Self-rated poverty up in 2017 – SWS

AT least 10 million Filipinos considered themselves poor in the last recent survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

of Filipinos were poor, three of respondents who said they were suffering from poverty in the third quarter of last year.

The self- rated poverty rating reached 50 percent in March

The SWS survey also showed that self-rated food poverty also slightly went up to 33 percent increase from the 31 percent rat

The self- rated food poverty started at 35 percent in March in June, September and December.

The SWS poll was conducted from face interviews of 1,200 adults aged

Poverty in Mindanao, Metro

The poverty level in Mindanao went up to 52 percent in December, seven

- percent four months back.

Self-rated poverty in Metro Manila also went up to 22 percent in in September.

In contrast, the poverty rating in Balance Luzon went down (50

Self-rated food poverty in Visayas also fell to 32 percent in - tember. Food poverty in Balance Luzon was steady at 32 percent.

The survey results prompted Pal that the government could intensify measures to eradicate poverty.

“As the campaign to alleviate poverty continues, we will strengthen our social protection mechanism which include conditional cash transfer, social pension for indigent senior citizens, supplementary feeding programs among others, while expanding opportunities in agriculture, for said in a statement.

“We assure everyone that no one will be left behind in the Duterte administration,” he added.

Of this number, 300 were surveyed in each of Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The sampling error margin is at 2.5 percent for national percentages and six percent each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.