THE number of Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger increased in the third quarter of 2018, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Friday.

The poll from September 15 to 23 among 1,500 Filipino adults nationwide found that 13.3 percent or around 3.1 million families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, up by 3.9 percentage points from the 9.4 percent or around 2.2 million families in June 2018.

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