Almost half of Pinoy families rate themselves ‘poor’ —SWS survey

NEARLY half of Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a new survey from the Social Weather Stations .

The SWS survey, conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, also revealed that 27 percent of Filipinos viewed themselves as “borderline” cases. Self-rated poor families in Balance Luzon also jumped to 39 percent from 35 percent, while self-rated poor families in Metro Manila also climbed to 38 percent from 35 percent.“Compared to June 2023, the percentage of poor families rose by 3 points from 45 percent, while borderline families fell by 6 points from 33 percent, and not poor families rose by 3 points from 22 percent,” the SWS report said.

“Of the estimated 13.2 million self-rated poor families in September 2023, 1.8 million were newly poor, 1.7 million were usually poor, and 9.7 million were always poor,” said the SWS.

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