What is the setting of "Footnote to Youth"?

"Footnote to Youth" is a short story written by Jose Garcia Billa in 1933. The setting is not explicitly stated, but it is in a rural area where they work as farmers. The story takes place around the same time it was written, and it tells of a couple that gets married at a young age.
Although Dodong's, the husband's, father warned him that he was too young to get married, he still gave Dodong his blessing. Dodong believed that, at 17, he was a mature adult and ready for marriage. Nine months later, with the birth of his first child, he realizes that he is young and becomes troubled with his life.
He and his wife continue to have more children, and the difficult life begins to wear on Dodong and his wife. When his first son turns 18, he approaches Dodong and asks for his permission to marry. Dodong sadly looks at his son while realizing that he is making the same mistake he himself once made.

Jose Garcia Villa (August 5, 1908–February 7, 1997) was a Filipino writer and artist. He was born in Manila to a prosperous family and attended high school in Manila and studied at the University of the Philippines. He then graduated from the University of New Mexico and continued postgraduate studies at Columbia University. He continued to live in New York City, where he combined writing and university teaching careers.
Villa's 1933 short story "Footnote to Youth" is set in the "contemporary" period (i.e., at approximately the time when it was written). While the particular location of the story is not specified, the cultural and physical context are those of the Philippines, with local traditions, foods, and terms creating a sense of place.
The focus of the story is on the characters and how they are trapped in a cycle of traditional lives and roles and the way marriage narrows their choices and possibilities. The setting, in a village or rural area, gives a sense that the cycle of marriage and children is echoed by the cyclical nature of agricultural work. The very lack of specificity of setting emphasizes the universality of the story.