MANILA, Philippines – At least 54 percent of Filipinos are considering themselves as poor, according to a survey from Social Weather Stations (SWS). ADVERTISEMENTThis translates to 13.1 million families who self-rated themselves as poor — a big jump from the 10.3 million in September 2019. The survey results were obtained using face-to-face interviews with respondents, distributed into 300 per each local (Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao). SWS maintains sampling error margins of ±3% for national percentages, and ±6% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. SWS said they asked respondents to classify their families, both in self-rated poverty and self-rated food poverty, according to choices, namely “hindi mahirap (not poor),”sa linya (on the line), and mahirap (poor).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 23, 2020 08:26 UTC