MORE Filipinos considered themselves poor in 2017, a slight increase from 2016, according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

In face-to-face interviews with about 1,200 respondents aged 18 years old and above, 46 percent said they were poor from 44 percent in 2016.

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