Number of poor Filipino families up in fourth quarter of 2019 – SWS

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:15:54 +0000

More Filipino families have considered themselves poor or “mahirap” in the last quarter of 2019, a Social Weather Stations survey has found out.

The nationwide survey, conducted from Dec. 13 to 16, with 1,200 respondents, showed that 54 percent or 13.1 million Filipino families considered themselves poor in that period.

This is 12 points or 3.1 million higher than the 42 percent or 10.3 million Filipinos in September 2019, the SWS said.

This is also higher than March 2
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