Poverty among small-scale fishermen in Iloilo

Abstract

Earlier studies have reported fragmentary evidence that small-scale fishermen are among the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. The present analysis confirms this picture, as based upon interviews with a random sample of 200 small-scale fishermen in Iloilo province. Respondents showed evidence of a low quality of life on various individual and household indicators (e.g. income, food consumption) and were also both poorly organized and isolated from government welfare services.