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(Eagle News) — More than half of Filipinos said their families were safer now than six months ago, a Social Weather Stations survey said. The survey–conducted from December 8 to 16— found that the 57% of Filipino adults nationwide who said the safety of their family was better now increased by 7 points since September. Almost 40%–36 % to be exact—said the safety of their family now was the same as before, while 6% said it […]
Job availability net optimism at record-high “excellent,” pollster says (Eagle News) — The joblessness rate dropped in the fourth quarter of 2017, the lowest recorded since 2004, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The 15.7 percent joblessness rate was 3.2 points below the 18.9 percent recorded in September 2017, and 5.9 points above the lowest rate recorded since March 2004, based on results from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017. The SWS […]
(Eagle News) — The average hunger rate for all quarters of 2017 was the lowest recorded since 2004, the Social Weather Stations said. The SWS said the rate of 12.3% was one point below the 13.3% recorded in 2016, and a bit higher than the 11.8 percent recorded in 2004. The lowest average hunger rate was recorded in June 2017, at 9.5 percent. According to the SWS, in the last quarter of December 2017, 15.9% experienced involuntary […]
(Eagle News)– One out of three Filipino families have escaped poverty, the latest Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the pollster’s Fourth Quarter 2017 poll done on December 8-16, 2017, 31% who transitioned out of poverty consists of 7% who used to be poor five or more years ago (“usually non-poor”), and 14% who used to be poor 1 to 4 years ago (“newly non-poor”). According to the SWS, the figure for December 2017 […]
(Eagle News) — Net trust rating in President Rodrigo Duterte rebounded to an excellent from a decline in the third quarter, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The +75 net trust rating Duterte received from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017 was up by one grade from the +60 he got in September 2017, classified as very good; and was a rebound considering the +75 he got in June 2017, the SWS […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 50 percent of Filipinos expect their quality of life to improve in the next 12 months, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The survey held from December 8 to 16, 2017 yielded a 4-point increase in the resulting net personal optimism score from the rating in September last year. The SWS said the December rating, +46, “matches the record-high level that was first achieved in June 2016.” It is classified as […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Saturday welcomed the results of a latest Social Weather Stations survey saying that a whopping 96 percent of Filipinos were hopeful for 2018. “We are pleased…This figure is considered a record-high,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. In a statement, Roque said there were indeed many reasons to be hopeful. He said the country, for instance, was given a positive economic outlook by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings. He also […]
(Eagle News) — A whopping 71 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance, a 10-point rise from the net satisfaction rating he got in September, the Social Weather Stations said. The 71 percent translates to a net satisfaction rating of +58, classified by the pollster as very good. Only 15 percent were undecided, and 13 percent were dissatisfied. In September, Duterte got a +48 net satisfaction rating, classified as good. Increases across all […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Almost half or 47 percent of Filipino adults expect to lead better lives in 2018, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations. The results yielded a net personal optimism of +42, which the SWS classified as “excellent.” The figure was two points higher than the figure recorded in June. More than 40 percent—43 percent —of Filipino adults were also optimistic that the Philippine economy in […]
(Eagle News) — A whopping 71 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of the Duterte administration, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the survey done via face-to-face interviews of 1500 respondents from September 23 to September 27, only 16 percent were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the administration’s performance, and 13 percent were dissatisfied. The administration’s overall net rating was “very good,” SWS said, as it netted an excellent […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s government kept its “very good” net satisfaction rating, based on the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The +64 rating is two points lower than the net rating his administration posted in the SWS March survey. Duterte’s government registered the highest net satisfaction rating in September (+66). The government scored a “very good” net score in several aspects such as helping the poor (+65), protecting human rights (+55), defending the […]
(Eagle News) — Almost half of respondents in a nationwide survey believe the declaration of martial law across Mindanao has no effect on the country’s economy. Results of the second quarter 2017 Social Weather Stations survey showed that of the 1200 interviewed face-to-face from June 23 to 26, 42 percent believe the economy will be the same despite military rule in Mindanao. Thirty-three percent believe the economy will get worse, while the rest, or 24 […]
