SWS survey: Nearly half of Filipino families find themselves poor
endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 26) — Almost half of Filipino families consider themselves poor, a survey by the Social Weather Stations published on Sunday revealed. The survey, which covered the period June 23-26 and covered 1,200 adults nationwide, showed 48% of families rated themselves as poor. Some 29% of families, meanwhile, considered themselves as borderline poor and the remaining 23% said they were not poor. SWS noted these results are similar to the ones released the month prior where 49% felt poor, 33% felt borderline poor and 17% felt not poor. "The movement of t...
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