{"id":219348,"date":"2019-06-18T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219348"},"modified":"2019-06-18T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T00:56:33","slug":"lesser-families-consider-themselves-poor-in-q1-of-2019-sws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/18\/lesser-families-consider-themselves-poor-in-q1-of-2019-sws\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesser families consider themselves poor in Q1 of 2019 — SWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Family members load up a modified tricycle and head to the local market to buy food for the day. Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. (Photo<\/a> by Wayne S. Grazio\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lesser Filipino families considered themselves poor in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Tuesday, June 18.<\/p>\n

Results of the First Quarter 2019 Social Weather Survey, done on March 28 to 31, showed a new record-low 38 percent or estimated 9.5 million families who consider themselves “mahirap<\/i>” or poor, down by 12 points from the 50 percent recorded in December 2018 and four points below the previous record-low of 42 percent in September 2016 and March 2018.<\/p>\n

The 12-point decline in nationwide Self-Rated Poverty (SRP), the SWS said, was due to decreases in all areas: 16 points in Balance Luzon, 12 points in Mindanao, six points in the Visayas, and two points in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

Of the 38 percent who considered themselves poor, six percent of them were “newly poor” or those who used to be non-poor one to four years ago, while six percent were “usually poor” or those who used to be non-poor five or more years ago. The remaining 26 percent, the SWS said, were “always poor” or those who have never experienced being non-poor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, of the 62 percent who classified themselves as non-poor, a record-high 15 percent were “newly non-poor,” while a record-high 20 percent were “usually non-poor.” The other 26 percent were “always non-poor.”<\/p>\n

The latest survey also found a new record-low 27 percent or about 6.8 million families who consider themselves as “Food-Poor” or those who rate their food as poor; termed by SWS.<\/p>\n

This is a seven-point decrease from the 34 percent in December 2018, and two points below the previous record-low of 29 percent.<\/p>\n

The SWS also said the families need to have a monthly budget of P10,000 for them not to be considered poor.<\/p>\n

The March 2019 Social Weather Survey used face-to-face interviews of its 1,440 survey respondents aged at least 18 years old nationwide. It has a sampling error margins of plus or minus 2.6 percent for national percentages, while plus or minus five percent each for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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