And the survey says? OFW kin tend to just sit back and wait!

Did you read the latest survey about OFW Families? 

Gi-summarize man nako ug survey bitaw at the bottom of this entry. Naa man usa nga nakakasilaw na findings. Eto:

Ang ibang pamilya daw nang mga OFW eh nakaupo na lang sa ilalim nang puno nang kamatsili at hinihintay na lang na bumagsak sa langit ang padala nang mga OFW.

Gumasto pa nang anda ang mga researchers. Sana tinawagan na lang ako at kinatok na lang sana nila ang balay nang aking mga pamangkin sa Antipolo. Me nurse akong pangkin, ayaw mag-trabaho. Andun sa puno nang kamatsili. Me iba naman akong pamangkin - yun bang tatawag lang dahil kelangan nang pambili nang gamot? O kaya me sakit! O kaya naputulan nang koryente! O kaya wala nang pagkain! Taz minsan, nothing. Walang teks. Walang tawag. Walang email. Nag-ri-ring naman ang phone sa kabilang linya. Pero, pag me kelangan? Mabilis pa ki Darna!!!

Nung uwuwi ako, yong mga Tshirt na bitbit ko, nilangaw. Gusto nila, magshopping na lang dun. Pinagtawan ang cellphone ko. Hi-tech nga naman yung kanila. Pag kinulang ako nang padala, sila pa ang galit! Akala ko, pamilya ko lang ang dysfunctional! Pwede pala kami magtayo nang un-yun!!!

Tumpak ang survey! (Although, dini-dispute nang grupong to!). Feel nyo ang hinagpis nang lola nyo?!

 

SUMMARY:

• Families of OFWs tend to just sit back and wait for remittances, apparently content with that kind of life.

• Majority of OFW households belong to the lower-income group, most of them prefer not to have other sources of income.

• 64% of the populations or at least 813,000 families benefit from remittances and most of them belong to the DE class.

• Two out of [every] three respondents are stay-at-home housewives, who are not working.

• Four out of [every] five receive remittances monthly, which on the average is P20,000 or less.

• Some 23 percent of families who have relatives working abroad now belong to the middle class.

Not in business

• By comparison just 11 percent of the Philippine population without relatives working abroad are considered middle class and 84 percent poor.

• The survey also found that a big majority of OFW families were not engaged in any business.

• Just almost a third of OFW beneficiaries own a business, which tend to be sari-sari (neighborhood variety) stores, renting out apartments, operating public transportation, buying and selling, [running] a meat shop, canteen or eateries.

• The 35 percent who said they planned to put up businesses mentioned a sari-sari store, Internet café, renting out apartments, canteens or eateries, or “agri-business”–their top five choices. 

Pull of spending at malls

• Nine out of every 10 respondents said they went to malls, supermarkets and fast-food outlets.

• He said 61 percent of the respondents received money through banks; 23.6 percent, door-to-door; 18.4 percent, remittance centers; and, 3.6 percent, friends and employment agency.

As for budgeting

• 94.6 percent say the money is for household expenses;

  • 62 percent say it is for education expenses;

  • half say it is for medical costs; and

  • 14 percent say it is for paying the rent.

Asked what they intended to buy or invest in over the next 12 months:

• 18 percent said they would go for real estate

• 11.4 percent said they would buy high-tech gadgets like mobile phones, digital cameras and home video players; and

• 11.3 percent would buy a vehicle;

• 10.8 percent wanted household appliances.

• Only 7 percent mentioned saving some money in the bank.

Father, mother, children

• Among families of OFWs:

  • 36 percent have a father abroad

  • 28.5 percent, a daughter

  • 17.8 percent, a son

  • 11.7 percent, a mother; an

  • 12.5 percent, a relative.

• Their usual occupations are:

  • domestic helper

  • caregiver

  • seaman

  • nurse and

  • factory worker

• Most of the OFWs are in:

  • Saudi Arabia, 

  • United States,

  • Taiwan,

  • United Arab Emirates and

  • Japan.

• The respondents said their OFW relative had been away for :

  • less than a year (22 percent);

  • one to three years (31 percent);

  • four to six years (28 percent); and

  • 10 years or longer (22 percent).

• A little more than third:

  • (36.2 percent) of the OFWs come home once every two years

  • Others do so yearly (21.6 percent),

  • twice yearly (10.8 percent) and still others come

  • less often (9.3 percent.)

Migration

• Asked about their plans, 27 percent said they hoped to migrate—

  • the choice destinations being North America

  • (seven out of 10), East Asia, Oceania, Europe and Middle East.

• 73 percent who said they would stay here,

Internet

• Only 13 percent of families use the Internet to communicate with the OFWs as most wait for the latter to call through their cell phones or the landline.

• Still, families of OFWs are relatively more exposed to different media, reflecting the international orientation of their lifestyles.

• Everybody has television sets; four out of every five listen to the radio, read newspapers and own VCD or DVD players; and about a third read magazines and go to the movies.

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