The new Social Weather Stations or SWS survey revealed that forty-five percent (45%) of Flipino families or an estimated 11.1 million families consider themselves ‘poor’ in June.
This is a 7 percent increase from March this year. The survey was fielded to 1,200 respondents from June 22-26.
For self-rated poverty, they were shown showcards with the choices “not poor,” “on the line” and “poor,” and were asked: “Where would you place your family in this card?”
The SWS survey showed that the minimum monthly budget that households need in order not to be classified as poor inched up from P10,000 to P15,000. However, respondents said they still lack P5,000 to make ends meet every month.