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MANILA, Philippines–Filipino families who said they were poor numbered around 12.1 million in September, according to the latest Social Weather Stations poll.
Self-rated poverty for the third quarter of 2014 remained at 55 percent, the same in June, the survey, first published in BusinessWorld, showed.
Conducted from September 26 to 29 among 1,200 respondents, it posted a slight increase when it comes to families who said they eat food for the poor. Around 9.3 million families or 43 percent of respondents said they were “food-poor,” from only 41 percent in the second quarter of the year.
While self-rated poverty fell by 10 points (from 71 percent in June to 61 percent in September) in Mindanao and by nine points (from 74 percent to 65 percent) in Visayas, it increased by six points (from 37 percent to 43 percent) in Metro Manila and by seven points (from 45 percent to 52 percent) for the rest of Luzon.
This also reflected in self-rated food poverty, which increased by three points (from 27 percent to 30 percent) in Metro Manila and five percent (from 32 percent to 37 percent) in Balance Luzon. Food-poor families remained almost the same for Visayas, down by one point (from 54 percent to 53 percent). Mindanao’s self-rated poverty, on the other hand, decreased by three points from 55 percent in June to 52 percent in September.
SWS said that the monthly budget needed for a family not to be considered poor has increased in Metro Manila (from a median of P12,000 in June to P15,000 in September). It dropped in Visayas (from P10,000 in March to P8,000 in September) but stayed at P10,000 for both Mindanao and Balance Luzon.
Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/647118/sws-self-rated-poverty-rises-in-ncr-luzon-more-say-they-are-food-poor#ixzz3HKJSa5ps
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