The Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Volume 1, Number 2, July - December 2012, pp. 119– 139

ISSN 2244-3983

Determinants in Sustaining a
Local Information System in the
Philippines: The Case of the
Barangay Management
Information System (BMIS)
CHARINA P. MANEJA1*, NANCY A. TANDANG2,
and MERLYNE M. PAUNLAGUI3

Abstract: Information is important for the executive and legislative

functions of local officials. The study determined the institutional
and individual factors that contributed in sustaining a Barangay
Management Information System (BMIS). The study was done in
five provinces covering 90 randomly selected continuing barangays
and 68 randomly selected non-continuing barangays. Chi-square
Test of Independence was used to determine factors associated
with whether the barangay will continue to sustain BMIS or not.
Logistic regression analysis was also performed to determine
factors that may influence barangay’s decision to sustain BMIS.

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1 University Research Associate, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food-Barangay Integrated

Approach for Nutrition Improvement, College of Human Ecology, University of the Philippines
Los Baños, College, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the

Philippines Los Baños, College, 4031 Laguna, Philippines

3 Assistant Professor, Institute for Governance and Rural Development, College of Public Affairs

and Development, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, 4031 Laguna, Philippines
* Corresponding author: (+63 49) 536-3643; [email protected]
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The identified significant individual factors that influenced the

barangays’ decision to sustain BMIS were the system’s user-
friendly features, ease in managing the BMIS software, and
usefulness of data generated in performing the functions of the
local government officials. The significant institutional factors that
contributed to sustaining a Local Information System (LIS) were
the active participation of the Barangay Council members in data
management; the availability of budget and equipment; the
presence of municipal and technical support from the
municipalities and state universities and colleges; and the
utilization of data in the submission of administrative reports,
situational analysis for the preparation of plans, monitoring and
targeting of beneficiaries; and the issuance of local ordinance for
the adoption of LIS.

Recommendations include strengthening the process of

policy preparation at the local level; organization of the LIS team;
creation of positions for Information or Investment Officers;
crafting of ordinances to support the budgetary requirements; and
establishment of partnerships between SUCs and the LGUs.

Keywords: information system, data management, data banking

INTRODUCTION

In 1993, Executive Order (EO) 135 was enacted into law to

establish a well-coordinated statistical system at the local level. It is
the objective of EO for the official statistics at the municipal level to
be harmonized with official statistics at the national level. Further,
the EO would be responsive to planning and monitoring
requirements at the local level.
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Management Information System (BMIS)

The EO was created after the Local Government Code (LGC)

was ratified on October 10, 1991. The EO ensures that the delivery
of basic services devolved at the provincial, municipal and village
government units are addressed. The LGC gives the Local
Government Units (LGUs) power and responsibilities to implement
their development plans, program objectives, and priorities to
provide efficient and effective basic services and facilities (Local
Government Code: Book 3, 1991).

With these devolved powers, the EO stipulates that the

production of local-level statistics, the by-products of
administrative reporting systems inherent in administering the
devolved basic services, shall be continued by the LGUs. The
continuation should be consistent with the manner, form, and
frequency being adopted by the concerned national line agencies
(EO 135 Sec. 3-b). For proper consolidation of the data produced,
all LGUs are enjoined to establish their own databases in support of
planning and programming activities at the local level.

The different databases introduced at the barangays were

initiated by the different agencies. Currently, policy issuances and
memorandum circulars were released by the National Anti-Poverty
Commission (NAPC) En Banc Resolution No. 7; Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circulars
2003-92 and 2004-152; and NSCB Resolution No. 6, Series of 2005
to support the adoption of the Community-Based Monitoring
System (CBMS). The CBMS is a monitoring tool to diagnose poverty
at the local level as well as to localize the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), which runs from 1990 to 2015. The MDG is a set of
time-bound, measurable goals and targets for combating poverty,
hunger, diseases, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and
discrimination against women with 18 targets and 48 indicators.
During the CBMS 6th National Conference, the key challenges for
CBMS included the sustainability and expansion of its coverage.
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One of the academe initiatives to help in these endeavors is

the Barangay Management Information System (BMIS). It was
introduced as one of the components of the Barangay Integrated
Development Approach for Nutrition Improvement (BIDANI). The
BMIS is a data-banking system on social, economic, ecological,
sanitation, agriculture, health and nutrition designed for the
municipal and barangay government units. The BMIS promotes
evidence-based planning, and monitoring and evaluation of
development programs/projects/activities of the LGUs. At present,
the BMIS is adopted by 1,034 barangays in 34 municipalities of the
provinces of Batangas, Laguna, Quezon in Region IV-A; Mindoro
Occidental in Region IV-B; Iloilo in Region 6; Negros Oriental and
Misamis Occidental in Region 7; and Leyte in Region 8. However,
not all these municipalities and barangays have sustained BMIS.

Results of this study would guide policymakers and

decision-makers, program sponsors and donors, program
managers and staff, community members and organizations, and
research communities in implementing and sustaining a local
information system (LIS).

Generally, the study determined the factors associated with

the likelihood that the barangays would sustain LIS. Specifically, it
aimed to determine the individual and institutional factors that
may influence in the decision of the barangays to sustain BMIS and
LIS, respectively.

METHODOLOGY

The study was conducted in randomly selected barangays

of the provinces of Batangas, Iloilo, Laguna, Leyte, and Quezon,
where the BMIS was introduced. The 1,034 barangays trained by
BIDANI on BMIS were classified as either continuing or non-
continuing. A continuing barangay had an updated BMIS as of 2011
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and a plan to update its BMIS for 2012. A non-continuing barangay

had no updated 2011 BMIS and no plans as well to update its BMIS
in 2012. The barangay and its municipality have the same
classification since the Municipal Management Information System
(MMIS) could not be up to date without the updated BMIS of its
barangays.

Barangays were chosen using stratified random sampling in

which the stratification variable was the classification of the area as
continuing barangays or non-continuing barangays. The 180
randomly selected barangays comprised 90 continuing barangays
and 90 non-continuing barangays.

The eligible respondents consisted of the BMIS managers,

specifically the barangay chairpersons who led in the planning
activities. If they were unavailable, the barangay secretaries served
as alternatives because under the local government code, they are
responsible for keeping the updated records of all the barangay
residents. Of the 180 target respondents, only 158 (87.8%)
responded: 90 from the continuing barangays and 68 from the non-
continuing barangays.

Data were gathered using structured and pre-tested

questionnaire for the survey and a key informant interview. Most
of the questions in both instruments were patterned after the
UNICEF 2006 DevInfo 4.0 questionnaire (see Rodriguez, 2007).

The framework of the study shows the factors associated in

sustaining the BMIS (Figure 1). These consist of institutional
contributions such as manpower resources, investment in
machines, budget allotment, and provision of a Municipal
Ordinance. The municipalities and barangays provide manpower
resources and technical assistance to oversee the BMIS
implementation. In addition, the person who manages the BMIS
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1. National policy
2. Academic institutions’
technical assistance

Factors associated
in sustaining BMIS

I. Institutional contributions
A. Manpower resources
• Initiates the implementation
• Office to oversee/manage
• Technical support or monitoring
of the Municipal LGU
• BC members doing the survey Likelihood of
• Barangay secretary operating/ the barangay
keeping the BMIS to continue
• Trained enumerator or sustain
• Strong leadership of the their BMIS
Barangay Captain
B. Investment in Machine
• Computer
• Internet access
C. Budget allotment
D. Provision of Municipal Ordinance

II. Individual perceptions

• Functionality of BMIS at work
(enables one to accomplish tasks
more quickly)
• Management of the BMIS (one can
manage its use)

Figure 1. Conceptual framework of the study

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should be willing to do the additional job and sees its importance in

his/her work.

The participation and continuing support of the municipal

government, barangay council members and other volunteer
workers in the barangay in the operations of BMIS were assumed
to be vital factors in sustaining local database. The LGU support
could also be measured by the policy initiatives of the municipal
and barangay government units by the provision of Municipal
Ordinances.

These factors, in turn, are influenced by individual

perceptions on the functionality of the BMIS at work and on its
management.

All the above factors are influenced by national policies and

technical assistance from institutions. The issuance of national
policies towards the adoption of BMIS was expected to compel the
LGUs to adopt and sustain BMIS. The academic institutions’ role in
capability building of the LGUs is an equally important factor in
managing the BMIS.

To incorporate the sampling design and to compensate for

the non-response, survey weights were computed for each
responding unit. In the data analysis, percentage distribution was
employed to describe the characteristics of the respondents and
responses of the continuing and non-continuing barangays. The Chi
-square-based correlation coefficients were calculated to determine
the strength of association of the classification of barangays —
whether continuing or non-continuing — with several factors.
Moreover, to model the factors associated with the barangays’
continuance or sustenance of their BMIS, a Binomial logistic
regression model was applied.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Respondents’ Profile

Majority of those who managed the BMIS in the continuing

and non-continuing barangays were females (72%). Majority were
also college graduates (58%), while 22 percent were high school
graduates. Their ages ranged from 22 to 81 years with a mean of 42
for those from the continuing barangays and 43 years from the
non-continuing barangays. The BMIS managers had been serving
their barangays for an average of 7 years with a range of one to 29
years (Table 1).

Institutional Factors Influencing Barangay’s Decision

in Sustaining BMIS

In 1997, when the BMIS was developed by the UPLB-

BIDANI Network Program, there were no existing national
mandates to adopt a sustainable statistical information system at
the local level. Despite this, the number of barangays adopting and
sustaining the BMIS increased. The BIDANI Network Program is
one of the enabling mechanisms for expanding and sustaining
BMIS.

The institutional factors that may possibly influence the

sustainability of BMIS in the continuing barangays are listed in
Table 2. Almost a fourth (23%) of the barangays declared that BMIS
was initiated by the academe or State Universities and Colleges
(SUCs) under the BMIS projects of the BIDANI Program. Despite
the absence of national mandates, the LGUs initiated the
establishment of BMIS in their areas. This was because more than
half of the barangays (51.1%) cited that there are existing local
policies to support its adoption. These policies include the
municipal ordinances issued for the institutionalization of BMIS in
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their locality, budget allotment for the purchase of computers and

their maintenance, and budget for data updating. Majority (71.1%)
of the continuing barangays assigned an office to manage the BMIS.
Generally, the Municipal Planning and Development Office (MPDO)
was the assigned office to oversee the over-all implementation of
BMIS at the municipality. Most of the continuing barangays were
able to implement and sustain BMIS even if they did not have
specific budgets for BMIS.

Individual perceptions influencing the institution and

BMIS managers’ decisions in sustaining BMIS. People resist
change when the reason for it is unclear, especially in their jobs
(Resistance to Change, 2012). Ambiguity can trigger negative
reactions among local users. According to the review of Information
Technology Systems Development, conducted by the Joint
Legislative Audit and Review Commission of the Virginia General
Assembly (2003), it is important to identify the functional needs of
the technology implementers to avoid project failures. Since BMIS
is introducing a new technology, which require skills in data
collection and encoding, and technical knowledge in data analysis,
it is important to capacitate the BMIS end-users. However, learning
the skills is only the first step, but it is not enough for the barangays
to sustain BMIS. In this study, the individual perceptions of the
BMIS manager were also considered to determine the governance
in the sustainability of BMIS.

The study showed that many of the continuing barangays

agreed that the presence of technical support or monitoring of the
SUCs and municipal government units is significant in sustaining
BMIS. The technical assistance is part of BIDANI’s extension activity
to ensure that the BMIS activities are well implemented,
particularly for the BMIS managers who are just starting to learn to
operate the computer. The municipal focal person should also
ideally join the field visits to strengthen their competencies in
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responding to the barangays queries. A large percentage of the

BMIS managers agreed that the strong leadership of the barangay
captain and the support of the barangay council members can
contribute in sustaining the BMIS. They said that the BMIS will not
be established if the barangay captain did not approve the BMIS
activities.

Most of the BMIS managers agreed that the support of the

barangay council members was important in collecting the data.
With uncooperative members, either more time is needed to finish
the BMIS or worse, the BMIS data would be incomplete.

The BMIS managers believed that the change in leadership

was not a hindrance in sustaining the BMIS. Since not all the
barangay council members were replaced, there were still
members who had knowledge about BMIS. Further, the
unavailability of a computer was not a hindrance to sustaining the
BMIS as perceived by the BMIS managers.

Aside from technical support, the budget support from the

municipality also played an important role in sustaining the BMIS.
The financial support given to the barangays were spent more on
the training and the reproduction of survey forms.

Moreover, more than half of the BMIS managers in the

continuing barangays agreed that the BMIS helped them in
performing their functions. The BMIS barangay managers agreed
that using the BMIS accomplished their tasks quickly, improved job
performance, increased productivity, and enhanced work
effectiveness.

Factors associated with the barangays’ decision to

sustain LIS. Table 3 shows that among the significant factors
associated with the barangays’ decision to sustain the BMIS, were
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the highly significant strong association in the perceived interest in

using BMIS in terms of its functionality at work (r=0.515 with p-
value of 0.000), improvement of job performance (r=0.499 with p-
value of 0.000), and productivity of the barangay employees or
workers (r=0.494 with p-value of 0.000). The BMIS initiated by the
LGUs (r=0.184 with p-value of 0.023) and the allocation of budget
for the BMIS activities also had significant associations with the
barangay’s decision to sustain BMIS (r=0.294 with p-value of
0.003).

Furthermore, the individual perceptions of the BMIS

managers had significant contributions in sustaining the BMIS
(Table 3). The BMIS managers’ perceptions on the importance of
the technical support or monitoring of the SUCs (r= 0.596 with p-
value of 0.000), strong leadership of the barangay captains
(r=0.343 with p-value of 0.000), support from the barangay council
members (r=0.371 with p-value of 0.000) and financial support
from the Municipal LGUs (r=0.394 with p-value of 0.000) were
significant factors associated to the barangay’s decision to sustain
the BMIS.

Likewise, statistical analysis revealed that change in

leadership was not significantly associated to the decisions of the
barangays to continue BMIS because some of the barangay officials
were re-elected and they realized the importance and contributions
of BMIS for local development. However, there was a need to orient
the new set of barangay council members about the BMIS.

Factors affecting the probability of barangays to sustain

a Local Information System (LIS). Sustainability of LIS at the
municipal and barangay levels should always be considered in
establishing a LIS because it requires large amount of money and
time.
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The binary dependent variable, defined as continuing or

non-continuing, was regressed to the several factors considered in
the study. Table 4 shows which among the variables were
significant in predicting the likelihood of a barangay to continue
BMIS. Since the Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square Test is significant at
10 percent level of significance, the model is adequate.

At the institutional level, as shown in Table 4, the strong

technical support or monitoring of the municipal LGU was one of
determining factors in LIS sustainability (with p-value of 0.043).
The individual perceptions that LIS was manageable (with p-value
of 0.30) and using the LIS accomplished their task more quickly
(with p-value of 0.011) were also established to be significant in the
model.

The role of the barangay council (with p-value of 0.000) in

doing the survey and of the barangay secretary (with p-value of
0.019) was again noted to have significant contributions in
determining the probability of sustaining a LIS.

The study showed that the strong leadership of the

barangay captain was significant (with p-value of 0.004), the local
chief executives should have complete knowledge and support in
implementing the BMIS is important to sustain the LIS.

Trained enumerators were not associated, and this was

affirmed by the study of Maneja (2013) who said that the BMIS
enumerators were BNS, BHW, volunteer workers, and hired
enumerators. There was no assurance that these enumerators
would be the same group who would conduct the census in the
succeeding years. However, if the barangay council members did
the survey, it would significantly contribute to the likelihood that a
LIS would be sustained.
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The fitted model in predicting the likelihood of a barangay

to continue based on general indicators is given by:

Logit (continuing) = + 2.565 (technical support or monitoring

of the municipal LGU) + 1.719 (I can manage BMIS) + 6.250
(I can perform job quickly using BMIS) + 2.117 (BC members
did the survey) + 2.177 (barangay secretary operates/keeps
BMIS) – 1.525 (trained enumerators) – 6.211
(barangay strong leadership)

Based on the fitted model, a barangay can sustain its BMIS if

the barangay has technical support and the members can manage
the BMIS and use BMIS in their jobs, if the BC members did the
survey, or if the barangay secretary managed the BMIS. Among
these significant factors, a barangay will sustain its BMIS six times
higher rather than discontinue it if the barangay can see the use of
the BMIS in accomplishing its tasks. However, the logistic
regression revealed that likelihood of continuing a BMIS was lower
if the barangay had trained enumerators and if their barangay had
strong leadership.

CONCLUSION

The facilitating factors in implementing and sustaining a

BMIS included the degree of interest of the barangays; capacity
development of the enumerators and data encoders; technical as
well as financial support from the municipal government units; the
active LGU staff and strong leadership of the barangay captains;
and involvement of the council members, barangay captains,
barangay secretaries, and volunteer workers. Likewise, the factors
associated with the possibility of the barangays adopting the BMIS
included technical support from the municipal government in the
barangays; the individuals’ insight on the usefulness and
convenience of the BMIS to facilitate tasks/activities; and the role
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of the barangay council members and barangay secretary in data

collection and in managing the BMIS, respectively.

RECOMMENDATIONS

LIS at the barangay level is feasible and doable, and it can

be sustained in large and small populated municipalities and
barangays. Suggestions include the following:

1. Municipal LGU should give technical support and regular

monitoring. The budget for the LIS capability building
and data generation should be in place. The barangays
should invest in computers to facilitate data encoding
and updating.

2. Give orientation on how to manage the BMIS. The

municipal and barangay LGUs should be properly
oriented on the LIS investments and workload. The
barangay should also be willing to learn.

3. Make the BMIS useful in the job of the community

members. The government and other agencies
implementing LIS should be responsible in creating
awareness on the importance of LIS in the barangays. It
should be user-friendly and functional at the LGUs
workplace. There should be continuous dissemination on
how to use the BMIS in the delivery of services,
preparation of plans, and conduct of monitoring and
evaluation of their program/plans/activities.

4. The barangay captain and the council members must be

knowledgeable on the importance of the BMIS; the
barangay captain should also include one of his plans for
the barangay the sustainability of the BMIS. Approval of a
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local resolution can facilitate the sustainability of LIS in

the barangay because of the allotted budget for the
regular updating of the BMIS. Likewise, sharing of data to
the public and making these accessible to the data users
may help the barangay captain and council members to
be aware of the LIS and its importance in advocacy and
linkages.

The following are recommended to strengthen the

institutional and individual support in sustaining the BMIS:

Individual Factors

1. Conduct conferences or forum on the process of policy

analysis for the preparation of local ordinances by the
legislative members and execution of local chief
executives. The discussion will emphasize the utility of
the BMIS in identifying policy problems, listing courses
of action, monitoring of actions and evaluation of policy
performance.

2. Conduct capability building activities of the LIS team on

data collection, field data cleaning, encoding, validation,
and data updating with continuous monitoring of LIS by
the municipal LIS team and SUC partner.

Institutional Factors

1. Create positions for Information or Investment Officers

who will be responsible for the provision of technical
assistance in the production of statistical data at the local
level (as indicated in the roles and functions in the LGC
and DILG MC 2010-113, respectively) to achieve the
strong technical support of the municipalities.
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2. Advocate the passing of municipal and barangays

ordinances to support the budgetary requirements for
sustaining the operations of the LIS.

For future researches, it is suggested that an evaluation

study on the current local information system initiated by the LGUs
and introduced by the national agencies, academic and other
private institutions should be done. A documentation of the current
LIS’ best practices should be made to further determine the factors
in sustaining other models of LIS, the cost-effectiveness in
establishing an LIS, and the utility in performing the LGUs’
functions.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The lead author is grateful to Dr. Aser B. Javier and Prof.

Rolando T. Bello for their valuable contributions as members of her
guidance committee; to Belinda A. Lalap, Pamela A. Gonzales,
Marcelina C. Miranda, Lorna O. Garcia, and Ana B. Castaneda for
their technical assistance; and to the following for their help in data
collection: Ms. Saloma Gisulga (Visayas State University-BIDANI),
Ms. Josephine Firmase and Mr. Marianito Ramirez (UP Visayas-
BIDANI), Mr. Joevan Jareno (Rosario, Batangas), Mr. Rudolph Jacob
(Infanta, Quezon), Lelit Narvarez (Ozamis City), Ms. Fe Urriquia
(Rizal, Laguna), Ms. Beng Agana (Pangil, Laguna), and Ms. Lourdes
Commendador (Nagcarlan, Laguna).
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TABLES
Table 1. Summary statistics of observed characteristics of
BMIS managers

POSITION CONTINUING NON- TOTAL

% CONTINUING %
%
Sex
Female 70.0 75.0 72.2
Male 30.0 25.0 27.8
Total 100 100 100
Educational attainment
College undergraduate 61.1 54.4 58.2
High School 14.4 32.4 22.2
undergraduate
Vocational graduate 11.1 4.4 8.2
High School graduate 6.7 0 3.8
Elementary graduate 0 2.9 1.3
Postgraduate 1.1 0.0 0.6
No answer 5.6 5.9 5.7
Total 100 100 100

Age
Minimum 22 22
Mean 42 43
Median 43.5 43
Maximum 81 63
Years of service in the barangay
Minimum 0 1
Mean 7 7
Median 10 9.5
Maximum 24 29
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Table 2. Institutional factors that sustained BMIS in the

continuing barangays

PERCENT
FACTORS DISTRIBUTION
(n=90)

Institutions that initiated the BMIS

Municipal and Barangay Government Unit 72.2
National agency 6.7
Academe/University/College 23.3
Private Institution 4.4

Existence of local policy

Yes 51.1
No 48.9
Total 100

Assigned office to manage BMIS

Yes 71.1
No 28.9
Total 100

Office that manages the BMIS

Municipal Planning and Development Office 66.7
Barangay LGU 17.8
MIS Office 8.9
Social Welfare and Development Office 2.2
Municipal Health Office 2.2
Population Management Office 1.1
Mayor’s Office 2.2
Status of BMIS Budget allocation
With budget 37.8
No budget 62.2
Total 100

Note: Multiple responses

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Table 3. Association of institutional factors and individual

perceptions with the barangays’ decision to sustain
the BMIS

CRAMER’S V
FACTOR P-VALUE
COEFFICIENT
Institutional factors
Institutions that initiated the BMIS 0.023* 0.184
BMIS Budget 0.003* 0.296
Individual perceptions
Affecting institution
Technical support or monitoring of the 0.000* 0.000*
State University and Colleges
Technical support or monitoring of the 0.000* 0.000*
Municipal LGU
Strong leadership of the Barangay 0.000* 0.000*
Captain
Support from the Barangay Council 0.000* 0.000*
members
Budget support from the Municipal 0.000* 0.000*
LGU
Change in leadership due to election 0.653 0.653
Affecting the BMIS managers
Using the BMIS in my job enabled me 0.000* 0.000*
to accomplish my tasks more quickly
Using the BMIS improved my job 0.000* 0.000*
performance
Using the BMIS increased my 0.000* 0.000*
productivity
Using the BMIS enhanced my 0.000* 0.000*
effectiveness
BMIS is not necessary in my line of 0.006* 0.006*
work

* Significant at α = 0.10
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Table 4. Estimated parameter of the logistic regression

model in sustaining BMIS

ESTIMATE STANDARD
PARAMETER P-VALUE
(B) ERROR
Intercept 4.283 3.776 0.257
Technical support or 2.565 1.269 0.043*
monitoring of the Municipal
LGU
Respondent can manage the 1.719 0.794 0.030*
BMIS
Using the BMIS in the 6.250 2.459 0.011*
respondent’s job enabled him/
her to accomplish his/her tasks
more quickly
BC members did the survey 2.117 0.577 0.000*
Barangay secretary operates/ 2.177 0.925 0.019*
keeps BMIS
Trained enumerator -1.525 0.826 0.065
Strong leadership of the -6.211 2.174 0.004*
Barangay Captain

* Significant at α = 0.10