MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of Filipino families that experienced hunger decreased in the first quarter, a new poll released Thursday found. Results of a March 28 to 31 Social Weather Stations survey of 1,440 adults nationwide showed 9.5% or an estimated 2.3 million Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months. Related Stories Proportion of poor Filipinos declines in H1 2018The latest reading was one percentage point lower than the 10.5% (estimated 2.4 million families) recorded in the preceding quarter. Hunger went down 6.6 points to 11.7% (estimated 387,000 families) in Metro Manila and 2.2 points to 6.1% (estimated 345,000 families) in Mindanao. But it went up 0.6 points to 10.3% (estimated 1.1 million families) in Balance Luzon and 0.8 points to 10% (estimated 472,000 families) in Visayas.

Source: Philippine Star April 25, 2019 04:13 UTC