Around 14 million Filipino families considered themselves poor in the first quarter of 2023, according to a Social Weather Stations survey, which said this was a “steady” figure from its record in December 2022. | BPinlacINQ
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“However, it fell in Balance Luzon from 49 percent to 43 percent, while it was statistically steady in Mindanao, moving from 59 percent to 62 percent,” it said.No statistical change was seen in the number of borderline poor families in Metro Manila from 29 percent to 26 percent, Balance Luzon from 58 percent to 65 percent, and Mindanao from 30 percent to 33 percent. But there was a dip in Visayas from 34 percent to 26 percent, according to SWS.
SWS said that among the 14 million Filipino families who considered themselves poor, 6.5 percent or 1.8 million were newly poor, which means they did not consider themselves poor one to four years ago.
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