Impact of Accessibility to Schools and Economic Centers on Poverty and Gender Equity in the Philippines

• Main Author: Fillone, Alexis M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Social Issues; Poverty; equality; gender; Community-Based Research; Gender and Sexuality; Inequality and Stratification
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/159; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1147/viewcontent/IMPACT_OF_ACCESSIBILITY_TO_SCHOOLS_AND_ECONOMIC_CENTERS_ON_POVERTY_AND_GENDER_EQUITY_IN_THE_PHILIPPINES.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Accessibility as defined in Fillone, et.al. (2009) means the ease with which the individual could avail of the social services and economic opportunities laid in geographic space. In measuring accessibility, this study used as gauge the cost of travel instead of travel time. In order to relate acces...