Module 4 - Background of The Study and Statement of The Problem
Module 4 - Background of The Study and Statement of The Problem
Module 4 - Background of The Study and Statement of The Problem
Introduction
the normal life of Filipino citizens. With over 440,000 confirmed cases and 8,500 deaths,
the Covid-19 had spread throughout the country. Direct health effects from transmission
is not only the proof of COVID-19, there is also increasing evidence that the pandemic,
and the actions taken to control and prevent the virus from spreading, have caused severe
share of cases and, as a result, has also suffered to the strictest lockdown measures. And
within the NCR, for poor urban households especially with children, are particularly
follow safety protocols specifically social distancing, the families have also lower access
to water and sanitation facilities which resulted to unhealthy environment, and hold jobs
in which working from home is not an option. And with the early closing of school year
SY 2019-2020 and the policy to suspend face-to-face classes for the school year 2020-
2021 to prevent the spread of the virus, added a burden to parents and guardians to
Many Filipino families show that the COVID-19 pandemic has a larger impact on
their income than they expected. In May of 2020, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) found that 83 percent of respondents to their survey in NCR and
Cebu faced a decrease in their income, with 40 percent of respondents having lost all
income. By their new survey, conducted September of the same year, they found that the
income amongst households in this sample had recovered somewhat with only 25 percent
of respondents having lost all income. From the results, it suggests that the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic on employment is really great, even with the Filipinos who retained
Many Filipino have been forced to reduce their food consumption to cope with
the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the loss of jobs of the family members who
are working the income for the food and other necessities had greatly decreased or worst
have been lost completely. With the help of the government, the poor families are
provided with ration of food that they can consume for several days. But even with the
help of government, it is not enough to completely solve the problem of hunger of the
poor Filipino families. The results from the Social Weather Stations show that reduced
food consumption has led to decreased food security: according to the data from Social
Weather Stations Survey, 20.9 percent of the Filipino households faced hunger in July
2020 compared to 8.8 percent in December 2019. These issues are especially concerning
given the high rate of child malnutrition in the Philippines prior to the COVID-19
pandemic crisis.
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic in terms of mental health are not the priority
of the government given the high increase in number of being affected by the COVID-19.
This pandemic forced the Filipinos to stay on their home because of the implemented
lockdown and quarantine. Distress and other mental health issues are the often results of
this especially on individuals that is not used to stay to their own house. With the lack of
connection with the outside world, many individuals feel being alone. Data of the effects
of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health are limited but the data that do exist reveal
worrying results. In June 2020, Warren et al. found that 30 percent of households
reported that one on their household members had developed mental health symptoms.
The effect of the lockdowns on mental health can be severe based on experts. The effects
of this issue for the Philippines may be particularly acute, given the country’s high rate of
The new way of learning of the children in the household is one of the major
issues that concern the Filipinos especially the poor families. Many children are
unwilling or unsure if they will continue their studying mainly because of the challenges
of the new learning system. Many of the Filipino children especially, those who came
from poor family anticipated the challenges of using online platforms and the lack of
internet access. The top concerns of the parents regarding the new way of learning
(distance learning) are internet connection, gadget and the ineffectiveness of online
the parents are concerned with the lack or slowness of internet connection, 33 percent for
includes issues on employment, income, food consumption, food security, mental health
and the new way of learning of the children. Many Filipino household faced these
problems especially those poor who are likely most affected by the crisis. In view of this,
the researcher felt the need to conduct a study regarding the effects of COVID-19
pandemic among the Filipino families especially those poor to broaden the knowledge of
1. What are the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Filipino families along the
following:
1.1 Employment;
1.2 Income;
2. What are ways of Filipino to cope with these different effects of COVID-19
pandemic?
3. How do these different effects of COVID-19 pandemic affect the life of Filipino
4. What are the programs implemented by the government to the Filipino families to