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At least 12.2 million families admit to having become poor, says a survey

The Philippine government's "outstanding debt" has hit again in the past two months as the corona disease pandemic (COVID-19) continues to push through.

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...

  The nationwide survey done face-to-face for the first time among 1,500 respondents from November 21-to 25 found that 62 percent said their quality-of-life got worse (“Losers”), 24 percent said it remains the same (“Unchanged”), and 14 said it got better (“Gainers”), compared to a year ago.   With a Net Gainers score of -48 (percentage of Gainers minus percentage of Losers), SWS classified it as extremely low (–49 to –40).    This latest score according to the SWS, is 28 points up from the catastrophic -76 in September 2020, softening SWS’s worst survey trend that star...

(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 21) — A poll conducted by the Social Weather Stations showed 62% of Filipinos believe their quality of life worsened since the pandemic started. The survey, conducted from November 21-25, was the first face-to-face interviews since the start of the crisis. In its report published on Monday, the SWS said the net gainers score taken from the survey (meaning the percent of gainers minus the percent of losers) was at -48, classified by the SWS as "extremely low."  However, it added, "The November 2020 Net Gainer score is up by 28 points fro...