Results of the Social Weather Stations' 2nd Quarter 2019 survey revealed that 45% of Filipino families (estimated at 11 million) considered themselves as poor. This is 7% higher than in March 2019, where it was a record low of 38% (9.5 million families).
SWS also noted the rise in self-rated poor families snapped a steady decline of the previous three quarters: 52 percent in the quarter ended September 2018, 50 percent in December 2018, the January-March quarter's 38 percent.
The latest survey, conducted June 22-26, also revealed that from this number, 35 percent rated their food as poor. The median amount a family needs to earn to pay for household expenses andconsider itself not poor also rose to ₱15,000 from the previous quarter's ₱10,000, according to the survey. It also rose in Metro Manila and Balance Luzon — the areas on the island not in Metro Manila — but remained unchanged in the Visayas .
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