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TALIWAS sa paandar ng pamahalaan, nananatiling pobre ang higit sa kalahati ng Pilipino, batay sa pinakahuling survey ng Social Weather Station (SWS).
Sa datos ng SWS, pumalo sa 51% ng mga nakapanayam na respondents sa unang tatlong buwan ng kasalukuyang taon ang naniniwalang bahagi sila ng sektor ng maralitang Pilipino.
Ayon sa pag-aaral ng SWS, 30% ng mga lumahok sa survey ang kumbinsidong patungo na sila direksyon ng pobre, habang 19% naman ang nagsabing hindi sila mayaman pero hindi naman umano naghihirap.
“The estimated numbers of Self-Rated Poor families are 14 million in March 2023 and 12.9 million in December 2022. To arrive at the estimated numbers of Self-Rated Poor families, the percentage of respondent households rating themselves as poor was applied to the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2023 and 2022, respectively,” saad sa isang bahagi ng pag-aaral ng SWS.
Para naman sa National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), karaniwang kinokonsidera ng isang ordinaryong pamilya na nabibilang sila sa kategorya ng maralita sa tuwing tumataas ang presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin sa merkado.
“The SWS survey results for March 2023 reflect that tendency, even as the labor market conditions have been improving, as shown by recent months of PSA surveys. That is why we have been working hard to address the issues contributing to the price elevation in recent months,” tugon ng NEDA sa datos ng SWS.
Giit ng NEDA, ginagawa ng administrasyong Marcos ang nararapat para ibaba ang inflation rate sa nakalipas na buwan.
“The administration has succeeded in reducing overall inflation in the past three months, as shown also by PSA survey data. We have, however, much more work to do as the government targets inflation to return to low levels of 2 to 4 percent by the end of the year,” dadgag ng NEDA.
Pinakamarami ang mga residente ng Metro Manila sa mga naniniwalang nasa kategorya sila ng maralita.
“Families who rated themselves as poor rose from 32% in December to 40%; in the Visayas, the percentage rose from 58% to 65%. It attributed the steady nationwide self-rated poor figure between December 2022 and March 2023 to the increases in Metro Manila and the Visayas, combined with a decline in Balance Luzon, or Luzon outside Metro Manila) and a steady score in Mindanao.”
“Compared to December 2022, self-rated poverty rose in Metro Manila from 32 percent to 40 percent and in the Visayas from 58 percent to 65 percent. However, it fell in Balance Luzon from 49 percent to 43 percent, while it was statistically steady in Mindanao, moving from 59 percent to 62 percent,” pahayag ng SWS.
