The poll also found that 33% of families rated themselves as 'borderline,' or between poor and not-poor, while 22% described themselves as not poor. Read more:
— About 12.5 million or 45% of Filipino families felt poor, according to a Social Weather Stations survey conducted between June 28 to July 1.
It is a decrease of 6% compared to the 14 million or 51% of Filipino families that rated themselves as poor last March. At least 30% of families said they were borderline while 19% said they were not poor during this time."Compared to March 2023, self-rated poor fell in the Visayas from 65% to 57% and in Mindanao from 62% to 54%.
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