44% of SIM owners have yet to register — survey
Published May 3, 2023 11:02 am
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted one month prior to the original deadline for compliance with the SIM Registration Act, also known as Republic Act No. 11934, revealed that 56 percent of adult Filipino SIM card owners had registered their cards, while 44 percent had not.
According to the survey results, which were made public on May 3, the Visayas had the highest rate of SIM registration at 64 percent, followed by Metro Manila (62 percent), Balance Luzon (55 percent), and Mindanao (50 percent).
Urban and rural areas reported a 60 percent and 51 percent registration, respectively, while it ranged from 51 percent to 61 percent across education.
First Quarter 2023 Social Weather Report: March 26-29, 2023 National Survey (Social Weather Stations)
SWS said among those who registered their SIM, 72 percent considered the registration process to be “very easy” (44 percent) or “somewhat easy” (28 percent), while 28 percent considered it “somewhat hard” (22 percent) or “very hard” (6 percent). Among those who have registered their SIM, the percentage of those who considered the process to be easy was higher in Balance Luzon (78 percent), Metro Manila (75 percent), and the Visayas (73 percent) than in Mindanao (54 percent). It was also higher in urban areas (75 percent) than in rural areas (65 percent). By education, SWS said those who considered the SIM registration process to be easy were slightly higher among those who either had some senior high school, finished senior high school, completed vocational school, or attended some college (78 percent), and those who either graduated from college or took post-graduate studies (77 percent) than among those who either had no formal education or some elementary education (66 percent), those who either finished elementary or had some high school education (71 percent), and those who either finished junior high school or had some vocational schooling (67 percent). The First Quarter 2023 SWS survey was conducted from March 26 to 29, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide.
First Quarter 2023 Social Weather Report: March 26-29, 2023 National Survey (Social Weather Stations)
SWS said among those who registered their SIM, 72 percent considered the registration process to be “very easy” (44 percent) or “somewhat easy” (28 percent), while 28 percent considered it “somewhat hard” (22 percent) or “very hard” (6 percent). Among those who have registered their SIM, the percentage of those who considered the process to be easy was higher in Balance Luzon (78 percent), Metro Manila (75 percent), and the Visayas (73 percent) than in Mindanao (54 percent). It was also higher in urban areas (75 percent) than in rural areas (65 percent). By education, SWS said those who considered the SIM registration process to be easy were slightly higher among those who either had some senior high school, finished senior high school, completed vocational school, or attended some college (78 percent), and those who either graduated from college or took post-graduate studies (77 percent) than among those who either had no formal education or some elementary education (66 percent), those who either finished elementary or had some high school education (71 percent), and those who either finished junior high school or had some vocational schooling (67 percent). The First Quarter 2023 SWS survey was conducted from March 26 to 29, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide.