hog raising 1 farming 1 retail selling (store helper) 1 selling meals or other food stuff 1 sells farm produce 1 student assistant 1 none (no paid work) 4 no answer / blank 3 * number does not add to 46 because of multiple answers With regard to income as an indicator of their socio-economic status, it is clear from the tabulated responses that majority of the interviewees are not financially stable. Amost half of the women (47.8%) have monthly incomes amounting to PhP 10,000 or less; 34.8% said that their income is PhP 5,000 or less.7 Table 3.3: Estimated Average Income of Women from their Paid Work Estimated Average Income from Paid Work below 3,000/mo Total 6 3,000 -5,000/mo 10 5,001-10,000/mo 6 10,001-15,000/mo 2 15,001-20,000/mo 2 20,001-25,000/mo 2 25,001-30,000/mo 1 n/a (no paid work / no in employment) 7 blank / did not answer 10 Total 46 Even more striking is that 20 out of the 46 women interviewed (43.5%) said that they are the main breadwinners in their family. Of the 20 female breadwinners, 13 of them have incomes of PhP 5,000 or less, supporting an average of six household members. The number of household members supported by the women’s income range from 2 to 10. 7 Based on the most recent website posting of the Philippine Statistical Authority, the poverty line stands at PhP 9,140 which is the minimum amount needed by a family of five to meet its food and non-food requirements. The food threshhold was computed at PhP 6,365 per month for a family of five (Available in https://psa.gov.ph/content/poverty-incidence-among-filipinos-registered-263-first-semester-2015-psa) Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women March 2019 21