9.2M Filipino families consider themselves ‘poor’ — survey

MANILA, Philippines — Around 9.2 million or 35 percent of Filipino families consider themselves “poor,” Octa Research reported on Wednesday. Based on Octa’s first quarter Tugon ng Masa survey, the recorded self-rated poverty in March is two percentage points lower than the 37 percent (9.8 million families) reported in December 2025. Despite the decline in