About 11.2 million families remained poor in the last quarter of 2015, while some 7.4 million Filipinos rated themselves food-poor, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

In its latest survey, the SWS said 50 percent, equivalent to 11.2 million households, felt they are poor as of December.

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