SWS: 1 in 5 Filipino families experienced hunger in April

About one in five Filipino families, or 20 percent, experienced involuntary hunger—being hungry and not having anything to eat—at least once in the past three months, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 23 to 28.

- ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ

The survey results, released on Friday, June 27, show that the hunger rate remained nearly unchanged from the 19.1 percent recorded in a survey fielded from April 11 to 15.

However, both surveys reflect a significant improvement from the 27.2 percent reported in March. SWS said hunger was highest in Mindanao at 26.3 percent, followed by Metro Manila at 20.3 percent, the Visayas at 19.7 percent, and Balance Luzon (areas outside Metro Manila) at 17 percent.

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