Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
THE number of Filipinos who say they are poor and hungry dropped in the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest survey conducted by the independent pollster OCTA Research.
In its Tugon ng Masa survey conducted from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, 2024, 43 percent of Filipinos, equivalent to around 11.3 million families, self-identified as poor in the third quarter of 2024, a decline of five percentage points, or 1.4 million families, from the previous quarter where 48 percent said they are poor.
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