Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger, meaning being hungry and not having anything to eat, increased to 14.2%, the latest Social Weather Stations poll showed.
Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger, meaning being hungry and not having anything to eat, increased to 14.2%, the latest Social Weather Stations poll showed.The SWS survey, conducted last March 21 to 25, showed that the 14.2% Filipino families who had involuntary hunger was higher than the December 2023 figure of 12.6% and the highest since May 2021 when it reached 16.8%.In addition, the 14.2% was 3.5 points above the 10.7% annual hunger rate of 2023.Of the 14.
Worst hunger in Metro ManilaThe hunger experience is the worst in Metro Manila at 19% of families, followed by Balance Luzon at 15.3%, Visayas at 15%, and Mindanao at 8.7%.The 19% hunger incidence in Metro Manila in March is a huge increase from 12.7% in December 2023.Visayas’ hunger incidence of 15% also increased by 5.7 points from 9.3% in December 2023.Hunger in Balance Luzon only slightly increased to 15.3% from 14.3%.Mindanao was the lone gainer with its hunger incidence falling to 8.
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