{"id":50535,"date":"2015-05-27T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50535"},"modified":"2015-05-27T22:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T14:51:43","slug":"more-filipinos-foresee-better-lives-sws-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/27\/more-filipinos-foresee-better-lives-sws-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"More Filipinos foresee better lives \u2013 SWS poll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 According to the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, more optimistic Filipinos foresee better quality of lives this year and the next, compared to their lives a year ago.<\/p>\n

The SWS poll results showed a \u2018very high\u2019 net personal optimism score of the Filipinos, with 42 percent or almost half of the respondents who expect better life in the next 12 months and only 5 percent of them expect it to worsen.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s personal optimism score was the highest recorded, beating 2010\u2019s 36 percent.<\/p>\n

The SWS believed that the continued improvements in balance in Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon and Visayas caused the \u2018very high\u2019 optimism score.<\/p>\n

The personal optimism score was 39 percent in Metro Manila, 40 percent in the rest of Luzon and 28 percent in Visayas.<\/p>\n

In Mindanao, however, it decreased to a still \u2018very high\u2019 35 percent, but lower by nine points to last year\u2019s 44 percent.<\/p>\n

Also, the overall net personal optimism score last year was likewise a high 35 percent, signaling that only a little increase occurred this year.<\/p>\n

With regards to the socioeconomic classes, 32 percent claimed their lives improved in the past year, while 26 percent said their lives worsened, showing 6 percent difference between \u2018gainers\u2019 and \u2018losers.\u2019<\/p>\n

This was also the highest recorded, outdoing 1987\u2019s 29 percent gainers, 30 percent losers and 11 percent difference.<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted from March 20 to 23, and used face-to-face interviews to Filipino adults nationwide. It has a sampling error margin of three points for national percentages and six points to each island group percentages.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Malaca\u00f1ang was enthusiastic with the positive results of this year\u2019s survey, especially since it\u2019s nearing the end of President Benigno Aquino III\u2019s term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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