(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A nationwide survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) for the fourth quarter of 2022 showed that 34 percent of adult Filipinos said their quality of lives improved in the past 12 months, 26 percent said it got worse, and 39 percent said it was the same. The...
Fourth Quarter 2022 Social Weather Stations Report (SWS) About 11.8 percent of Filipino families, or an estimated 3 million households, experienced hunger in the 4th quarter of 2022, according to the results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Thursday, Jan. 19. SWS defines...
Self-Rated Poverty from March 2019 to December 2022 (SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) Fifty-one percent of Filipino families or about 12.9 million households have rated themselves as “mahirap” or poor, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Thursday, Jan. 12....
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) Ninety-five percent of Filipinos will be welcoming 2023 “with hope rather than fear,” according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Friday, Dec. 30. “This is two points above the 93 percent recorded in 2021 and similar to the pre-Covid 96...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found that 73 percent of adult Filipinos are expecting this year’s Christmas celebration to be “happy.” The survey results released on Friday, Dec. 23 also found that 7 percent of Filipinos are expecting this year’s Christmas...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The number of Filipinos who said their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months has dropped slightly from the previous quarter, according to the new survey findings that were released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday, Dec. 9. In the...
The latest survey showing that 12.2-million Filipino families felt "poor" makes the current administration's agenda on lowering the poverty rate "more urgent." Street crowd in Manila/File photo Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles stated this on Wednesday, Aug. 3, although President Ferdinand...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS / WEBSITE) About 48 percent or 12.2 million Filipino households considered themselves “poor” in the second quarter of 2022, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Tuesday, August 2, showed. The survey conducted from June 26 to 29 with 1,500 respondents found...
(SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) A record-high 83 percent of Filipinos hope that the “worst is behind us” with the Covid-19 crisis, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, released on Wednesday, July 20, showed. The nationwide survey conducted from April 19 to 27 with 1,440 respondents found that...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (JOEY DALUMPINES / PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 19 to 29, 2022 has found that 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied, 9 percent undecided, and 13 percent dissatisfied with the performance of former President...
A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has found that 46 percent of Filipinos are optimistic that the Philippine economy will improve in the next 12 months. In the first quarter 2022 Social Weather report conducted from April 19 to 27 with 1,440 respondents, 28 percent said the Philippine economy...
As the country continues to grapple with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Malacañang said that the Duterte administration has always put top priority on protecting the people's health while at the same time keeping the economy afloat. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (Malacañang...