Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) — More Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey.
In its December 2017 poll, the SWS found that 15.9 percent, or an estimated 3.6 million families did not have enough food to eat at least once in very three months.
According to SWS, involuntary hunger is experienced when there is lack of food to eat.
It recorded that 2.8 million families experienced moderate hunger, while 841,000 experienced severe hunger.
The December 2017 figure is up from the estimated 2.7 million families or 11.8 percent who experienced involuntary hunger in the SWS' September 2017 survey. The poll was conducted among 1,200 adults nationwide from December 8 to 16.
The SWS classifies experiencing hunger "Only Once" or "A Few Times" in the last three months as moderate hunger, while going hungry "Often" or "Always" in the last three months as severe hunger.
Among the 3.6 million families, 1.8 million were from parts of Luzon excluding Metro Manila. This is up from the 1.4 million hungry families in September 2017.
Next is in Mindanao, which jumped from some 506,000 families in September to around 802,000 in December.
Third is in the Visayas, which had around 589,000 hungry families, up from the 427,000 in September.
Last is in Metro Manila, where the SWS found that around 457,000 families experienced involuntary hunger. This is higher than the 364,000 recorded in September.
SWS also noted that involuntary hunger rates rose in the last two quarters of 2017, going up from 9.5 percent in June to 11.8 percent in September, then finally hitting 15.9 percent in December.
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/01/24/SWS-hunger-survey-2017-Q4.html
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