Self-rated poverty, hunger down in Q3Residents of Barangay San Nicolas in Binondo, Manila go about their daily routine on September 20, 2023. Self-rated poverty was at 43 percent in March 2023 and 41 percent in October 2022. According to OCTA, the decrease in self-rated poverty was due to a significant drop among respondents in Balance Luzon. It was down five points from the 15 percent or an estimated 3.9 million families that experienced hunger in the second quarter of the year. Seventy-four percent of those who experienced involuntary hunger in the third quarter said they experienced it only once, while 17 percent said it happened a few times.

Source: Philippine Star November 22, 2023 12:09 UTC