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53% of Filipino families got aid in 4th quarter of 2022 – SWS

By: - Reporter / @zacariansINQ
/ 10:00 PM April 17, 2023

Aid recipients holding cash aid. STORY: 53% of Filipino families got aid in 4th quarter of 2022 – SWS

Aid recipients count their money. This photo was taken in April 2020. (File photo by RICHARD A. REYES / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines — More than half, or 53%, of Filipino families, received help in the fourth quarter of 2022 from the government, their relatives, or other sources, according to a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from Dec. 10 to 14.

The remaining 47% did not receive aid in the same period.

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The aid received came in the following forms:

FEATURED STORIES
  • money that was given – 32%
  • food – 25%
  • money that was lent – 6%
  • non-food items – 2%
  • support for schooling or training – 2%
  • any kind of service – 2%
  • jobs – 2%

Following were the common sources of help:

  • government – 60%
  • relatives – 37%
  • friends – 11%
  • a private person who is not a friend or relative – 5%
  • private companies – 3%
  • nongovernment organizations – 3%
  • religious organizations – 1%

According to SWS, the percentage of families that received help in the past three months were roughly the same among those who classified themselves as “food poor” at 54%, “food borderline poor” at 54%, and “not food poor” at 48%.

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On the other hand, families that received money help were roughly the same among “food poor” at 34%, “food borderline poor” at 32%, and “not food poor” at 30%.

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Families that received food also hardly varied among “food poor” at 26%, “food borderline poor” at 25%, and “not food poor” at 22%.

According to the SWS, the survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults — 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao — with sampling error margins of ±2.8% nationwide and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

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