THE number of Filipinos who consider themselves poor has increased based on the latest survey made by Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The survey, which was conducted from September 14 to 23 using face-to-face interviews of 1, 500 respondents 18 years old and above, showed that 59% of Filipinos see themselves as poor. The percentage translates to 16.3 million Filipino families.

According to SWS, 13% considered themselves as “Borderline (by placing themselves on a line dividing Poor and Not Poor), and 28% rated themselves as Not Poor”.

The 59% self-rated poverty (SRP) is higher than one percent from the 58% (or 16 million) in June this year. As to the borderline level, the 13% percentage is also up by 1 point from the 12% record in June 2024, while the 28% percentage of Not Poor Families is 2 points below from the 30% percentage recorded in June of the same year.

“As of September 2024, Self-Rated Poverty was highest in Mindanao at 67%, followed by the Visayas at 62%, Balance Luzon at 55%, and Metro Manila at 52%,” SWS said.

In the same study, 2.5 million Filipino families, or 9.1% are considered “newly poor” which means they didn’t see themselves as poor one to four years ago. 2.3 million are classified as “Usually Poor” while 11.5 million were “Always Poor.”

The SWS’ third quarter survey this year was made through its standard interviewing method which is face-to-face. Out of 1,500 adults they interviewed across the country, 600 are in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

SWS SRP survey has been done quarterly since 1992, except in the first three quarters of 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic. The survey resumed in the fourth quarter of the same year and continues to present data of its survey up to this day.(LAO)

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