Filipinos who rated themselves as poor rose in all regions, most especially in Metro Manila and the Visayas.
Out of 1,500 adult respondents polled from June 26 to 29 this year, 48% rate themselves as “poor,” while 31% said that they’re “borderline poor,” and 21% rated themselves as “
The Visayas region recorded the highest increase by 16 percentage points from April 2022’s 48% to 64%, while in Metro Manila 41% in June 2022 from 32% in April 2022, while Mindanao recorded a slight increase of two percentage points, from 60% in April to 62% in June 2022. Those who consider themselves “borderline” poor in the Visayas sharply decreased from 46% in April 2022 to 26% in June 2022. The same is also the case in Mindanao where it declined to 31% from 33%, and in Balance Luzon, it rose to 36% from 28%.
“The estimated numbers of self-rated food-poor families are 8.7 million in June 2022 and 7.9 million in April 2022,” the SWS noted, saying that those who are food-poor rose in all areas except in Mindanao.
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