Filipinos are increasingly having trouble paying for their basic expenses, especially for medicines and medical treatment, and for their water and power bills, according to the results of the latest IBON survey.

BY IBON FOUNDATION
Posted by Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 25, July 29-Aug. 4, 2007

Filipinos are increasingly having trouble paying for their basic expenses, especially for medicines and medical treatment, and for their water and power bills, according to the results of the latest IBON survey.

Respondents of the IBON July 2007 Survey said that, during the past three months, they had difficulty meeting the following expenses: electricity and/or water (72.45 percent); medicines and/or medical treatment (71.24 percent); children’s schooling (67.74 percent); food (67 percent); and transportation (65.32 percent).

These responses were substantially higher than those gathered in the same period last year, when 64 percent of respondents said they had trouble paying for their water and/or electricity; 62.47 percent said they had trouble meeting medicines and/or medical treatment; 66 percent said they did not have enough to buy food; 63.69 percent had trouble paying for their children’s schooling and 59.65 percent had trouble meeting transportation costs.

IBON’s July 2007 survey was conducted nationwide from July 2 to 13 with 1,488 respondents to find out the people’s perception of the economy, their income and livelihood, government performance, and other pressing issues. The latest survey has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. Posted by(Bulatlat.com)

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