A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from Dec. 8 to 11, 2023, revealed the top Valentine's Day gift that Filipinos would like to receive this year.
The results, released on Sunday, Feb. 11, showed that Filipinos' top Valentine's Day gift wish was money (16 percent).
This was followed by love and companionship (11 percent), flower (10 percent), and apparel (9 percent).
Others expressed their wishes as "any gift from the heart (5 percent), mobile phone (5 percent), watch and jewelry (5 percent), good family relationship (5 percent), food and grocery items (3 percent), chocolate (3 percent), loved ones' health (3 percent), motorcycles and other vehicles (2 percent), and appliances (2 percent)."
About 1 percent and below want to receive a kiss (1 percent), a child (1 percent), date or dinner (1 percent), house (1 percent), cake (1 percent), stuffed toy (0.4 percent), a wedding (0.3 percent), alcoholic drink (0.3 percent), and perfume and cosmetics.
Moreover, SWS found that more men wanted apparel (14 percent) and any gift from the heart (7 percent), while only 5 percent of women preferred apparel and 4 percent wished any gift from the heart.
Meanwhile, more women wished for money (19 percent) and flowers (13 percent), while only 12 percent of men wanted money and 7 percent desired flowers.
SWS pointed out that both men and women wished for love and companionship equally.
The December 2023 survey also found that 58 percent of Filipinos were “very happy with their love life,” 23 percent “could be happier,”and 19 percent “have no love life.”
The Fourth Quarter 2023 Social Weather Survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adult respondents nationwide.
The sampling error margins are ±2.8 percent for national percentages, and ±5.7 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.