An estimated 10.9 million Filipino families considered themselves “poor” in the first quarter of the year, the latest SWS survey showed. | CMRamosINQ
“The estimated numbers of Self-Rated Poor families are 10.9 million in April 2022 and 10.7 million in December 2021,” the SWS said.“The steady Self-Rated Poor between December 2021 and April 2022 was due to increases in Mindanao and Metro Manila, combined with decreases in the Visayas and Balance Luzon ,” the SWS explained.
According to the survey, the “self-rated poor” families increased in Mindanao, from 43 precent in December 2021 to 60 percent in April 2022.he percentage of “self-rated poor” families, however, was reduced from 59 percent to 48 percent in Visayas and 41 percent to 35 percent in Balance Luzon. Meanwhile, families who rated themselves as “borderline poor” rose in Visayas from 33 percent to 46 percent, the survey showed.
But in Mindanao, it fell from 48 percent to 33 percent. It also decreased from 34 percent to 28 percent in Balance Luzon and 47 percent to 42 percent in Metro Manila.rose in Balance Luzon from 25% to 37%. However, it fell in the Visayas from 8% to 6%, in Mindanao from 9% to 7%, and in Metro Manila from 28% to 26%,” the SWS said.The SWS survey also showed that of the 10.9 million estimated “self-rated poor” families, 1.5 million were “newly poor.
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