MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-one percent of Filipino families consider themselves poor, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The nationwide survey conducted among 1,200 adults ...

MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who expect the economy to improve within the year has dropped to its lowest since the height of the pandemic, the 2023 fourth quarter survey conducted by ...

MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger—or being hungry and having nothing to eat—at least once in the past three months slightly decreased in November ...

MANILA, Philippines — Almost half of Filipino adults nationwide are utilizing the internet, a survey taken by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) before the COVID-19 pandemic struck showed. According to ...

THE Social Weather Stations' (SWS) press statement in connection with the release of its 2022 second quarter survey on self-rated poverty carried an interesting observation on the "self-rated poverty ...