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Marnel FlorentinoPRICE INCREASE OF COMMODITIES SERVICES: IMPACT ON THE
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF GRADE 11 HUMSS STUDENTS OF LYFJSHS
A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of
Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Practical Research 1
Submitted to:
Sir Khyle Kenneth Grepo
Research Adviser
Submitted by:
Ciupan, Jessa Marie C.
Florentino, Marnel N.
Veva, Renan Ian
Jalandoni, Affareen Fave D.
Carascal, France Nicole
Dalagan, Eufemio III M.
Napili, Neil A.
Sipat, Jervie B.
Del Rosario, Christian Ivan
Humanities and Social Sciences & Academics Track
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June 2023
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE PRELIMINARIES PAGE
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………….…….4
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study…………………………………………………………………………..…...5-6
Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………………………….….….6
Scope and Delimitations…………………………………………………………………………...…..6-7
Definition of Terms………………………………………………….………………….………………..7
Significance of the study…………………………………………………………………………………8
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Review of Related Literature…………………………………………...……………….……………9-14
Synthesis………………………………………………………………………….…………………14-17
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..…………….………18
METHODOLOGY
Research Design…………………………………………………………………………….…………..19
Research Sampling………………………………………………………………………………….…..19
Data Collection………………………………………………………………………………...……19-20
Ethical Issue……………………………………………………………..……………………..……20-21
Plan of Data Analysis……………………………………………………………..…………….…..…..21
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Results and Discussion………………………………………………………………………….…..22-27
Research Diagram……………………………………………………..………………………....……..28
RESEARCH CONCLUSION
Creative Synthesis…………………………………………………..……...…………………….……..29
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation………………………………………………..………..………………………....29-30
Research Project………………..………………………………………………………………..….30-31
REFERENCES
Related Research and Studies…………………………………………...………………………..…31-33
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Interview Question……………………………………………………….……..….34-35
APPENDIX B: Transcription………………………………………………………………….……36-44
APPENDIX C: Final Coding………………………………………………………………….…….45-52
APPENDIX D: Proof of Interview…………………………………………………………….…....53-54
APPENDIX E: Letter of Consent…………………………………………………………….……..55-56
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ABSTRACT
esearch Title
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Price Increase of Commodities Services: Impact on the
Social Behavior of Grade 11 HUMSS Students of LYFJSHS
uthor/s:
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Ciupan, Jessa Marie C.; Carascal, France Nicole; Dalagan, Eufemio III M.; Del Rosario,
Christian Ivan; Florentino, Marnel N.; Jalandoni, Affareen Fave D.; Napili, Neil A.; Sipat,
Jervie B.; Veva, Renan Ian
urpose:This study is generally focused on the impactsof price increase of commodities
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services on the social behavior of students and also focuses on the experiences and coping
mechanism while facing this issue.
ethodology:The participants were selected from Grade11 HUMSS Students of Luis Y.
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Ferrer Jr. Senior High School. This research used a qualitative type of study through
conducting interviews. Qualitative data was analyzed by the Litchmans 3'cs of analysis
(coding to categorizing to conceptualizing) to generateemerging themes.
indings:The study discovered that Grade 11 studentsface struggles and difficulties that
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impact their social behavior and at the same time with this issue of price increase of
commodities, researchers discovered the strategies and ways for students to overcome this
issue. Four themes are the following:Discords ofthe Students: Challenge of Price Increase,
The Financial Struggles of Students,Risk of Health:The Effect on Social Behavior of
Students, andStrategies and Ways; Recommendationsof Students.
esearch Limitations/Implication:This research focusedon the 4 Participants from Grade
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11 HUMSS students of Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School during S.Y. 2022-2023
riginality and Value:This research paper servesas a guide or reference for the students to
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be able to know how the price increase of commodities can impact the social behavior of the
students. The result of this study will help not only students but also teachers how to
overcome the difficulties and struggles they are facing with this problem. With this study,
students will find out some alternative ways or strategies that can definitely help them to
overcome this situation, mentally and physically.
eywords:Price Increase,Commodities Services,Price,Social Behavior,Strategies/Ways,
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Students,Commodities, Mental Health, LYFJSHS
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INTRODUCTION
Thereisnocountryinexistencethatisnotfacingaproblem.Whetherthatdifficulty
ishuge,whetheritissmall,itisstillaphenomenathataffectsthenationandthepeopleliving
in it. One of the biggest problems a countrycouldhaveisthepriceincreaseoreconomical
crisis in-general. An Economical Crisis is a situation in which the economy of a country
experiences a sudden downturn initsaggregateoutputorrealgrossdomesticproduct.With
this economical crisis, it affects the people who live in one country. The supply chain
disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak have led to changesinfoodpricesglobally.
According to Bairagi, et al. (2022), Inflation affects notonlytheareaofpricesbutdirectly
andindirectlytouchesthevariousareasofsociallife,causingCommoditypricestobevolatile
aswellasmostofthecommodityexchangesbeingvolatileanddynamic.Itaffectsthedomain
ofspecificfields.Commoditypriceshavebecomevolatileoverthepast2decades,andtheir
recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most
economies. The negative impact on production through the decline of producer prices has
attractedconsiderableattention.Giventhissituation,policymakershavebecomeincreasingly
concerned about measuring the magnitude of price shock diffusion on a country’s various
inflationary indicators (Okimoto & Tatsuyoshi, 2017).
Almostallpeople,especiallystudents,aresufferingandaffectedbythecrisis.Some
people blame the government and those people who have the power. However, most ofus
think that this problem was because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Filipinos are still
recoveringfromthecrisis,andtheyareslowlylivinginanewnormal.Itisslowlygoingback
to the days we used to have. Slowly not wearing face masks, allowing people to attend
gatherings, not having social distancing, and having face-to-face classes at all levels.
Furthermore, the Philippines now suffers from therisingpricesofcommoditiesarenotjust
parentsandadultsareaffectedbutalsostudents.Thisstudywasmadeinordertoknowhow
this crisis affects the lives of Filipinos, especially its students.
Therefore,thisstudywasconductedtoknowwhataretheeffectsofincreasingprices
of commodities on the social behavior of students atLuisYFerrerJr.SeniorHighSchool.
The researchers also conducted this study to find out what strategies they have for coping
withthiscrisis.Lastly,aswefocusmoreonthisresearch,wegainmorepiecesofknowledge
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aboutit,andaswegainknowledgeaboutit,wecouldhavepossibilitiestocreatealternative
solutions to this problem that could help the students.
Statement of the Problem
ThemainproblemofthisstudyistofindoutandexplainhowthestudentsofLuisY.
Ferrer
Senior High School are facing and overcoming this problem.
This research aims to solve the following questions
a. What are the experiences of students regarding this issue?
b. How does the rise of commodities affect the social behavior of students?
c. What steps could they take to address this issue as students?
d. What stepsmusttheschooldoinordertoaddressthisissueandthosestudentswho
are deeply affected by it?
e. Why is it significant for us students to observe the price increase of commodities
services in our country?
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This study is mainly focused on the effect of the Price Increase of Commodities
Services on the behavior of the students. The participants are the Grade 11 Senior High
School students from the HUMSS strand in Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School, School
Year 2022-2023. Face-to-Face interviews are used in the research as well to gather
information.
GeneralPurposes:TofocusonthePriceIncreaseofCommoditiesServicesandtheeffectof
this on the social behavior of the students at Luis Y. Ferrer Senior High School.
Subject Matter:The effect of Price Increase on theSocial Behavior of the students.
Topic Studied: Impact on the Social Behavior of Price Increase, problems encountered in
Price Increase of Commodities Services, strategies in coping with this, and proposed
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alternative solutions to this problem.
Population or Universe:Grade 11 HUMSS students ofLuis Y. Ferrer Senior High School.
Locale of the Study:Luis Y. Ferrer Senior Jr. HighSchool
Period of the Study:School Year2022-2023
Definition of Terms
Forabetterunderstandingofthisstudy,thefollowingtermsaredefinedinthecontext
of this research.
Price
- It is the amount of money given or set as consideration for the sale of a specified
thing. The cost at which something is obtained.
Commodities
- It is a basic good usedincommercethatisinterchangeablewithothergoodsofthe
same type.
Services
- Intangible acts or performances whereby the service provider provides valuetothe
customer.
Social Behavior
- The way people interact with and influence other individuals.
Increase
- A word that means an instance growing and becoming progressively greater.
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Significance of the Study:
Thefindingsofthisstudywillprovidesubstantialdiscoveriesthatarebothhighly
beneficial to the following:
Students.
Through the help of this study, students will know why it is important to have
enough knowledge about this topic and this study will give information. It also gives
guidelines for those students who are experiencing the same problem.
Parents.
As a result of this study, parents will know if their children encountered the same
problemandgivethemmoretimeandattention.Parentscanalsohelptheirchildrenincoping
with the challenges that they encounter.
Teachers.
Through this study, teachers will be able to have a deeper understanding of this
study and for them to assess themselves to developsomeremediesthatmighthelpthemto
overcomethisproblem.Throughthisresearch,teachersmaypurposelydiscoverhowthePrice
Increase of Commodities Services affects the Social Behaviors of the students.
Future researchers.
This study is very important to students and teachers in terms of getting enough
knowledge about the Price Increase of Commodities Services and how to cope with
challenges, future researchers who are interested in this topic cangetanidearegardingthe
research they will do about this topic. In conclusion, they can use this as their basis and
references.
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(thematic)
Overtheyears,thePriceIncreaseofCommoditiesServicesaffectsthesocialbehavior
of society, most especially the students. An example of this is the price increase in
transportationfares.AccordingtoDelaCruz(2022),thepriceincreaseintransportationfares
caused by the increased price of gas affects the people who are commuting every day. In
2018,thePhilippineshadthehighestinflationrateamongthe10SouthEastAsiancountries.
AccordingtoUrrutia(2021),theInflationrateistheproceedingrisewithinthecommonlevel
ofcostsofproductsandservicesinaneconomyovercertainyears.Theinflationrateorrising
prices of commodities in the Philippines is forecasted to be at 7.05% by the end of 2018
whereas the highest predicted value is 8.93% in 2022. Using the forecast error criterion,
ARIMAwasidentifiedtobethebestfithavingapredictionofa4.60%inflationratein2018.
Looking forward, a 5.21% inflation rate in the next twelve months is projected(Delima&
Lumintac, 2019). Understanding the demand and supply sources of inflation pressures.
Qualitatively, indicators have pointed to evidence of inflation pressures from both sides in
2018, with the supply factors, by and large, associated with commodity-price shocks and
demand factors deduced from gleaning at the wider non-oil trade deficits seen in the
Philippines. According to Guo et al. (2019), as 2022 started, it explicitly treats the spatial
heterogeneity in food inflation and the differences in consumption expenditure survey and
price datasets at the provincial level or lower. Although some of the poor agricultural
households may have escaped poverty, the poorest of the poor, whether they are in an
agriculturalhouseholdornot,areseverelyaffectedbytheincreasingpriceofcommoditiesin
terms of food and fares (Fujii, 2013).
AccordingtoJared(2022),Commoditiescanbebroadlycategorizedintofourgroups:
agriculture, livestock, energy, and metals. Usually, these commodities are utilized as raw
materialsforproducingfoodorotheritems,whichcanbeconsumedbybothindividualsand
businesses. According to Filippo (2022), the current surge incommoditypricesisaffecting
peopleduetoincreasedpricesofenergyandfoodimports.Becauseofthis,almostallpeople
are affected not only the parents, the businessman/woman but also the students who are
experiencingthisissue.Also,Chen&Liu(2019)saidthattheeffectsofpriceincreasesonthe
consumption behavior of students. It found that when the prices of essential goods and
services increase, students tend to cut down on non-essential spending and adjust their
behaviortoaccommodatethehighercosts.Thisadjustmentincludesavoidingsocialactivities
that require spending money,suchaseatingout,goingtomoviesorconcerts,andtraveling.
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Oladipo & Adetunji (2020) explored the impactofpriceincreasesoncommoditiesservices
cannotjustimpactacademicperformancesbutalsosocialbehavioraswell.Studentstendto
experiencehigherlevelsofstressandanxietyinexperiencingthiskindofissue.Additionally,
students who are struggling financially may have toworkmorehoursortakeonadditional
jobs to make ends meet, leaving them with less time to study and participate in social
activities that can result in poor and low social engagement.
AccordingtoCollinsetal.,(2018),priceincreasesincommoditiesandserviceshavea
significant impact on the social behavior of students. The study found that when prices of
essential goods such as food, transportation, and housing increase, students tend to reduce
their social interactions, such as going out with friends or participating in extracurricular
activities. This behavior is a result of the students' need to prioritize theirexpenses,which
leaves little to no room for leisure activities. On the other hand, according to Lamberte
(2009), the price increase of commodities services or inflation could also give a positive
effect on society. By having this kindofproblem,peoplewouldknowhowtobalancetheir
expenses and budget.
I nexploration,wefoundoutthatmostoftheproblemsandchallengesthatthe
students
are facing because of price increases in commodities services are connected to each other.
This research chapter presents the pieces of literature and studies, both local and foreign.
The Effect on Students of Price Increase of Commodities Services
aving an extreme price increase of commodities services in one’s country affects all
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the people living in it. Therefore, there are challenges that Filipinos, especially students,
experience by facing and overcoming this problem.
Poverty
Povertytakesabigpartinthestudentsfacingthechallengesbroughtbytheincreaseof
prices in commodities services. It affects them in every possible way. For instance, most
students are unable to study because of Poverty. But students who live in poverty are less
likely to have growth mindsets. Instead, they have what researchers call a “fixedmindset”
(Thompson & Wilson, 2016).
Theincreaseofpricesin the pastyears in many countrieshasbeenin general.The
impact of the crisis seems to be more at post-compulsory levels of education. It is the
middle-income group that provides the traditional client forhighereducationanditisthe
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most adverselyaffectedgroupasaresultofthedeclineinformal-sectoremploymentduring
the crisis period(Hassan, 2001).
Thereareseveralfactorsinvolvedthatplayapartinstudents’performanceasfollows:
health and nutrition, vocabulary, effort, hope-and-growth mindset, cognition, relationships,
and distress. Students in poverty are more likely to be exposed to food with little to no
nutritional value which affects cognitive functioning which, in turn, has adverse effects on
academic achievement. Limited vocabulary also affects academic ability and exposure to
language is less likely in low socioeconomic cases (Pungello et al., 2009).
AccordingtoDadrah(2023),students’mentalhealthisalreadyaffectedbyloneliness,
anxiety,andstressfromhavingthiskindofsituation.Theincreaseinessentialcosts,suchas
fares and food, has led students to become more anxious about their spending. Also, it is
difficulttoplanfaraheadoverhowtomanagethefinanceswhenyouareworryingaboutthe
present situation.
Daily Expenses: Price Increase of Goods and Fares
According to a study by Hossain & Rahman (2019), an increase in the price of
commodities and services can affect the social behavior of students in various ways. For
example, students may reduce their participation in social activities that require spending
money,suchasgoingtothemoviesoreatingoutwithfriends.Thiscanleadtoadecreasein
their social interaction and mayaffecttheirmentalhealthandwell-being.Additionally, the
price increases may lead to increased stress and anxiety for studentswhorelyonpart-time
jobs orfinancialaidtopayfortheirexpenses.Therearedifferentimpactsofpriceincreases
ontheconsumptiontothebehaviorofstudents.Thestudyfoundthatstudentstendtoreduce
their spending on non-essential items, suchasluxurygoodsandentertainment,whenprices
increase. However, studentsmayalsoresorttoothermeasures,suchasborrowingmoneyor
cutting back on basic necessities, to maintain their standard of living. This can lead to
financial strain andmayaffecttotheiracademicperformanceandsocialrelationshipstothe
others.
AstudybyChua(2019),foundthatpriceincreasescanhaveadisproportionateimpact
on low-income students, who mayalreadybestrugglingtomakeendsmeet.Thesestudents
may be more likely to experience financial stress and social isolation as a result of price
increases, which can further exacerbate existing inequalities.
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AccordingtoanarticlestatedbyFrankenberg(2003),aneconomiccrisisimpactsthe
students in buying their school supplies and other necessary things for school including
papers, books, pens, and other things since the prices of these areincreasing.Infacingthe
Price Increase, inflation and rising prices of public transportation fares are associated.
Another part of inflation was the rising of tuition fees and other educational fees.
Varghese (2001) said that in the period of economic crisis, many parents shifted their
children from high-fee-paying private schools or universities to public schools or
universities. This has led to a decline in enrolment inprivatecolleges.Someoftheprivate
schoolsreducedfeestoretainthestudents.Theresultsshowthatsince2003,priceincreases
have led to greater suffering for the poor, particularly the ultra-poor (Son, 2008).
Lack of Support: Education and General
Theeconomiccrisisofrecentyearshashadsignificanteffectsonstudents'financial
situations, which can impact theiracademicperformanceandoverallwell-being.According
to a study by Castelló-Climent (2015), economic recessions can lead toincreasedlevelsof
poverty,unemployment,andinequality,whichcancreatebarrierstoeducationforlow-income
students. They argue that students from disadvantagedbackgroundsaremorelikelytodrop
out of school or fail to enroll in higher education due to financial constraints. Similarly, a
study by Addo et al. (2016), found that student loan debt is a growing concern for many
students, especially those from minority and low-income backgrounds.
Not only the students are affected by this, but also the teachers. According to Atienza
(2022),therearealotofteacherswhohavebeenfiredduetotheeconomicissuebackwhen
the Covid-19 strikes since the government focused more on the students and income is
slowingdown.AndduetotheCovid-19strikesin2019,manyschoolshavebeguntooffera
new learning modality which many of the students argued about since theywhetherornot
abletohavecomputersinordertojointheonlineclassordonothaveenoughmoneytobuy
materials thattheywillbeneedingintheirhomes,andasofthatmanyoftheschoolsinthe
Philippines face an ultimate rise of dropouts (Simeon, 2022).
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According to an article stated by Varghese (2001), the impact of the crisis on
higher education will depend on the household response to the demand for education,
and public policy response to maintain priority to education. In general, a decline in
household incomes is associated with a decline in the income elasticity of demand for
education. The economic crisis has negative effects which cause loss of employment that will
have an immediate effect (reduction) to their income.Also, households tend to continue to
invest less in education partly due to the fact that they are more worried about survival than
investment. Investments in human capital take a long time to give results, which
households cannot cope with during periods of falling income. The unfortunate situation
is that the impact of the crisis may be in terms of a budget cut which contributes to a decline
in education. Greever (2014) said that poverty has an adverse effect on student performance
and studies have shown that students in poverty are below grade level at much higher rates
and that they generally have poor or average grades. These educational deficits provide a
serious handicap for students in poverty.
Inconclusion,havingthepriceincreaseofcommoditiesservicesaffectsandimpacts
studentsingeneral.Theydonothaveachoicetofaceandovercomethisproblemsincethey
are not yet knowledgeable about this. Alip, Ph.D. (2022) said that instead of studying,
students have to work in order to providefortheirfamiliesandovercometherealityofthe
world.
oping Mechanisms & Strategies to Overcome the Price Increase of Commodities
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Services
Students’ Strategies
AccordingtotheUniversityofWashington(2016),byovercomingthepriceincreaseof
c ommodities services as a student we should identify and correct our unhealthy coping
strategies.Theunhealthycopingstrategiesthatmostofthestudentsdoaredrinking,smoking,
or eating unhealthy foods that would definitely put them at risk. Planning and identifying
personal control are one of the best coping strategies that students could do in order to
overcome this. A study by Fontinelle(2021)showsthatstudentsshouldmakeabudgetand
minimize buying anything unnecessary and not important, students should also look for
part-time jobs that would give them extra cash for their needs without not attending their
classes (or not studying).
ccordingtoHes(2018),itisimportanttorealizethatthereareliterallyhundredsof
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ays to reduce your spending. For instance, buying clothes, making sure it's within your
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b udget,andavoidingeatingexpensivefastfoodifyourbudgetdoesn'taffordit.Anotherone
istobudgetproperly, whichallowsus,especiallystudentstosetasidethemoneyweneedfor
essentialssuchasgroceries,transportationcosts,andstudyfeesortuitionfees.Lastly,makea
wisedecision,don'tbetemptedintogettingexpensiveitemsthatyoudon'tneed,forexample
buyingthelatestnewphoneorbuyingthatpairofextravagantbrand-newshoes,withouteven
thinking of what will happen to you the next day because your money is needed to be budget.
ccordingtoShapiro(2009),studentscanmakestrategiesbyreadingaboutthecurrent
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priceincreaseofcommoditiesservicesfacingourcountryandtheworld.Readinglessonsthat
provide background information to the students to know about the crisis.Researching,and
gathering information can also help students to create strategies on how to cope with this
problem.
Government Policies Strategies
ccordingtoanarticlestatedbyVarghese(2001),thePolicyForumrecommendedthat
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the government should implement and establish better strategies or mechanisms for
overcoming the economic crisis because they are the ones who have thepowertohelpthe
people.Andbymeansof“s trategies”,thePhilippinegovernmentshouldadoptandencourage
Filipinoproducerstobemoreproductiveandcompetitiveinbothdomesticandinternational
markets because we are the ones who are being affected if the economy will slow down.
Governmentpoliciesextendsitsregulationsinordertohelpandmakechangesinthesociety
so that the price decrease again. According to Bibow (2013), the control of private
institutions, taxation, and public and privateemployersshouldbeimplementedasthisisby
far the most effective solution or strategy for solving the economic crisis.
Synthesis
Price Increase of commodities services is one of the main reasons whypeopleare
suffering physically, mentally andmostimportantlyfinancially.ThePhilippinesnowsuffers
fromthiscrisisnotjustparentsandadultsareaffectedbutalsostudents.AccordingtoUrrutia
(2021),theInflationrateistheproceedingrisewithinthecommonlevelofcostsofproducts
and services in an economy over certain years. The inflation rate or rising prices of
commodities in the Philippinesisforecastedtobeat7.05%bytheendof2018whereasthe
highest predicted value is 8.93% in 2022. We are still recovering from the COVID-19
pandemic,we'renowlivinginthenewnormalbuttheeffectofthatpandemic,itbroughttous
the price increase of commodities. According to Guo et al. (2019), as 2022 started, it
explicitlytreatsthespatialheterogeneityinfoodinflationandthedifferencesinconsumption
expenditure survey and price datasets attheprovinciallevelorlowerandthestudyofFujii
(2023) Although some of the poor agricultural households may have escaped poverty, the
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poorestofthepoor,whethertheyareinanagriculturalhouseholdornot,areseverelyaffected
by the increasing price of commodities in terms of food and fares.
Theterm"c ommodities"arerarelyheard,itisoftencalledproductsoritem.According
to Jared (2022), Commodities can be broadly categorized into four groups: agriculture,
livestock, energy, and metals. Usually, these commodities are utilized as raw materials for
producing food or other items, which canbeconsumedbybothindividualsandbusinesses.
As stated by Filippo (2022), the increase in commodity prices is affecting people, most
especially students. Also, Chen & Liu (2019) said that the effectsofpriceincreasesonthe
consumption behavior of students. It found that when the prices of goods and services
increase, students tend to cut down on non-essential spendingandadjusttheirbehaviourto
accommodatethehighercosts.Thisadjustmentincludesavoidingsocialactivitiesthatrequire
spending money, such as eating out, and going to movies or concerts. Oladipo&Adetunji
(2020) explored the impact of price increases on commodities services can notjustimpact
academic performances but also social behavioraswell.Studentstendtoexperiencehigher
levels of stress and anxiety in experiencing this kind of issue and with this, they have no
motivationtostudyandparticipateinsocialactivitieswhichcanresultinpoorandlowsocial
engagement.AccordingtoCollinsetal.,(2018),priceincreasesincommoditiesandservices
haveasignificantimpactonthesocialbehaviorofstudents.Thestudyfoundthatwhenprices
ofessentialgoodssuchasfood,transportation,andhousingincrease,studentstendtoreduce
their social interactions. This behaviour is a result of the students' need to prioritize their
expenses,whichleaveslittletonoroomforleisureactivities.Priceincreasesofcommodities
services cannot just impact businesses but alsoparentsandstudentssomeofthementioned
authors prove that it impacted their life, physically, mentally, and financially.
Asthepriceincreaseofcommoditiesisstillpresent,morestudentsaresuffering,asthey
experience, face andovercomethisproblem.Firstly,povertytakesabigpartinthestudents
facing the challenges brought by the increase of prices in commodities services. It affects
them in every possible way. For instance, most students are unable to study because of
Poverty (Thompson & Wilson, 2016). It is the middle-income group that provides the
traditionalclientforhighereducationanditisthemostadverselyaffectedgroupasaresultof
thedeclineinformal-sectoremploymentduringthecrisisperiod(Hassan,2001).Studentsin
povertyaremorelikelytobeexposedtofoodwithlittletononutritionalvaluewhichaffects
cognitivefunctioningwhich,inturn,hasadverseeffectsonacademicachievement(Pungello
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etal.,2009).AccordingtoDadrah(2023),students’mentalhealthisalreadyaffectedbythis
kind of situation. The increaseinessentialcosts,suchasfaresandfood,hasledstudentsto
become more anxious about their spending and it is difficulttoplanfaraheadoverhowto
managetheirfinances.Second,is,thedailyexpensesofstudentsintermsoffoodandfarethat
they are worrying about everyday.InastudybyHossain&Rahman(2019),anincreasein
the price of commodities and services can affect the social behavior of students invarious
ways. For example, students may reduce their participation in social activities that require
spending money, such as going to the movies or eating out with friends. Italsofoundthat
students tend to reduce their spending on non-essential items, such as luxury goods and
entertainment,whenthepriceofcommoditiesservicesincreases.AccordingtoChua(2019),
found that this crisis can have a disproportionateimpactonlow-incomestudents,whomay
already be struggling to make ends meet that's why somestudentsarenotattendingschool
andjustdecidedtotakepart-timejobsjusttosurvivewiththeirdailylives.Ontheotherhand,
according to Lamberte (2009), thepriceincreaseofcommoditiesservicesorinflationcould
also give a positive effect on society. By having this kind of problem,peoplewouldknow
howtobalancetheirexpensesandbudget.AccordingtoFrankenberg(2003),acrisisimpacts
the students in buying their school suppliesandothernecessarythingsforschoolincluding
papers, books, pens, and other things since the prices oftheseareincreasingandtherising
tuition fees andothereducationalfees.Varghese(2001)saidthatintheperiodofthiscrisis,
manyparentsshifted theirchildrenfrom high-fee-paying privateschoolsoruniversitiesto
publicschoolsoruniversities. Someoftheprivateschoolsreducedfeestoretainthestudents.
Lastlyis,thelackof support.AstudybyCastelló-Climent(2015),economicrecessionscan
lead to increasedlevelsofpoverty,unemployment,andinequality,whichcancreatebarriers
to education for low-income students. They argue that students from disadvantaged
backgroundsaremorelikelytodropoutofschoolorfailtoenrolinhighereducationdueto
financial constraints, (Addo et al., 2016),foundthatstudentloandebtisagrowingconcern
for many students, especially thosefromminorityandlow-incomebackgrounds.Duetothe
Covid-19 strikes in 2019,manyschoolshavebeguntoofferanewlearningmodalitywhich
manyofthestudentsarguedaboutsincetheywhetherornotabletohavecomputersinorder
to join the online class or do not have enough money to buy materials that they will be
needing in their homes and withthat,manyoftheschoolsfaceanultimateriseofdropouts
(Simeon,2022).Povertyhasanadverseeffectonstudentperformanceandstudiesfoundthat
they generally have poor or average grades. These educational deficits provide a serious
handicapforstudents(Greever,2014).Insteadofstudying,studentshavetoworkinorderto
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provide for their families and overcome the reality of the world.Alip, Ph.D. (2022). This
problem affects students in everydifferentway.Theycannotdoanythingbutfacethiseven
though they are struggling and suffering becausetheyarenotyetfamiliarwiththisandnot
having enough knowledge of how to deal with it.
Ineverychallengeandcrisisthatoursocietyisfacing,therewillbeananswerand
waysforthat.Wedividedthestrategiesandcodingmechanismsintotwoparts,thestudents’
strategiesandthegovernment'sstrategies.AccordingtotheUniversityofWashington,(2016),
students should identify andcorrecttheirunhealthycopingstrategies.Theunhealthycoping
strategies that most ofthestudentsdoaredrinking,smoking,oreatingunhealthyfoodsthat
woulddefinitelyputatrisk.Studentsshouldthinkandunderstandwhattheyaregoingtodo,
especially in coping with the challenges that they are facing and want to overcome. Price
increaseofcommoditiesservicesisaverydifficultchallengeforstudentsthatiswhyifthey
correcttheirunhealthycopingmechanismslikesmokingordrinking,theywillovercomethis
correctly and much easier. Fontinelle (2021) said that students should make a budget and
minimize buying anything unnecessary and not important. This could help the students
overcome the price increaseofcommoditiesservicessinceiftheywillfollowthiswaythen
it’llbeeasyforthemtobuythingsinthefuturebecausetheyhaveextracashfromallthose
‘limiting themselves” from the things that aren’t important. Also, Hes (2018) said that
budgeting properly and making wise decisions could help students overcome this type of
problem. Apart fromthis,Shapiro(2009)saidthatstudentscanovercomethepriceincrease
of commodities services by knowing or having pieces of knowledge about why this is
happening in our country or the world. If there are the students’ strategies and ways of
overcomingthis,therearealsogovernmentstrategies.Governmentshouldalsoactandmake
changes in society so that the citizens of that country will overcomethiscrisismuchmore
easily.AccordingtoanarticlestatedbyVarghese(2001),thePolicyForumrecommendedthat
the government should implement and establish better strategies or mechanisms for
overcoming the economic crisis because they are the ones who have thepowertohelpthe
people.Thissimplymeansthatthegovernmentshouldmakealawregardingthissituationin
whichthepeopleorthecitizensshouldfollowsothattherewillbenoproblemorcrisisthat’ll
happen like this in the future. Apart from this, Bibow (2013) said that control of private
institutions, taxation, and public and privateemployersshouldbeimplementedasthisisby
far the most effective solution or strategy for solving the economic crisis.
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Conclusion
Inconclusion,therearesomanystudiesthatprovethattheriseofcommoditiesand
servicescanimpactthesocialbehaviorofonestudent.OladipoandAdetunji(2020)explored
theimpactofpriceincreasesoncommoditiesandservicesonnotjustacademicperformances
but also social behavior, finding that students tendtoexperiencehigherlevelsofstressand
anxiety when experiencing thiskindofissue.Collinsetal.,(2018)addthatthestudyfound
that when prices of essential goods such as food, transportation, and housing increase,
studentstendtoreducetheirsocialinteractions,suchasgoingoutwithfriendsorparticipating
inextracurricularactivities.Therisingincreaseincommoditieshasagreatimpactnotjuston
the parents but also on the students, who areextremelyaffectedbythisproblembecauseit
affects their social behavior and their academic performances in school as well.
However,astudyfoundthatwhilefacingthiscrisis,studentshavecopingmechanisms
that help them deal with or overcome it. AstudybyFontinelle(2021),showsthatstudents
should make a budget and minimize buying anything unnecessary andnotimportant.They
shouldalsolookforpart-timejobsthatwouldgivethemextracashfortheirneedswithoutnot
attending their classes (or not studying). According toHes(2018),itisimportanttorealize
that there are literally hundreds of ways to reduce your spending. For instance, buying
clothes,makingsureit'swithinyourbudget,andavoidingeatingexpensivefastfoodifyour
budgetcan'tafforditAnotheroneistobudgetproperly,whichallowsus,especiallystudents,
tosetasidethemoneyweneedforessentialssuchasgroceries,transportationcosts,andstudy
fees or tuition fees. Students are suffering fromthisissue,butithelpsthemtothinkwisely
and be mindful of their actions and decisions.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
ThischapterpresentstheResearchMethodologieswhichinvolvetheResearchDesign
used in conducting this study. Apart from this, this also includestheSamplingProcedures,
Data Gathering Method, Instrument used in Data Gathering, Ethical Issues, and Data
Analysis.
Research Design
In conducting this study, the researchers' topic falls under the category of
phenomenology,inwhichthequalitativemethodisthebesttouseforthisstudy.Qualitative
research is a process of naturalistic inquiry that seeks an in-depth understanding of the
experiencesandperspectivesofsocialphenomena,oritisnon-numericaldataingatheringthe
concept. That can help the researchers gather information or data. The phenomenological
studyfocusesonexaminingtheexperiencesbyprovidingdescriptionsofthepeopleinvolved.
Thegoalofthephenomenologicalstudyistofindoutordeterminetheexperiencesofpeople
regardingtheproblemsthattheyarefacing,whichistheeconomiccrisis,anditalsofocuses
onwhatstrategiesorcopingmechanismsthestudentsatLuisY.FerrerJr.SeniorHighSchool
are using to overcome this.
Sampling Procedure
ThisstudyusedpurposivesamplingincopingwiththePriceIncreaseofCommodities
Services and how this affect the Social Behavior faced bythestudentsatLuisY.FerrerJr.
SeniorHighSchool.Thisstudywillhelpandbeabridgeinsolvingtheirproblemandmaking
the new system easier andgettingsomestrategiestocopewiththisnewsystemandgetting
ideas based on the experience of others.
Data Gathering Method
These are the applicable procedures we researchers should follow in gathering the data.
I. Before conducting a study on the respondents, the researchers should first ask
permission from the Principal of Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School.
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II. Following the first (1) procedure, the researchers should also ask permission from the
respondents or participants if it is fine for them to give pieces of information. Apart
from this, the respondents should also fill out a form that they are willing to give their
own information to the researchers.
III. At this time, the researchers are now allowed to interview the respondents that they
choose. In here, respondents are going to be interviewed face-to-face and will be
required to answer the questions that the researchers have gathered.
IV. In addition to the third (3) procedure, the researchers will ask questions that the
respondents are required to answer. The first set will consist of questions about the
challenges and experiences that they are facing in this crisis. The second set will be
about the coping strategies that they will do in overcoming this crisis. And lastly, this
set will consist of questions on what will they suggest that those people, especially
young ones, that are facing this kind of crisis in their lives could do about this.
V. After that, the researchers can finally summarize and organize all the data that they
had gathered. In addition to this, the researchers should also know how to analyze and
interpret the data that they have collected.
Instrument in Data Gathering
The instrument used to collect data was these questionnaires:
1. What kind of challenges do you mostly experience in facing the Price Increase in
Commodities Services?
2. How do students deal with Price Increases in Commodities Services?
3. What are the ways to overcome these situations?
4. How does a Price Increase affect the social behaviour of the students?
5. What are the causes of the Price Increase in Commodities Services?
6. What recommendations can be made to address this concern?
Ethical Issue
Wewillensurethatwhattheysayisonlyusedforourresearch,andwewon'treveal
anythingaboutthem,includingwhotheyare;theirname,ortheiridentity.Wealsoensurethat
theparticipants'privacyisprotectedbyusandthatalloftheirpersonalinformationissecure
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from hackers, whichiswhywewithholdallinformationaboutit.Becauseofthis,whenthe
participant's identity is hidden, they are more likely to give truthful answers
Data Analysis
Thequalitativedatafromtheinterviewsand/orfocused-groupdiscussionswere
analyzedthroughLichtman’s3CsofAnalysis(CodingtoCategorizingtoConceptualizing)to
generate the emerging themes.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
I n this qualitative research, a phenomenological study was employed to impactthe
SocialBehaviorofLuisY.FerrerJr.SeniorHighSchoolstudentsregardingthePriceIncrease
of Commodities Services. Interviews were thoroughly conducted on selected Grade 11
Students at Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School. The participants' experiences and
observations helped the researchers to know the struggles and how the Price Increase of
Commodities Services affects Social Behavior.
The point of view of selected Grade 11 students on some questionssuchas"W
hat
k ind of challenges do you mostly experience in facing the Price Increase in Commodities
Services?”,“HowdoesaPriceIncreaseaffectthesocialbehaviorofthestudents?”,“Howdo
students deal with Price Increases in Commodities Services?”, “What are the ways to
overcome these situations?”, “What are the causes of the Price Increase in Commodities
Services?”, “What recommendations can be made to address this concern?”.
Discords of the Students: Challenge of Price Increase
Weallknowthatthereisnocountrythatdoesnotfaceaphenomenonorchallenges,
hether that challenge is big or not, it still affects society, most especially the students.
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According to Thompson & Wilson (2016), most students are unable to study because of
poverty.Povertyisthemostcrucialeffectofpriceincreasesanditaffectsthestudentsmore.
Participant#1saidthatbecauseofthepriceincreaseofcommoditiesservicesinourcountry,
they face challenges such as having a hard time budgeting their money.“Pagkukulang sa
pagba-budget…kasiyungibadibamayhindinatininaasahanyungpagtaasngmgabilihin,
likehalimbawangayonarawnakapag-budgetkanagan’tongperalangyungmagagastosmo
so pag bigla siyang tumaas like parang mabibitin tsaka kakapusin ka sa pera”. Having to
experiencethesekindsofproblemswillalsoaffecttheiracademicperformance,andthathad
beenprovenbyCastelló-Climent(2015)whosaid,theeconomiccrisisofrecentyearshashad
significant effects on students' financial situations, which can impact their academic
performance. Apart from this, Participant #4 said that he/she is having a hard timebuying
what they need because they can’t afford it since the priceisincreasing,“Yungpagtaasng
bilihin kasi ‘di ba minsan halimbawa gusto natin ng isang pagkain hindi natin mabili kasi
hindi sapat yung pambili natin”. This proves that many students are being affected by the
price increase of commodities services.
I nfacingaproblemkindwhichisveryhardtocopewith,studentsarefacingalotof
conflictsandthataffectstheiracademicperformancesandsocialbehaviour.Accordingtoour
Participant#2shefindsithardtocopeupwiththiskindofconflicts,“Mahirapsyemprekasi
tumaas yung mga pricing, yung budget nung parents mopangkakasyahinkasibudgetlang
yungisanglinggomo,baonmopatiyungpinagpa-projectsmo”.Studentsarehavingahard
time budgeting their money and how tobuythingstheyneededintheirschoolandthishas
alreadybeenprovenbyFrankenberg(2003)whosaidthataneconomiccrisisorpriceincrease
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impacts the students in buying their school supplies and other necessary things for school
including papers, books, pens, and other things since the prices of these are increasing.
In addition to this, many students are unable to go to school because they can not
a fford the fair public transportation like Jeepneys. Nowadays, transportation fares are also
increasing because of the conflicts that our country isfacing,whichalsoaffectthepriceof
gas and otherutilitiesregardingmotorsandcars.Participant#3saidthat“Sachallengesdin
lagiakogumagalabutnowhindinadahilsaumm..pagincreasenungpamasahe”.Allofthis
proves that students are the ones who are deeply affected by the price increase of
commodities services that is happening in our country or the world.
The Financial Struggles & Difficulties of Students
any students face significant financialstruggles while pursuing their education,
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often struggling to cover the costs of tuition, textbooks, and other living expenses. The lack of
financial resources can prevent students from participating in activities, and others that limit
their overall educational experience.Oladipo & Adetunji(2020) explored the impact of price
increases on commodities services can not just impact academic performances but also social
behaviour as well. Students tend to experience higher levels of stress and anxiety in
experiencing this kind of issue. Additionally, students who are struggling financially may
have to work more hours or take on additional jobs to make ends meet, leaving them with less
time to study and participate in social activities that can result in poor and low social
engagement.
s what our Participant #1 stated that,“Pagkukulangsa pagba-budget… kasi yung
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iba di ba may hindi natin inaasahn yung pagtaas ng mga bilihin, like halimbawa ngayon araw
nakapag-budget ka na gan’tong pera lang yung magagastos mo so pag bigla siyang tumaas
like parang mabibitin tsaka kakapusin ka sa pera na nakalaan para sa araw na yon”.
he experience ofParticipant #1 said that thereare shortcomings in budgeting
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because sometimes there are unexpected price increases, like for example, today they’re
already budgeted a certain amount of money for the expenses, but if the prices rise, they’ll
end up short and run out of money allocated for that day. A study by Chua (2019), found that
price increases can have a disproportionate impact on low-income students, who may already
be struggling to make ends meet. These students may be more likely to experience financial
stress and social isolation as a result of price increases, which can further exacerbate existing
inequalities.
ased on what Participant #2 said,“M
B ahirap syemprekasi tumaas yung mga pricing,
yung budget nung parents mo pang kakasyahin kasi budget lang yung isang linggo mo, baon
mo pati yung pinag pa-projects mo…yun mahihirapan ka kasi estudyante ka pa lang, wala ka
pang kinikita ganun.. hi-hindi naman lahat ng estudyante is working students e”.
The experience of Participant #2 said that it isdifficult for them, because prices have
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r isen, and they said that their parents' budget will be stretched since it covers their weekly
allowance, their school projects, and more. That’s why it’s challenging for them as a student,
as they didn’t have any earnings yet. Not all students are working students after all.
According to Alip, Ph.D. (2022) said thatinsteadof studying, students have to work in order
to provide for their families and overcome the reality of the world.
And for Participant #3said,“U
nlike before hindiko na nabibili yung mga ahh..dati
kong binibili like nung mga luho ko for example kasi nga sa price increases then sa mostly, sa
challenges din lagi ako gumagala but now hindi na dahil sa umm..pag increase nung
pamasahe..pwede paki expand yung question”.
he experience of Participant #3 said that unlikebefore, he/she can no longer afford
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to buy food or the things that they used to buy, it is because of the price increase. Also, they
used to go out often but now they can’t because of the price increase in transportation fares.
Ac cording to Collins (2018), price increases in commoditiesand services have a significant
impact on the social behaviour of students. The study found that when prices of essential
goods such as food, transportation, and housing increase, students tend to reduce their social
interactions, such as going out with friends or participating in extracurricular activities. This
behaviour is a result of the students' need to prioritize their expenses, which leaves little to no
room for leisure activities.
And lastly for our Participant #4 stated,“Um… ano…yung prinoproblema ko yung,
un nga… yung pagtaas ng bilihin kasi ‘di ba minsan halimbawa gusto natin ng isang pagkain
y
hindi natin mabili kasi hindi sapat yung pambili natin para don sa bibilhin mo na ‘yun tapos e
pag gusto mo yung bagay nayun dapat po siyang pag hirapan para yun nga makuha mo siya
pero habang tumataas yung bilihin or price ng mga gusto mo bilhin pag hirapan mo yun nga
pag hirapan mo lang”.
he experience of Participant #4 said that the increasein prices sometimes prevents
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them from buying the food they want because their budget is not enough. And also as the
price of the things they want to buy is increasing, then they have to work harder just to afford
them. According to Alip, Ph.D. (2022)said thatinsteadof studying, students have to work in
order to provide for their families and overcome the reality of the world.
Risk of Health: The Effect on Social Behavior of Students
he rising costs of goods and services have severalnegative effects on the healthcare
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of students. Access to necessary healthcare becomes increasingly challenging as costs rise for
individuals, especially for those who don’t have enough budget. According to Oladipo &
Adetunji (2020), exploring the impact of price increases on commodities services can not just
impact academic performances but also social behaviour as well. Students tend to experience
higher levels of stress and anxiety in experiencing this kind of issue.
s what our Participant #1stated,“M
A insannapapa-isipnalang ako ng malalim kung
ay babaonin pa ako kinabukasan, pati mama ko na-iistress na sa mga bilihinkaya ayun
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a-appektuhan yung social behavior namin dahil don”.The experience of Participant #1said
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that if they can still have something to pack for lunch/meal for tomorrow and he also said that
his mom is also suffering from stress or anxiety that affects him also.According to Dadrah
(2023), students’ mental health is already affected by loneliness, anxiety, and stress from
having this kind of situation. The increase in essential costs, such as fares and food, has led
students to become more anxious about their spending. Also, it is difficult to plan far ahead
over how to manage the finances when you are worrying about the present situation.
ased on what Participant #2 said,“M
B insan nakakawalang gana pumasok kasi
syempre wala nga kaming mababaon ganun naisip mo yung mama mo nahihirapan
kung….anong…ibibigay nya sayo yung kakainin mo kasi mataas na nga yung mga bilihin di
na kasya yung budget ng magulang minsan…kapag soloparent ka”.
articipant #2 said that they lost the appetitetogotoschoolbecauseofthelackof
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packedlunch/mealsandtheythoughttheirmotherwasstrugglingwithwhatshewillgiveto
thembecauseofthepriceincreaseandthebudgetisnotcompatibleanditisalsodifficultif
youhaveasoloparent.Asthepriceincreaseofcommoditiesisstillpresent,morestudentsare
suffering,astheyexperience,faceandovercomethisproblem.Firstly,povertytakesabigpart
in the students facing the challenges brought by the increase of prices in commodities
services.Itaffectsthemineverypossibleway.Forinstance,moststudentsareunabletostudy
because of Poverty (Thompson & Wilson, 2016).
ndforParticipant#3said,“Minsankasikapagmatutulognaakosagabitinatanong
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kosarilikokungmaypambilipakamingpagkainomaypamasahepaakokinabukasandahil
ang taas ng bilihin hindi na sapat yung pera ng magulang ko. Dahilditona-iistressakong
malalataposminsannade-depressednarinandmasakitlangparasaakin‘tokasiangbatapa
natin para ma-stress at depressed”.
Participant#3saidthatsometimestheyareabouttogotosleepatnight,andtheyask
themselvesiftheystillhavemoneytobuyfoodoriftheystillhaveafarefortomorrowtogo
tobecauseofthepriceincrease,andthemoneyoftheirparentsisnotenough.Becauseofthis,
they’re suffering fromstressanddepressionandtheysaidithurtsthembecausethey’restill
youngtobestressedanddepressed.Andourparticipantsaidthatbecauseofthepriceincrease
offoods,faressaidthatthestudentsarefacingstressoranxiety.AccordingtoDadrah(2023),
students’mentalhealthisalreadyaffectedbyloneliness,anxiety,andstressfromhavingthis
kind of situation. The increaseinessentialcosts,suchasfaresandfood,hasledstudentsto
becomemoreanxiousabouttheirspending.Also,itisdifficulttoplanfaraheadoverhowto
manage the finances when you are worrying about the present situation.
nd lastly for our Participant #4 stated,“Pag maysakit ako or ano?Actually kapag may sakit
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ako parang ano kasi eh, hindi naman sa ano parang may lagnat ka ganun parang tinatamad ka
lang din kumain kasi syempre isa lang din yan sa iniisip mo na parang ano tawag dito uhmm
pag may sakit ka kasi ayaw mo na lang kumain tapos iisipin mo yung price halimbawa ganto
ganiyan gusto mo kumain ng tas bibili ka ng pagkain tas tatanong mo price tas magugulat ka
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alang mataas na yung ganito ganyan yung dati mo binili na mura tapos kapag tinanong mo
n
ulit bigla nalang siya mamahal ng iba”.
articipant #4said that when he/she is sick and theydon’t feel like eating, and they think
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about the price, for example is they want to eat something and they want to buy food but then
they ask the price and they’ll be surprise that it’s now expensive compared to what they use to
buy before which is cheap unlike now.According toHes (2018), it is important to realize that
there are literally hundreds of ways to reduce your spending. For instance, buying clothes,
making sure it's within your budget, and avoiding eating expensive fast food if your budget
can't afford it Another one is to budget properly, which allows us, especially students, to set
aside the money we need for essentials such as groceries, transportation costs, and study fees
or tuition fees.
Strategies and Ways; Recommendations of Students
riceincreaseincommoditiesserviceshasabigimpactnotjustonlyfortheparents,
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andadultsbutalsoonthestudentswhoarestilladjustingtothechangeshereinourcountry.
Moststudentsarecomplainingaboutthesuddenincreaseingoodsandfaresbuttheycannot
doanythingbutjusttothinkofwayshowtheycanlessentheimpactofthisproblemonthem.
According to the University of Washington (2016), by overcoming the price increase of
commodities services as a student we should identify and correct our unhealthy coping
strategies.Planningandidentifyingpersonalcontrolareoneofthebestcopingstrategiesthat
students could do in order to overcome this.
ased on what our Participant #1said"Ano…yunglikenagtitipidlikekungbusog
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namantalaga‘pagbreaktime‘dinalanggagastosparayung…yungmasmismongkailangan
kongpaglaaninngperakonahindikonagastosnungpagbreaktimeko,mapaglalaananko."
Insteadofspendingmoneywhentheyatschool,theytendtokeepittosecuredthatifthereis
an important things to buy, she hasmoney.AccordingtoHes(2018)makeawisedecision,
don't be tempted into getting expensive items that you don't need, for example buying the
latestnewphoneorbuyingthatpairofextravagantbrand-newshoes,withouteventhinkingof
what will happen to you the next day because your money is needed to be budget.
swhatourParticipant#2said"Tinitipidkoganun…Okayaanganopracticalkana
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langrinlikesaclassmatesmomaywifioranomaylaptopdikanamahirapanmagpaloado
kayayungkapagsapamasahenamanpwedekanamanmakisabaykungmeronsakanilayung
maymotor."Ourparticipant2saidthattheybecamepracticalinthingswhichhelpedthemto
survive as they face this crisis.
OurParticipant#3said"Formeasastudentangginagawakonalanggumagawaako
n glistkunglangyungimportantnecessitiesnakailangankongbilhindunlangyungbibilhin
kokungdinaimportantedikonasiyabinibiliyungluhokonadikonamankailanganasof
nowitatabikomunasiyayunyungginagawakopara…yunyungginagawakongdealsapag
increasengmgaservicesnatinngayonsacountrynatinngayon."Ourparticipantemphasized
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thatsheisbeingwisewithheractionsbydoingthingsthatwillhelphertocopeupwiththis.
According to Fontinelle (2021), There are some coping mechanisms to face this crisis.
Studentsshouldmakeabudgetandminimisebuyinganythingunnecessaryandnotimportant,
students should also look for part-timejobsthatwouldgivethemextracashfortheirneeds
without not attending their classes (or not studying).
Lastly our Participant #4 said that "Mag tipid number 1 talaga sya kasi
p ag…kelangan tipirin mo ay sa kahit sa ano di ka gagastos ng mga walang kwentang
bagay…budgetedlangyungsapangschoolmokunwarisabaonmo20%langyungsabaon
mopagdatingsapamasahemo30%or50%yungmatitiraitatabimoparamagamitmopaule
sapagmamasahekaulinextweek."Thisprovesthatcopingmechanismintimesofcrisiscan
help every students to lessen its impact to their lives.
hestrategiesandwaysofthesestudentsareveryhelpfulforeveryperson,especially
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thosestudentsthateventhoughtheyarestrugglingwiththisissue,theyfindwaysorsolutions
to cope up. This issue let themfacedifficultiesbutatthesametime,itshowshowmindful
and wise they are when it comes to facing a problem just like how they face the price
increases of commodities services.
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RESEARCH DIAGRAM
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RESEARCH CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATION
These are some alternative strategies and approaches for enhancing the following:
Students.
Basedonourfindings,therealotofstrategiesandapproachesstudentswhoareexperiencing
this could do. One of those is challenging themselves to save which is what ourprojectis
whichisthe“I ponChallenge”.Inthis,thestudentswillbechallengedbutalsolearnhowto
save and budget their expenseswhichleadsustoournextprojectwhichisthe“Savingand
Budgeting Seminars”. In this seminars, students will learn how to save and budget their
expenses.Asidefromthis,studentsshouldalwaysbeanxiousaboutlimitingthemselvesinto
buyinganythingunnecessarysincethiscouldhelpthemlessenorovercomethepriceincrease
easily.
Teachers.
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Teachers should always be there for their students, most especially those learners who are
strugglingandfacingaproblemlikethis.Teachersmustdevotetheirtimetobotheducational
and social behavior of their students so that if there’s anythingtheycoulddotohelpthose
students who are facing this problem, they could and they will know.
Parents.
Parents must encourage and teach their children to be patient and well-thinker in terms of
doing and making decisions because it couldhelptheminanychallengestheyaregoingto
face. Parentsshouldalsoguideandsupporttheirchildrenmentallyandfinanciallywherever
andwhenevertheyhavetobecausehavingthiskindofproblemwouldhaveabigimpactand
effect on their social behaviours,andhavingtheirparentsbytheirsidecouldmakechanges
and might help them to cope up easily with this.
Future Researchers.
This research study could help future researchers, especially with a topic just like ours which
is about the price increase of commodities services or inflation in general. This research is
best suited to be a quantitative research, therefore, this research will be a guide and reference
for them in their journey of being a researcher and researching. We wish you good luck!
RESEARCH PROJECT
1. Budget Planner Notebook.
This will serve as a savings budgeting strategies that will help students to savetheirexess
money and think about their priority rather than their wants. There is aguideonhowthey
budget their money throughout the week or month.
2. Saving and Budgeting Seminars.
Thisseminarsareaboutsavingandbudgetingstrategiesthatpeople,especiallystudentscould
dotolessenorovercomethepriceincreasesofcommoditiesservices.Throughthis,theywill
learn how to save and budget their money and use it on better ways.
3. Ipon Challenge.
Thisiswherethestudentswillbechallengedonhowtheybudgettheirmoneywhilesavingso
that in case of emergency they have money to use.
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APPENDIX
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Interview Questions
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1.What kind of challenges do you mostly experiencein facing the Price Increase in
Commodities Services?
2. How does a Price Increase affect the social behaviour of the students?
3. How do students deal with Price Increases in Commodities Services?
4. What are the ways to overcome these situations?
5. What are the causes of the Price Increase in Commodities Services?
6. What recommendations can be made to address this concern?
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APPENDIX
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Transcript
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PARTICIPANT #1: Student
I nterviewer: So, um… andito po tayo ngayon sa interviewnamin about sa aming research
which is the price increase of commodities services: impact to the social behavior of Luis Y.
Ferrer Jr. Senior High School students. So, ang amin study po ay nagfofocus po siya sa mga
estudyante na nakakaranas ng mga poverty or price increase since ‘di ba po pag meron pong
price increase parang nakakaranas po tayo ng um.. sa social behavior po natin nakakaranas
tayo ng depression.
Participant: Ah, sige po.
I nterviewer: So, sa aming first question po what kindof challenges do you mostly experience
in facing the price increase of commodities services or ano po yung mga challenges na
kinakaharap mo sa um.. sa isyung ito which is yung price increase, ang example po nito ay
pagtaas ng bilihin at pagtaas ng pamasahe.
articipant: Pagkukulang sa pagba-budget… kasi yungiba di ba may hindi natin inaasahan
P
yung pagtaas ng mga bilihin, like halimbawa ngayon araw nakapag-budget ka na gan’tong
pera lang yung magagastos mo so pag bigla siyang tumaas like parang mabibitin tsaka
kakapusin ka sa pera na nakalaan para sa araw na yon.
Interviewer: So, what are the effect po ng princeincrease of commodities services sa social
behavior mo po? For example po na-i-istress kayo or what.
articipant:Minsan napapa-isip nalang ako ng malalimkung may babaonin pa ako
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kinabukasan, pati mama ko na-iistress na sa mga bilihin kaya ayun na-appektuhan yung social
behavior namin dahil don.
I nterviewer: How do students deal with price increasesof commodities services? So, as
students po katulad po niyo, estudyante kayo… um… paano niyo po ‘to nilalagpasan or ano
yung mga ways na ginagawa niyo para ma-overcome niyo yung isyung ito?
articipant: Ano… yung like nagtitipid like kung busognaman talaga ‘pag break time ‘di
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nalang gagastos para yung… yung mas mismong kailangan kong paglaanin ng pera ko na
hindi ko nagastos nung pag break time ko, mapaglalaanan ko.
I nterviewer: Paano naman po sa mga pamasahe yung pagtaas ng pamasahe… paano niyo po
inaano?
articipant: Ano like gaya ng kapag sa jeep fifteenpesos ang bayad ang binibigay ko lang
P
sampung piso edi nakatipid ako ng lima at least ‘di ako nag-1-2-3 ‘di ba.
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I nterviewer: Ah… sa pag-apat naman po um.. What are the ways to overcome this situation?
Parang katulad din po nun, ano po yung mga ways na ginagawa niyo higit sa pagtitipid tsaka
dun sa 1-2-3.
articipant: Hindi, hindi naman kasi totally 1-2-3yun… kasi nagbayad ka naman, kulang
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ngalang. Pero hindi naman nag-aano yung driver na… Ano nga ulit yung tanong?
Interviewer: What are the ways to overcome this situationpo bukod sa pagtitipid… ganon.
Participant: Wala na kasi yun lang naman yung waye.
I nterviewer: What are the causes of price increaseof commodities services? Ano po yung
mga causes kung bakit nagkakaroon ng price increase sa ating bansa? Ano po yung mga
causes or sanhi bakit nagkakaroon ng ganito sa ating bansa… yung mga pagtaas ng mga
bilihin.
articipant: Ano… kasi kinukurakot tayo ng mga ibangbansa ganon. Like gaya dun sa
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sibuyas like parang tinatabi nila yung mga produkto ng mga magsasaka tsaka parang… di ba
need talaga natin yung sibuyas sa mga pagluluto.. edi no choice sila na tataasan talaga nila
yung… presyo para bumili. Kahit labas sa ating loob na bumili ng ganon, wala tayong
magagawa kasi kailangan nga natin.
I nterviewer: Sa pang huling question naman po, uh…ano po yung mga… what are the
reccomendations can made about this concern… ano yung mga rekomendasyon na pwede
niyong ibigay para sa mga nakakaranas ng ganitong isyu. Mga reccomendation mo kunwari
nila magtipid ganon para sa mga nakakarans ng ganitong sitwasyon.
articipant:Interviewer:Yun nga kailangan nga magtipid tsaka kung hindi naman talaga nila
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kailangan bumili ng mga bagay-bagay na hindi naman importante edi huwag nalang nila
bilhin para makatipid sila.‘Yun lang po uh… maraming salamat po sa iyong participation
Participant: Sige, salamat!
Interviewer: Thank you!
PARTICIPANT #2: Student
I nterviewer:Good morning po... um ang aming pong…weare here para interviewhin po kayo
sa aming research which is ang title po namin is the price increase of commodities services
impact to social behavior of the student of Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School. So, ang
aming question po ay what kind of challenges you mostly experience in Price Increase of
Commodities Services?… like for example po ano po yung na-eexperience nyo regarding
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this, kunwari pag taas ng bilihin, pagkain and sa transportation po yung biglang pag taas ng
pamasahe.
articipant: Mahirap syempre kasi tumaas yung mgapricing, yung budget nung parents mo
P
pang kakasyahin kasi budget lang yung isang linggo mo, baon mo pati yung pinag pa-projects
mo…yun mahihirapan ka kasi estudyante ka pa lang, wala ka pang kinikita ganun.. hi-hindi
naman lahat ng estudyante is working students e.
I nterviewer:How do, number two how do students dealswith the price increase of
commodities so pano nyo po hinaharap yung gantong sitwasyon pwede po kayo mag bigay ng
example.
articipant:Tinitipid ko ganun… O kaya ang ano practicalka na lang rin like sa classmates
P
mo may wifi or ano may laptop di kana mahirapan mag pa load o kaya yung kapag sa
pamasahe naman pwede ka naman makisabay kung meron sakanila yung may motor.
I nterviewer:Ah pangatlo naman po is parang gantorin po yung sa number two what are the
ways po to overcome this situation para..pano nyo po ma-oovercome yung ganitong
sitwasyon.
articipant:mag tipid number 1 talaga sya kasi pag…kelangantipirin mo ay sa kahit sa ano
P
di ka gagastos ng mga walang kwentang bagay…budgeted lang yung sa pang school mo
kunwari sa baon mo 20% lang yung sa baon mo pag dating sa pamasahe mo 30% or 50%
yung matitira itatabi mo para magamit mo pa ule sa pag mamasahe ka uli next week.
I nterviewer:And ku-kung nasubukan nyo na po yunggantong paraan pag titipid nyo po e
pwe-pwedeng epektibo po ba ito sainyo.
articipant:Oo naman po kasi yung natitirang baonko ngayong magagamit ko pa rin sya
P
bukas o kaya pwede ko pa sya magamit sa mga projects ko pam-pa print pambili ng papel
ganun bond papers ganun.
I nterviewer:And yung pangatlo naman po, pang apatnaman po how do price increase in
commodities services affect the social behavior of a students so paano po sya makaka-apekto
po sainyo as a social behavior of students.
articipant: Minsan nakaka walang gana pumasok kasisyempre wala nga kaming mababaon
P
ganun naisip mo yung mama mo nahihirapan kung….anong…ibibigay nya sayo yung
kakainin mo kasi mataas na nga yung mga bilihin di na kasya yung budget ng magulang
minsan…kapag solo parent ka yung mama mo syempre mahihirapan sya kasi marami kayo
aakuin nya lahat baon nyo pagkain nyo gastusin sa bahay ganun nahihirapan kami.
I nterviewer:Ummm pang lima naman po is what are thecauses of the price increase in
commodities services so ano po yung…ano ano po yung mga naging sanhi ng bakit nag tataas
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yung mga presyo or yung pamasahe po.
articipant:Sa gas kasi syempre yung pinag kukunandati nating ng gas nag karoon sila ng
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pag tatalo yung dinadaanan ng ano…kaya yun san tayo kukuha ng gas kase mataas na yung
pricing nya dagdagan pa ng bilihin.
I nterviewer:At dahil po dyan sainyong palagay pokaya kung may gantong nang yayari sa
bansa natin.
articipant:Siguro kasi dahil sa mga pulitikong natinatago nila yung pera kung sa ano-ano
P
minsan yung iba nag susugal o kaya pag kinukurakot nila yung pera di napupunta sa tama
ninanakaw nila yung pera nung gobyerno kaya tumataas.
I nterviewer: And last po is what recommendations canbe made to address this issue..so ano
ano po yung rekomendasyon na mapapayo samin na pwede pong-pong maka-apekto sa ‘min
pwede rin pong…parang suggestion nyo.
articipant:Siguro wag nalang kayong gumastos haha…wagnalang bumili ng walang
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kwentang bagay mag tipid ka!, mag ipon ka! O kaya kung gusto mo mag working students ka
pero syempre budget mo time mo..kelangan may ano ka..may time…management ka para
hindi ka mahihirapan tapos yung kikitain mo dun pwede mong gamitin sa school o kaya
i-pang tulong mo sa parents mo.
Interviewer.Yun lang po, thank you po!.
PARTICIPANT #3: Student
Interviewer:Hello po.. kamusta po.. good morningpo, kamusta po kayo?
Participant:Okay lang buhay pa naman.
I nterviewer:Um ang.. andito po tayo for our interviewang title po ng research namin is price
increase of commodities services impact the social behavior of the students at Luis Y. Ferrer
Jr. Senior High School so ready na po ba kayo for first question ummm…unang una po is
what kind challenges do you experience increasing the price commodities services…like for
example po yung pag taas ng presyo ng mga bilihin at umm..transportation.
articipant:Unlike before hindi ko na nabibili yungmga ahh..dati kong binibili like nung
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mga luho ko for example kasi nga sa price increases then sa mostly, sa challenges din lagi ako
gumagala but now hindi na dahil sa umm..pag increase nung pamasahe..pwede paki expand
yung question.
Interviewer:Ang pangalawang question po is…what kindof challenges do you
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e xperience..ano yung mga challenges na kinakaharap dito sa..like yung financial ano po kasi
po dati po sakto yung budget nyo tapos ngayon po hindi na kasi sa pag taas.
articipant:Ah…okay okay usually kasi 1500 yung allowanceko per-month…ngayon yung
P
1500 per-month nagiging 1500 per-week nalang dahil sa inflation yun lang naman yung ano
ko sa um.. budgeting.
I nterviewer:Pano naman po sa pamasahe diba tumataaspo yung pamasahe ah..pano niyo po
kinakaharap yun ano po yung mga challenges na kinakaharap mo sa pag taas ng pamasahe.
articipant: Um..ang kinakaharap ko hindi ko napupuntahanyung gusto kong puntahan kasi
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nga mataas yung…pamasahe, eh kahit gustong gusto ko wala akong choice kasi yung budget
na 50pesos back and forth ngayon nagiging 100 na sya so hindi na siya pasok sa budget ng
studyante.
I nterviewer:Sa paanong paraan o epekto naman po nakaka-epektoang price increase of
commodities services po sa social behavior mo? An example of this po is yung depression or
health associated risks.
articipant:Minsan kasi kapag matutulog na ako sagabi tinatanong ko sarili ko kung may
P
babaonin pa ba ako kinabukasan dahil ang taas ng bilihin hindi na sapat yung pera ng
magulang ko. Na-iistress ako ng malala tapos minsan na de-depressed na rin and masakit lang
para sa akin ‘to kasi ang bata pa natin para ma-stress at depressed.
I nterviewer:How do students deals with the priceincrease in commodities services, bilang
studyante po ah…pano nyo po kinakaharap yung ganitong issue sa about po sa price increase.
articipant:For me as a student ang ginagawa ko nalanggumagawa ako ng list kung lang
P
yung important necessities na kailangan kong bilhin dun lang yung bibilhin ko kung di na
importante di ko na siya binibili yung luho ko na di ko naman kailangan as of now itatabi ko
muna siya yun yung ginagawa ko para…yun yung ginagawa kong deal sa pag increase ng
mga services natin ngayon sa country natin ngayon.
I nterviewer:Um… what are the ways to overcome thissituation ano po yung mga pwede
niyong gawin para ma-lessen po yung impact nito sainyo um… parang pwede po kayo mag
bigay ng example.
articipant: Ah kung ano.. sa akin example ko um..wag natin bilhin yung ah… di naman
P
kailangan sa ngayon. Itabi muna natin kasi pwede naman nating pag ipunan.. pag ipunan mo
muna tsaka mo bilhin tsaka…ah think before buying pag isipan mo muna yung bibilhin mo
kung importante ba yun or hindi kung maggamit mo ba yun sa ngayon o hindi pa kasi kung
maii-stock lang yun sayo, hindi mo magagamit sayang lang yung perang ginamit mo.
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I nterviewer:What are the causes of price increase commodities services uhm..sa tingin mo po
ano po yung mga sanhi kung bakit nag kakaroon ng ganitong issue sa ating bansa.
articipant: Ano po uhmm.. di lang po sa loob ng atingbansa eh…kapag yung kapartner ng
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bansa natin nagkaroon ng problem for example yung nangyari sa ukraine at russia ng
uhmm..tawag dito, nag karoon tayo ng lacks of fuel naapektuhan yung country natin which is
yung uhmm…parang I know yung Russia kasi is 1 of the provider ng ating fuel so parang ah
mag iincrease yung….price non dahil dun sa cost na yun yung away nung dalawang country
na yun, and then dahil din siguro sa ano sa sa pag dami ng ofw natin imbis na dito sila mag
ahm..mag trabaho to provide na para ma-provide nila sa country yung sa ah..tawag dito, yung
work nila na dapat para sa country napupunta sa iba kaya mas tataas yung ah…cost ng mga
bilihin natin.
I nterviewer:Ahh what recommendations can be made,ah sa students po ano po yung mga
rekomendasyon kung pano uhmm..malagpasan or paano ma-oovercome tong issue.
Participant.Yung issue po sa?
Interviewer. Price Increase.
articipant. Price increase ano po uhmm…what recommendationscan be made to address
P
this issue..siguro po ano uhmm as a student ano po ang ma-rerecommend siguro ang
mai-rerecommend ko sa kinauukulan uhmm do a deep research uhmm..gawin para
magkaroon sila ng conclusion na kung ano yung gagawin nila sa problema na ‘to for example
sa mga ano…sa isa rin sa mga dito sila mag trabaho yung services nila napupunta sa iba
provide more job opportunities sa mga kapwa natin Pilipino and then sa ano naman po kung
ah…kung merong sa mga studyante, what recommendations can be made.
Interviewer. Para sa mga kapwa estudyante po.
articipant. Para sa mga kapwa studyante natin nanakakaranas din nito hmmm..sige
P
ahmm..para sa mga kapwa ko studyante nakakaranas din nito siguro ano nalang tipid ipon
then don’t buy unnecessarily na di naman magagamit now, yun lang po.
I nterviewer. Dito nalang po nag tatapos, maramingsalamat po, thank you poo ay yung ano
po.
PARTICIPANT #4: Student
I nterviewer: Good morning po… um nandito po tayo forour research interview po …is ang
title ng study po namin is the price increase of commodities services impact to social
behaviour of the student of Luis Y. Ferrer Jr. Senior High School.
Interviewer:So, pwede na po tayo mag start?
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Participant:Sige po kinakabahan ako sa mga tanongniyo.
Interviewer:Madali lang naman po ito.
I nterviewer:Um… What kind of challenges do you mostlyexperience in Price Increase of
Commodities Services? Ano po yung mga challenges kinakaharap mo sa um.. price increase
katulad nga po ng pagtaas ng bilihin or pagtaas ng pamasahe?
articipant: Um… ano… yung prinoproblema ko yung,yun nga… yung pagtaas ng bilihin
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kasi ‘di ba minsan halimbawa gusto natin ng isang pagkain hindi natin mabili kasi hindi sapat
yung pambili natin para don sa bibilhin mo na ‘yun tapos e pag gusto mo yung bagay nayun
dapat po siyang pag hirapan para yun nga makuha mo siya pero habang tumataas yung bilihin
or price ng mga gusto mo bilhin pag hirapan mo yun nga pag hirapan mo lang.
Interviewer: Um… pa’no naman po sa pag taas ng pamasaheano po yung mga challenges?
articipant: Sa pag taas ng pamasahe? Um… ano actuallyhindi ko naman siya masiyadong
P
pinoproblema kasi kaya ko naman siyang imaintain or kaya ko naman siyang suportahan lagi
lagi may pamasahe naman ako lagi hindi ko lang sure sa iba hindi naman tayo pare parehas na
masasabi nila na kaya mo halimbawa ikaw kaya mo yung ganiyan na pamasahe or minsan nag
rereklamo ka na sinisingil ka ng ganitong kamahal ganon kaya madami din na problema.
I nterviewer: Sa pangalawa naman po How do studentsdeal with Price Increases in
Commodities Services? Bilang student po pano niyo po um na oovercome yung itong crisis as
a student?
articipant:Like paano ko siya na cocontrol ganonlike ano maintain ko lang siya kung ano
P
lang kailangan mo yun lang yung bilhin mo tapo kapag hindi mo naman kailangan wag mo
nalang siyang bilhin para hindi naman masyadong magastos sayo .
I nterviewer: What are the ways to overcome these situations?Katulad nga po nung una
kanina ano po yung na pano po ‘to na oovercome or ways na ginagawa niyo?
articipant:Para ma overcome ko yung situations parakasi sakin ano eh, like ano bayan?
P
Parang pano ko ma maintain ganon.
I nterviewer:Yes po same lang din po um… parang anopo pwede niyo gawin para ma lessen
or ano din po yung ways na ginagawa niyo para po yun nga po para hindi po kayo masyadong
maapektuhan ng issue na’to?
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articipant: Um… ano pag bili lang ng kailangan ko tapos para hindi ko nalang siya bibilhin
P
kung hindi ko naman kailangan para ma ano ko siya tawag dito para ma maintain ko lang
siya yun kung ano lang kailangan ko yun lang bibilhin ko.
I nterviewer:Um… dito naman po sa five What are thecauses of the Price Increase in
Commodities Services? Ano po ang sa tingin niyo pong ang sanhi ba’t nagkakaroon ng price
increase sa ating bansa or sa buong mundo po?
articipant: Ano yung sanhi sa pagtaas ng bilihin?Syempre katulad nga ng bigas tumataasn
P
tas bumababa kadalasan tumataas kasi ang ating magsasaka minsan syempre natutuyuan din
sila ng lupa nahihirapan din sila mag ani or ganon kaya lang naman nag mamahal yan kasi
like parang nahihirapan din sila ganon.
I nterviewer:Lastly naman po what recommendationscan be made to address this concern?
Ano po yung recommendation niyo para sa kapwa students or sa ating gobyerno para ma
overcome or mawala na yung ganitong issue
articipant:Masasabi ko lang um ano sana sa pag pagtagal tagal pa ng panahon ano sana ma
P
maintain nila ang pagtaas ng price kasi syempre hindi lang din tayo mtatamaan kung pataas
ng pataas ng bilihin eh tas lalo na sa panahon ngayon hindi pa natin masasabi na ok kasi
syempre nanggaling tayo sa pandemic syempre taas payan yung mga price nayan ang
recommend ko lang sa kanila sana ano sa susunod bumaba na yung mga bilihin yun lang
I nterviewer:And para sa follow up question ano poyung recommendation niyo sa mga
nakakaranas or nakaka experience ng ganito?
articipant:Um… ang recommend ko lang sa kanila angbilhin lang nila yung kailangan nila
P
and maintain lang nila ang pag bili nila kapag hindi naman nila kailangan wag na lang nila
muna bilhin para hindi sila masyadong maapektuhan ng ganto
I nterviewer:So, may isa pa pala tayong question Howdoes a Price increase of commodities
service affect the social behaviour of the students? Paano nakakaapekto ang pagtaas ng mga
bilihin o commodities services sa social behavior ng isang estudyante? Halimbawa po ay
stress at depression.
articipant:Pag may sakit ako or ano? Actually kapagmay sakit ako parang ano kasi eh,
P
hindi naman sa ano parang may lagnat ka ganun parang tinatamad ka lang din kumain kasi
syempre isa lang din yan sa iniisip mo na parang ano tawag dito uhmm pag may sakit ka kasi
ayaw mo na lang kumain tapos iisipin mo yung price halimbawa ganto ganiyan gusto mo
kumain ng tas bibili ka ng pagkain tas tatanong mo price tas magugulat ka nalang mataas na
yung ganito ganyan yung dati mo binili na mura tapos kapag tinanong mo ulit bigla nalang
siya mamahal ng iba
Interviewer:Thank you po!
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APPENDIX
C
Coding
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Appendix C: Coding
1. What kind of challenges do you mostly experience in facing the Price Increase in
Commodities Services?
Transcript Coding
articipant 1: Pagkukulang sa
P
pagba-budget… kasi yung iba di ba may
hindi natin inaasahn yung pagtaas ng mga
bilihin, like halimbawa ngayon araw
Budgeting
nakapag-budget ka na gan’tong pera lang
yung magagastos moso pag bigla siyang
tumaas like parang mabibitin tsaka
kakapusin ka sa pera na nakalaan para sa
araw na yon.
articipant 2: Mahirap syempre kasi tumaas
P
yung mga pricing, yung budget nung
parents mo pang kakasyahin kasi budget
lang yung isang linggo mo, baon mo pati
yung pinag pa-projects mo…yun Financial Struggling
mahihirapan ka kasi estudyante ka pa lang,
wala ka pang kinikita ganun.. hi-hindi
naman lahat ng estudyante is working
students e.
articipant 3:Unlike before hindi ko na
P
nabibili yung mga ahh..dati kong binibili
like nung mga luho ko forexample kasi nga Personal/Self-limiting
sa price increases then sa mostly, sa
challenges din lagi ako gumagala but now
hindi na dahil sa umm..pag increase nung
pamasahe..pwede paki expand yung
question. Struggling
articipant 4:Um… ano… yung
P
prinoproblema ko yung, yun nga…yung
Financial Struggling
pagtaas ng bilihin kasi ‘di ba minsan
halimbawa gusto natin ng isang pagkain
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h indi natin mabili kasi hindi sapat yung
pambili natinpara don sa bibilhin mo na
‘yun tapos e pag gusto mo yung bagay
nayun dapat po siyang pag hirapan para
yun nga makuha mo siya perohabang
tumataas yung bilihin or price ng mga gusto
mo bilhin pag hirapan mo yun nga pag
hirapan mo lang.
2. How does a Price Increase affect the social behavior of the students?
articipant 1: Minsannapapa-isip nalang
P
ako ng malalim kung may babaonin pa ako
kinabukasan, pati mama ko na-iistress na sa Stress/Depression
mga bilihinkaya ayun na-appektuhan yung
social behavior namin dahil don.
articipant 2:Minsan nakaka walang gana
P
pumasok kasi syempre wala nga kaming
mababaon ganun naisip mo yung mama mo Struggling/Financial Struggling
nahihirapan kung….anong…ibibigay nya
sayo yung kakainin mokasi mataas na nga
yung mga bilihin di na kasya yung budget Personal
ng magulang minsan…kapag solo parent ka
yung mama mo syempre mahihirapan sya
kasi marami kayo aakuin nya lahat baon nyo
pagkain nyo gastusin sa bahay ganun
nahihirapan kami.
Overthink
articipant 3: Minsan kasi kapag matutulog
P
na akosa gabi tinatanong ko sarili ko kung Stress/Depression
may pambili pa kami ng pagkain o may
pamasahe pa ako kinabukasan dahil ang taas
ng bilihin hindi na sapat yung pera ng
magulang ko. Dahil dito na-iistress ako ng
malala tapos minsan na de-depressed na rin
and masakit lang para sa akin ‘to kasi ang Laziness
bata pa natin para ma-stress at depressed.
articipant 4:Pag may sakit ako or ano?
P
Actually kapag may sakit ako parang ano
Tired/Unsatisfied
kasi eh, hindi naman sa ano parang may
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lagnat ka ganun parang tinatamad ka lang
din kumainkasi syempre isa lang din yan sa
iniisip mo na parang ano tawag dito uhmm
pag may sakit ka kasi ayaw mo na lang
kumain tapos iisipin mo yung price
halimbawa ganto ganiyan gusto mo kumain
ng tas bibili ka ng pagkain tas tatanong mo
price tas magugulat ka nalang mataas na
yung ganito ganyan yung dati mo binili na
mura tapos kapag tinanong mo ulit bigla
nalang siya mamahal ng iba
3. How do students deal with Price Increases in Commodities Services?
articipant 1: Ano… yung like nagtitipid like
P
kungbusog naman talaga ‘pag break time ‘di
nalang gagastospara yung… yung mas mismong Perception
kailangan kongpaglaanin ng pera ko na hindi ko
Acknowledging
nagastos nung pag break time ko, mapaglalaanan
ko.
articipant 2:T
P initipid ko ganun… O kaya ang
ano practical ka na lang rin like sa classmates
mo may wifi or ano may laptop di kana
mahirapan mag pa load okaya yung kapag sa
Perception
pamasahe naman pwede ka naman makisabay
kung meron sakanila yung may motor.
articipant 3:For me as a student ang ginagawa
P
ko nalanggumagawa ako ng list kung lang yung
important necessities na kailangan kong bilhin Personal Strategies/Way
dun lang yung bibilhin kokung di na importante
di ko na siya binibili yung luho ko na di ko
naman kailangan as of now itatabi ko muna siya
yun yung ginagawa ko para…yun yung
ginagawa kong deal sa pag increase ng mga
services natin ngayon sa country natin ngayon.
articipant 4:Like paano ko siya na cocontrol
P
ganon like anomaintain ko lang siya kung ano
lang kailangan mo yun lang yung bilhin motapo Personal Strategies/Way
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apag hindi mo naman kailangan wag mo nalang
k
siyang bilhin para hindi naman masyadong
magastos sayo
4. What are the ways to overcome these situations?
articipant 1:Ano like gaya ng kapag sa
P
jeep fifteen pesos ang bayad ang binibigay
ko lang sampung pisoedi nakatipid akong Saving
lima at least ‘di ako nag-1-2-3 ‘di ba.
articipant 2:mag tipid number 1 talaga
P Saving
sya kasi pag…kelangan tipirin mo ay sa
kahit sa ano di ka gagastosng mga walang
kwentang bagay…budgeted lang yung sa Budgeting
pang school mo kunwari sa baon mo20%
lang yung sa baon mo pag dating sa
Resourceful
pamasahe mo 30% or 50% yungmatitira
itatabi mo para magamit mo pa ule sa pag
mamasahe ka uli next week.
articipant 3:Ah kung ano.. sa akin
P
Resourceful
example ko um..wag natin bilhin yung ah…
di naman kailangan sa ngayon. Itabi muna
natin kasi pwede naman nating pag ipunan..
pag ipunan mo muna tsaka mo bilhin Resourceful
tsaka…ah think before buying pag isipan
mo muna yungbibilhin mo kung importante
ba yun or hindi kung maggamit mo ba yun Wasting
sa ngayon o hindi pakasi kung maii-stock
lang yun sayo,hindi mo magagamit sayang
lang yung perang ginamit mo.
Resourceful
articipant 4:Um… ano pag bili lang ng
P
kailangan ko tapos para hindi ko nalang siya
bibilhin kunghindi ko naman kailangan
para ma ano ko siya tawag dito para ma
maintain ko lang siya yun kung ano lang
kailangan ko yun lang bibilhin ko.
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5. What are the causes of the Price Increase in Commodities Services?
articipant 1:Ano…kasi kinukurakot tayo
P Corruption
ng mga ibang bansa ganon. Like gaya dun
sa sibuyas like parang tinatabi nila yung
mga produkto ng mga magsasaka tsaka
Price hike
parang…di ba need talaga natin yung
sibuyas sa mga pagluluto.. edi no choice sila
na tataasan talaga nila yung… presyo para
bumili. Kahit labas sa ating loob na bumili
ng ganon, wala tayong magagawa kasi
kailangan nga natin.
articipant 2: Sa gas kasi syempre yung
P
pinag kukunan dati nating ng gas nag Price hike
karoon sila ng pag tatalo yung dinadaanan
ng ano…kayayun san tayo kukuha ng gas
kase mataas na yung pricing nya dagdagan
pa ng bilihin.
articipant 3:Ano po uhmm.. di lang po sa
P
loob ng ating bansa eh…kapag yung Government Problem
kapartner ng bansa natin nagkaroon ng
problem for example yung nangyari sa
Ukraine at Russia ng uhmm..tawag dito,nag
karoon tayo ng lacks of fuel naapektuhan
yung country natin which is yung
uhmm…parang I know yung Russia kasi is
1 of the provider ng ating fuel so parang ah Financial difficulty
mag iincrease yung….price non dahil dun sa
cost na yunyung away nung dalawang
country na yun, and thendahil din siguro sa
ano sa sa pag dami ng ofw natin imbis na
dito sila mag ahm..mag trabaho to provide
na para ma-provide nila sa country yung sa
ah..tawag dito, yung work nila na dapat para Price issues
sa country napupunta sa iba kaya mas tataas
yung ah…cost ng mga bilihin natin.
articipant 4:Ano yung sanhi sa pagtaas ng
P
bilihin?Syempre katulad nga ng bigas
tumataasn tas bumababa kadalasan tumataas
kasi ang ating magsasaka minsan syempre
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n atutuyuan din sila ng lupanahihirapan din
sila mag ani or ganon kaya lang naman nag
mamahal yan kasi like parang nahihirapan
din sila ganon.
6. What recommendations can be made to address this concern?
articipant 1:Yun ngakailangan nga mag
P
tipid tsaka kung hindi naman talaga nila
kailangan bumili ng mga bagay-bagay na Saving
hindi naman importante edi huwag nalang
nila bilhinpara makatipid sila
articipant 2:Siguro wag nalang kayong
P
gumastos haha…wag nalang bumili ng Saving /Budgeting
walang kwentang bagay mag tipid ka!, mag
ipon ka! O kaya kung gusto mo mag
working students ka pero syempre budget
mo time mo..kelangan may ano ka..may
time…management ka para hindi ka
mahihirapantapos yung kikitain mo dun
pwede mong gamitin sa school o kaya
i-pang tulong mo sa parents mo.
articipant 3:Y
P ung issue po sa?
Price increase ano po uhmm…what
recommendations can be made to address
this issue..siguro po ano uhmm as a student Saving
ano po ang ma-rerecommendsiguro ang
mai-rerecommend ko sa kinauukulan uhmm
do a deep research uhmm..gawin para
magkaroon sila ng conclusion na kung ano
yung gagawin nila sa problema na ‘to for
example sa mga ano…sa isa rin sa mga dito
sila mag trabaho yung services nila
napupunta sa iba provide more job
opportunities sa mga kapwa natin pilipino Limitations
and then sa ano naman po kung ah…kung
merong sa mga studyantewhat
recommendations can be made.
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ara sa mga kapwa studyante natin na
P
nakakaranas din nito hmmm..sige
ahmm..para sa mga kapwa ko studyante
nakakaranas din nito siguro ano nalang tipid
ipon then don’t buy unnecessarily na di
naman magagamit now, yun lang po. Resourceful
articipant 4:Masasabi ko lang um ano
P
sana sa pag pag tagal tagal pa ng panahon
ano sana ma maintain nila ang pagtaas ng
price kasi syempre hindi lang din tayo
mtatamaan kung pataas ng pataas ng bilihin
eh tas lalo na sa panahon ngayon hindi pa
natin masasabi na ok kasi syempre
nanggaling tayo sa pandemic syempre taas
payan yung mga price nayanang
recommend ko lang sa kanila sana ano sa
susunod bumaba na yung mga bilihin yun
lang.
Appendix C: 2nd Cycle Coding (Excel)
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APPENDIX
D
Photos of Interviews
53
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APPENDIX
D
Letter of Consent
55
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