A recent survey found out that around 41 percent of Metro Manila residents relied heavily on external monetary assistance while only 33 percent used their own salaries during the COVID-19 lockdown period. | GabrielLaluINQ
The number of people who used their salaries to buy goods also varied among Luzon including Metro Manila residents against those from Visayas and Mindanao where lockdowns were enforced locally and separately.
In Visayas and Mindanao, 51 percent and 49 percent respectively used their wages to purchase their family’s needs, compared to the 33 percent of Metro Manila and 43 percent of Luzon. More families in Metro Manila also received relief goods other than any locale, at 12 percent. Overall, for national averages, 45 percent of Filipinos used the social assistance, 39 relied on their own jobs, 21 percent used money from their own pockets. Another six percent went on to borrow loans.The survey firm however clarified that money amelioration means money given either by the national through the social amelioration program , through the local government or from relatives.of the national government intended to serve 18 million households hard-hit by the quarantine restrictions.
According to SWS, they asked 4,010 working Filipinos the question “Sa kasalukuyan, saan po kumukuha ang inyong pamilya ng pera para sa pang-araw-araw na panggastos sa bahay? .”The 4,010 respondents were proportionally distributed in terms of population density, with 294 in Metro Manila, 1,645 in Balance Luzon, 792 from Visayas, and 1,279 from Mindanao.
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