54% of Pinoys say quality of life unchanged under Noy – poll

MANILA, Philippines – Fifty-four percent, or more than half of the population, said that the quality of their lives remained unchanged during the tenure of President Aquino, a mobile survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) and TV5 Bilang Pilipino showed.

The survey, conducted on March 16, showed that more than half of the 766 respondents said their lives remained the same.

Meanwhile, 36 percent said their quality of life became better as compared with the administration of President Arroyo, while six percent said it got worse. Four percent answered they do not know.

The survey had a sampling error margin of plus or minus four percent.

The same survey showed a “neutral” satisfaction rate on the government’s response in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013.

Eleven percent of the respondents said they were very satisfied, while 31 percent were somewhat satisfied.

Twenty percent were undecided, while 17 percent and 20 percent were somewhat dissatisfied and very dissatisfied, respectively.

“This gives a net satisfaction score of four percent (the difference of 41 percent satisfied and 37 percent dissatisfied), classified by SWS as neutral,” said the survey firm.

The SWS-Bilang Pilipino is a pioneering project to rapidly survey opinions from a random national sample of voters, deliberately equipped with mobile phones.

A sample of 1,200 validated voters was invited to be a part of the panel of respondents, who received the questions through mobile phones.

Clean, honest service

Another mobile survey conducted by SWS and TV5 Bilang Pilipino on March 15 showed 59 percent of respondents agreeing that the daang matuwid (straight path) policy of President Aquino is about clean and honest service of the government.

The survey – which had 755 respondents and a margin of error of plus or minus four percent – revealed that 21 percent disagreed with the statement, while 19 percent were undecided.

“This gives a net agreement score of 38, classified by SWS as strong,” read the results released yesterday.

The same survey showed that 55 percent selected Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel Roxas II when asked who among the presidential bets is being promoted as a candidate for daang matuwid.