Hunger receding in the Philippines. Hunger worsening in Mindanao region alone. Survey on 1200 respondents:Social Weather Stations.

Philippines fighting hunger.

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It may call it christening by fire; the life of an average Filipino is not without trials and tribulations. But with the welfare efforts of the government, the mountain of poverty is starting to budge slightly.

It is not as if the Filipinos are alone in their misery; the world is teeming with those who are poor and struggling. While there are people who know the steps required to alleviate poverty and suffering, they may take time to succeed.

But, studies and efforts to alleviate poverty are continuing worldwide. It is exactly such a study that tells us whether hunger is dropping or enhancing.

In such pursuits, the research helps social scientists to gauge and diagnose the remedies though their pace might be slow. The SWS surveys are quite accurate and they help to diagnose the status and apply these remedies.

A survey conducted by them tells us that hunger in the Philippines declined in the first quarter of 2017.

Station Weather Stations (SWS) conducted the poll from March 25 to 28 to assess the number of households that experienced hunger. The results revealed that 2.7 million Households which amounts to 11.9 percent, experienced hunger. Furthermore, these figures pertain to the first three months of the current year (2017).

The figure for the same period of last year was 13.9% when last recorded in December 2016. By dropping to 11.9 percent from 13.9 percent, it states that fewer household experienced the pangs of hunger in the last 3 months.
Thus, the situation showed a marked improvement.

In working out these figures, the pollsters use terminology like moderate hunger and severe hunger while collecting details. The collected details indicate a fall to 9.7 percent for moderate hunger and 2.2 percent for severe hunger.

Moderate hunger: When a person felt hunger only a few times or only once during the three months in question, it is moderate hunger.

Severe hunger: When the frequency of feeling of hunger is quite often or very frequent or always, it is severe hunger.

Furthermore, there was a general decline in the percentage of hunger all over the Philippines except for Mindanao region where it worsened.

The rates of hunger declined as under:

• Metro Manila – Down from 13 percent to 12 percent,
• The Visayas – Down from 16.7 percent to 13.7 percent,
• Rest of Luzon – Down from 15.0 percent to 11.3 percent.

In addition, the quarterly hunger rate also dropped from 22 percent 17.1 percent among the self-rated poor, a drop of 3.9 percent. Moreover, for the self-rated food-poor, the hunger rate declined from 24.9 percent to 20.7 percent among the self-rated food-poor.

The survey questioned 1200 adult respondents through personal interviews and was published in Business World.
The margin of error was pegged at 3 percent either way.

Social Weather Stations

It describes itself as a private, independent, non-partisan, non-profit scientific organization with the intention of research. A group of 7 founders set it up in 1985 in Manila Philippines.

It deals in social research, opinion surveys and polls. It is a private, non-stock, nonprofit institution and is highly respected for its public opinion surveys in the Philippines.

It registered itself with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC on August 8, 1985.

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Umrao Singh
umraoz.wordpress.com
Written for: Lars-Magnus Carlsson.
www.thephilippinepride.com
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

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