Monitoring human well-being

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 12/03/2022

Upon invitation of the National Economic and Development Authority, I was a panelist at its recent monitoring and evaluation network forum (11/28/22). There I showed the time-charts of four of the Social Weather Stations quarterly indicators of…

Is workers’ well-being progressing?

Mahar Mangahas - @inquirerdotnet 11/19/2022

Last week, I argued for a very simple, reliable, and practical indicator of Progress, with a capital P: Progress is a situation when more people say that their Quality of Life got better, than say it got…

Do surveys influence public opinion?

Guillermo M. Luz - @inquirerdotnet 02/19/2022

With elections inching closer—there are only 80 days left to election day—expect to be flooded by public opinion surveys on who people will vote for. The conventional question asked in most surveys is “Whom would you vote…

80% of of vaccinated adult Filipinos willing to get COVID booster shot, survey shows

Neil Arwin Mercado 01/28/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Eighty percent or four out of five vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose against COVID-19, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Thursday night, January 27, 2022, showed. According…

SWS: 31% of families with distance learners have weak internet connection

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 03/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-one percent of Filipino families with members studying through online distance learning have weak internet connection, according to survey results released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday. Based on the survey conducted by…

Got no date on Valentine’s Day? SWS says Pinoys without love live at record-high

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 02/13/2021

MANILA, Philippines — If you are spending this coming Valentine’s Day alone, then a recent survey would indicate that you’re actually not alone because the number of adult Filipinos without love life is at a record high.…

Almost 5 million Filipino workers retrenched due to Covid-19 pandemic — Bello

Cathrine Gonzales 02/04/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Less than five million Filipinos have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic as of December last year, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday, February 4, 2021. “Ang record namin as of…

More Pinoys wear masks vs COVID-19 – SWS

10/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Preventive measures against COVID-19 are still being practiced by large majorities of Filipinos, according to a special survey the Social Weather Stations (SWS) held from Sept. 17 to Sept. 20. The survey found that…

7.6 million families hungry in past 3 months, highest hunger rate since 2014 — SWS

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 09/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Some 7.6 million Filipino households experienced involuntary hunger in the past three months, the highest hunger incidence since 2014, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed Sunday. Of 1,249 adult Filipinos surveyed…

Duterte satisfaction rating recovers, back to ‘very good’ – SWS

Inquirer.net 09/30/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte’s net satisfaction rating recovered in September after plunging to a record low in the previous quarter, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. The noncommissioned Third Quarter Social Weather Report, conducted from Sept.…

78% of Filipinos OK Duterte’s antidrug drive — SWS

Inquirer.net 09/23/2018

Malacañang on Sunday welcomed the ‘very good’ satisfaction rating on the administration’s war against drugs. “We welcome the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing 78% satisfaction with the Administration’s campaign against illegal drugs,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry…

Corruption in government

Editorial 10/17/2016

So what else is new about the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed about 63 percent of Filipino entrepreneurs convinced that corruption is rampant in the country? The survey results which covered the February to May…

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