'Self-rated hunger, poverty dip in Q3'

By Red Mendoza

Nov 22, 2023 12:15 am

(UPDATE) THE number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor and hungry decreased in the third quarter of this year, a survey conducted by OCTA Research showed.

In its Tugon ng Masa (TNM) survey conducted from September 30 to October 4, only 46 percent of respondents said they consider themselves poor, equivalent to around 12.1 million Filipino families based on the 2020 Census.

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