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50% of Filipino families consider themselves poor —SWS survey

Fifty percent or half of Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, up from 49% in June 2025. The recent figure represents 14.2 million ...
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51% of Filipino families rate themselves poor – SWS survey

Many families in the country consider themselves poor, according to the most recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) last November 2025. Data from the survey showed that a total ...
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The Incredible Optimism of a Poor Filipino Boy

PUERTO GALERA, Philippines—Although the Philippines remained relatively stable during the recent global recession, poverty has increased over the past two decades with over 32 percent of the ...
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SWS: More Filipino families rate themselves 'poor' at 55%, highest in Mindanao

Fifty-five percent of Filipino families rated themselves as “poor” in a survey conducted in September 2026, with the highest prevalence recorded in Mindanao, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said ...