SWS: 49% of Filipino families consider themselves poor in June
SWS said the June figure represents 13.7 million Filipino families, down from 14.1 million in April.
''The one-point decline in the nationwide Self-Rated Poverty between April 23-28, 2025 and June 25-29, 2025 was due to declines in the Visayas and Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), combined with increases in Mindanao and Metro Manila,'' SWS said.
Of the families who identified as poor, 34.8% never experienced being non-poor (''always poor''), 6.4% were non-poor five or more years ago (''usually poor''), and 7.8% were non-poor one to four years ago ("newly poor").
The June 25-29, 2025 survey also found the percentage of borderline families at 10%, up 2 points from the record low of 8% in the April 23-28, 2025 poll.
Forty-one percent of the 1,200 respondents said they were not poor, which is 1% less than the record high 42% in April.
SWS said 41% of families rated themselves as food-poor, 10% as food borderline, and 49% not food-poor.
The median family expenses in June remained the same (house rent at P3,000, transportation to work and school at P2,000, and internet at P800) except for mobile phone load, which decreased from P400 to P300.
For the June survey, SWS conducted interviews with respondents in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), the Visayas, and Mindanao. There were 300 respondents in each geographical area.
The sampling error margins are ±3% for national percentages and ±6% each for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
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