Survey: 44% of Filipinos agree there was oppression under Marcos

MANILA, Philippines — About 44 percent of Filipinos agree that there was much oppression during the regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos, according to a Bilang Pilipino Social Weather Stations (SWS) Mobile Survey.

The respondents were asked: "From the time of Martial Law in 1972 up to People Power in 1986, much oppression was done by the regime of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos to the Filipino people?"

Some 20 percent replied 'strongly agree' while 24 percent of the respondents said they somewhat agree.

On the other hand, 19 percent of the respondents were undecided while 11 percent somewhat disagreed and 19 percent said they strongly disagreed that there was much oppression under Marcos.

The difference between those who agreed and those who disagreed obtained a net agreement score of +13 which is classified as "moderate."

The Bilang Pilipino SWS survey was conducted on March 17 with 858 or 72 percent of the 1,200 original respondents. Around 218 of the respondents came from Metro Manila, 195 from the rest of Luzon, 236 from Visayas and 209 from Mindanao.

The survey has a margin error of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±6 percent in Visayas and ±7 percent in Metro Manila, Luzon and Mindanao.

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