SWS:10.9M families see themselves 'poor'

by Kaithreen Cruz - Catherine S. Valente

May 20, 2022 12:15 am

ABOUT 43 percent or 10.9 million Filipino families consider themselves poor, the April survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

The figure is 6 percent lower than in the first quarter of 2021 when 49 percent rated themselves as poor.

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