More Filipinos considered themselves poor in 4-Q 2019 – SWS survey

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More Filipinos have considered themselves poor or

“mahirap” in the last quarter of 2019, the latest Social Weather Stations survey found out, as their number rose to around 13.1 million.

The latest self-rated poverty rate is the highest since the September 2014 survey, with 55 percent of the population, the SWS noted. Moreover, during the same survey period, SWS asked the opinions of Filipinos regarding self-rated poverty threshold or the minimum monthly budget poor families need for home expenses in order not to consider themselves poor.

 

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