Area Study, Government, Municipal, Phenomenological, Environment, Transportation, Economy, Law and Legal Orders, Political and Technological 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This area study is centered on the municipality of Sison in the Province of Pangasinan. The theoretical framework that is being utilized are the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the Ludden Theory on Area Study. The Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs encompasses all the necessary ingredient for social development. The hint is that Maslow’s classic theory of hierarchy of needs is a well-known framework of understanding how a society is being operational in nature. The Ludden theory of Area study. The rationale for area studies for itself derives from the need to understand the diversity of human experience, which is increasingly embroiled in identity politics and debates about cultural pluralism. Local administrators, legislators, and funding agencies now find the old rationale for area studies less compelling and institutional support for the production of area-specific knowledge.

The area study has utilized the Qualitative research design and Phenomenological research design. Qualitative research is concerned with the capturing the richness and depth of human experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. It aims to go beyond simple statistical analysis and uncover insights that quantitative research may not be able to capture while Phenomenological research is a qualitative research approach that builds on the assumption that the universal essence of anything ultimately depends eon how its audience experiences it. Phenomenological researchers record and analyze beliefs, feelings, and perceptions of the audience they’re looking to study in relation to the thing being studied. Only the audience’s views matter – the people who have experienced the phenomenon. The researcher’s personal assumptions and perceptions about the phenomenon should be irrelevant. Phenomenology is a type of qualitative research as it requires in-depth understanding of the audience’s thoughts and perceptions of the phenomenon, you’re researching.

The local of the study is on the Municipality of Sison only and there are Twenty-Five (25) respondents coming from different parts of the society. The research had utilized the Purposive sampling is a technique used in qualitative research to select a specific group of individuals or units for analysis. Participants are chosen “on purpose,” not randomly. It is also known as judgmental sampling or selective sampling.

For the research instrument, the researchers have formulated and crafted an interview type questionnaire for this area study. The Research instrument that is being used is simple yet reliable source of information. The questionnaire is divided into Two (2) parts, part 1 is the demographic profile of the respondents that contains the primary information of the respondents and part 2 is the interview questions to be answered by the respondents. And for the analyzation and interpretation of data the demographic profile of the respondents will be presented in a tabular form with the number of the frequency and percentage. The interview part will be presented via the coded answers of the respondents and will be supported by relevant literature to support the findings. The data gathering procedure was with the following salient features. The researcher sent a permission letter to the Local Government Unit if the municipality of Sison MPD requesting for an endorsement letter to the target respondents in order for us to float questionnaires in the municipality, the researchers wrote a letter to every department and agencies concerned in this area study to allow the researchers to float questionnaires and personally went to their respective places, residencies and offices. The researchers patiently interviewed the respondents and let them respond to the questionnaire given unto them. The confidentiality of the data respondent’s identification was assured, and names is of no essence on the conduct of the research. The researchers assure the smooth flow of recovering the questionnaires up to the completion of the objectives.

The whole flow chart of the data gathering procedure were also presented. For the result and discussion, there are a total 25 respondents of the study, they have answered interview questionnaires provided by the researchers. On the bracket of Age level, there are 2 on 20-25 years old which is 8 percent, there are 4 in 26-30 years old which is 16 percent, 3 on 30-35 years old which is 12 percent, 6 on 36-40 years old which is 24 percent and 10 on 41 years and above which is 40 percent. On the sex bracket, there are 14 male respondents which is 56% and 11 female respondents which is 44% of the total population. On the educational attainment, there are 7 high school graduates which is 25%, 1 vocational graduate which is 4%, 15 college graduate which is 60%, 1 MA graduate and 1 PhD graduate with both 4% among the respondents. On the mode of residency, there are 18 by birth of 72%, followed by 1 by marriage or 4% and 4 via migration or 16% of the respondent’s sample size on the years of residency, the 15 years and above got the highest frequency of 23 or 92% followed by 1-5 years and 11-15 years of whom they yielded a frequency of 1 and both 4% of the respondent’s sample size. By careful analysis and tabulating the respond of the interviewees, the following are the findings and conclusions.

 On the factor of environment, the municipality of Sison is still a safe place to live with, there is the absence of armed conflicts and violence in the locality, furthermore people don’t live in fear, rather the people live in harmony.
 Legal law and order are properly implemented in the Municipality of Sison, it can be traced in the implementing guidelines and the absence of violence in the town but there is increased of traffic vehicular incidents.
 There is a low market operation in the Municipality which hinders its economic development and trading opportunities.