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.
The aid received came in the following forms:
- 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%.
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%.
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.