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Self-rated hunger nearly doubles in 2024 - SWS
The Philippine Star|January 16, 2025
The percentage of Filipino families that experienced involuntary hunger last year almost matched the figure at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, survey data from Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
- By JANVIC MATEO

The fourth quarter survey, conducted from Dec. 12 to 18, found that 25.9 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger - being hungry and not having anything to eat - at least once in the past three months.

It was up three points from the 22.9 percent obtained in a similar survey in September 2024. It was also the highest since the record high 30.7 percent during the COVID-19 lockdowns in September 2020.

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