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More Filipino adults believed at the end of 2022 that their quality of life got better than it was in 2021, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Wednesday.
The survey, conducted from Dec. 10 to Dec. 14, 2022, found that 34 percent (the 鈥済ainers鈥�) said that their quality of life was better 12 months before while 26 percent (the 鈥渓osers鈥�) said it got worse. About 39 percent said their quality of life remained the same.
This resulted in a 鈥渉igh鈥� net gainer score of +8, which was significantly higher than the 鈥渇air鈥� level of net zero in October 2022. However, it was still 10 points lower than the prepandemic high of +18 in December 2019.
Increase in all areas
This eight-point increase was due to increases in all areas, particularly Mindanao, where the score increased by 21 points from 鈥渕ediocre鈥� -11 to 鈥渧ery high鈥� +10. It also rose in Metro Manila from 鈥渉igh鈥� +9 to 鈥渧ery high鈥� +18 and in Visayas from 鈥渕ediocre鈥� -13 to 鈥渇air鈥� -4, both by nine points. In Balance Luzon, it slightly rose from 鈥渉igh鈥� +8 to 鈥渧ery high鈥� +10, up by two points.
The SWS survey used face-to-face interviews among 1,200 adults. It had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.8 percent for the national percentages and plus-or-minus 5.7 percent for Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Among college graduates, net gainers fell from 鈥渆xcellent鈥� +20 to 鈥渧ery high,鈥� down by two points, but it rose from 鈥渉igh鈥� +5 to 鈥渧ery high鈥� +13 among junior high school graduates, up by eight points. Elementary graduates also rose from 鈥渕ediocre鈥� -12 to 鈥渇air鈥� 0, up by 12 points, while it stayed fair among nonelementary graduates, although up by six points from -8 to -2.
The survey also found that the net gainers score was 鈥渧ery high鈥� +10 among the not-hungry families and 鈥渓ow鈥� -21 among the severely hungry families. It was 鈥渇air鈥� -4 among moderately hungry. Among the not poor, the net gainers鈥� score stayed 鈥渧ery high,鈥� hardly moving from +14 to +15. It rose among the borderline poor, from 鈥渉igh鈥� +6 to 鈥渧ery high鈥� +16 and among poor slightly from 鈥渇air鈥� -9 to 鈥渉igh鈥� +1.