On Sunday, May 7, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that 51% of Filipino families considered themselves 'mahirap' or 'poor,' 30% as 'borderline' or in-between poor and non-poor, and 19% as 'hindi mahirap' or 'not poor.' | ManilaBulletin
estimated the number of self-rated poor families at 14 million in March 2023 and 12.9 million in December 2022.
According to SWS, the results of the March 26-29 survey are similar to the December 2022 survey, in which poor families were at 51 percent, borderline families were at 31 percent, and not poor families were at 19 percent. Meanwhile, it noted that borderline figures did not statistically change in Metro Manila from 29 percent to 26 percent, in Balance Luzon from 30 percent to 32 percent, and in Mindanao from 30 percent to 33 percent.At the same time, SWS said the not poor figures rose in Balance Luzon from 20 percent to 25 percent, but fell in Metro Manila from 39 percent to 33 percent and in Mindanao from 11 percent to 6 percent, while it did not change in the Visayas at 9 percent.
The survey also asked those who were self-rated non-poor, either borderline or not poor, if they had ever experienced being poor in the past.
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