commissioning the research effort.
 
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 Pulse Asia’s October 2008
Ulat ng Bayan
Survey:Media Release on Reproductive Health andthe Reproductive Health Bill19 January 2009A big majority of Filipinos (82%) thinks government should not only educatecouples regarding modern methods of family planning but also provide them withservices and materials on these methods
Most Filipinos (82%) think government should teach couples about modernmethods of family planning (i.e., both natural and artificial methods) – a view articulatedby big to overwhelming majorities (76% to 91%) in all geographic areas and socio-economic classes. In addition, exactly the same percentage says that it is thegovernment’s duty to provide the people with knowledge, services, and materials onmodern methods of family planning
(Table 1)
. This sentiment is expressed by 78% to87% across all geographic areas and socio-economic groupings. Less than one in tenFilipinos (6% to 8%) disagrees with either view while indecision on these matters isexpressed by 10% to 13% of Filipinos
(Tables 1 and 2)
.
 AGREEMENT / DISAGREEMENT WITH TEST STATEMENT:
“The government should educate couples regarding modern methods of family planning,which includes both natural and artificial family planning methods.” 
To each of these statements, would you please say whether you agree or disagree.RPNCRBLVISMINABCDEAgree8289807688918280Undecided1051116661012Disagree85987388
Sa mga pangungusap na ito ay pakisabi lamang kung gaano kayo ay sumasang-ayon o di sumasang-ayon.Q146. “Ang gobyerno ay dapat magturo sa mga mag-asawa ng modernong paraan ng pagpaplano ng pamilya kabilang ang natural at artipisyal na paraan ng pagpaplano ng pamilya.” 
 Table 1
October 14 - 27, 2008 / Philippines(In Percent)CLASSLOCATION
(Base: Total interviews, 100%) 
 
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