The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) XII enjoins the public to cooperate and support the conduct of the 2022 Commodity and Outlet Survey (COS) in SOCCSKSARGEN Region.

The authority and mandate of the PSA to conduct the said surveys emanated from Article 5, Rule 4 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10625, otherwise known as the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013, stipulating that the Philippine Statistics Authority is primarily responsible for all national censuses and surveys, sectoral statistics, consolidation of selected administrative recording systems and compilation of national accounts.

The 2022 COS aims to gather data on commodities that a family purchased/availed of for most of the time and the type of outlets where these commodities are being purchased/availed of within the country. The results of the survey will be used for the following purposes: 1) To determine the commodities in the 2018-based CPI market basket for All Income Households that will be used to generate the 2018-based CPI for the Poor Income Households or the Bottom 20% Income Households; and 2) To determine the commodities that will be included in the CPI market basket for Upper Income Households and the Poor Income Households when the series will be rebased to base year 2021.

It involves the interview of 16,500 national sub-sample households from the successfully interviewed households of different income levels from the 2018 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES). For SOCCSKSARGEN Region, 792 sample households will be interviewed.

Enumeration will begin on 01 April 2022 and is expected to be completed in the 20th of April.

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