In the first semester of 2018, a family of five needed no less than PhP 6,923, on average, to meet the family’s basic food needs for a month. This amount is the food threshold. On the other hand, no less than PhP 9,923, on average, was needed to meet both basic food and non-food needs of a family of five in a month. This amount is the poverty threshold. These are 0.52 and 0.35 percent higher than the food and poverty thresholds from the first semester of 2015 respectively.Read more about Proportion of poor in Ilocos Sur registered a lower percentage in the First Semester of 2018
