(Eagle News)–Forty-five percent of families consider themselves as poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found.
The SWS said this was up by 7 percentage points from the record-low 38%, or an estimated 9.5 million families in March 2019.
The pollster said rise in the proportion of Self-Rated Poor families comes after a 14-point decline over the previous three quarters.
According to the SWS, the June 2019 survey also found that 35 percent of families, or an estimated 8.5 million families, found themselves food-poor.
The pollster said this was 8 points above the record-low 27%, or an estimated 6.8 million families in March 2019.
The increase in the proportion of Self-Rated Food Poor (SRFP) families comes after a 9-point decline over the previous three quarters, the SWS said.
The survey was conducted from June 22-26, 2019 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Sampling error margins were pegged at ±3% for national percentages, and ±6% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
