On the other hand, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Rizal, the 3rd and 4th districts of NCR are consistently included in the least poor cluster of provinces in the first semester of 20." "Based on our clustering, Bukidnon, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Northern Samar and Sarangani were classified in the poorest cluster of provinces in the first semester of 20. Instead, we cluster them according to poverty incidence among families. As we have done in the past, we do not rank the provinces one by one. "On the other hand, the poverty incidence among population of Sulu increased by more than 20% between the first semester of 20. For the increase and decrease of provincial poverty incidence among population, between the first semesters of 20, it is observed that Apayao's poverty incidence among population decreased by 20.9%," Bersales said. "In terms of the percentage increase in poverty thresholds between the first semester of 20, it is observed that the poverty thresholds of Bataan, Cavite and Western Samar increased by more than 30%. It was up in the NCR, Regions 4A, 8, 12 and ARMM. It went down in the other regions.Īmong the population, the first-semester poverty incidence stood at 28.8% in 2006 and 26.3% in 2015. Regionally, poverty incidence from 2006 to 2015 went up in the National Capital Region (NCR), Regions 4A, 8, 12, and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). At the regional level, the first semester per capita poverty food threshold was observed to be highest." On the other hand, subsistence incidence among population stood at 12.1% in the first semester of 2015, (or) 12.1% of Filipinos don't have the income needed to buy their basic food needs. ![]() This means 26.3% of Filipinos don't have the income needed to meet their basic food and non-food needs. "Among the population of the country, poverty incidence registered at 26.3% in the first semester of 2015. Based on the food threshold of P6,365/month, 9.2% in the first semester of 2015 of Filipino families (did) not have enough income to buy their basic food needs. "Based on the poverty threshold of P9,140/month, 21.1% or about 1 out of 5 families (were) poor in the first semester of 2015. Lisa Grace Bersales, national statistician of the Philippine Statistics Authority, presented the data. President Aquino's final full year in office in 2015 saw the poverty incidence down to 21.1%. It went down to 22.9% before Arroyo stepped down in 2009. The country's first-semester poverty incidence among families in 2006 was at 23.4% during the Arroyo Administration. MANILA - Poverty incidence in the Philippines eased in the first half of 2015, according to the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
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