The number of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger rose to 3.1 million in the first quarter of the year, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found in its latest survey.

The SWS poll, taken from March 30 to April 2, found 13.7 percent of respondents or an estimated 3.1 million families saying they experienced “involuntary hunger” at least once in the past three months.

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