women and children were still sifting through piles of rotting food and scraps of metal and plastic, their hands and faces covered with grime. Black liquid gushed from the base of the garbage dump ...

ABOUT 63 percent of Filipino families rated themselves as “poor” in December 2024, the highest level since 64 percent in November 2003, according to the Social Weather Survey (SWS) on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines — Fifty percent of Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to the latest survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS). In a survey conducted from April 23 to 28, the ...

MANILA, Philippines — An estimated 10.9 million Filipino families considered themselves “poor” in the first quarter of the year, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey ...

Self-rated poor families said they needed a monthly budget of at least P15,000 not to consider themselves poor. This self-rated poverty threshold has stayed the same in the last 10 quarters, SWS said.

Forty-three percent or an estimated 10.7 million Filipinos believe they are poor, a 2021 Fourth Quarter survey by the ... 45 percent or an estimated 11.4 million Filipino families felt poor, ...

The latest surveys on self-rated poverty said that only 17 percent of Filipino families felt they were not poor compared to 46 percent who said that they felt poor. July 10, 2022.

ALMOST half of Filipino families feel poor, mostly unchanged from December, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll. SWS noted that based on the March poll, 46% of the families or about 12.9 ...

SWS estimated that around 14.1 million Filipino families considered themselves poor as of late April 2025, a decrease from approximately 15.5 million earlier that month.