MORE Filipino families considered themselves poor in the past three months, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The first quarter SWS survey showed that 50 percent or about 11.5 million families thought of themselves as poor, six points higher than the 44 percent or an estimated 10 million recorded in December 2016.

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