MANILA, Philippines — A large majority of Filipinos, although fewer than last year, think the country is headed in the right direction, the latest survey by OCTA Research group showed.
Results of the March 24 to 28 survey released yesterday found that 76 percent of the respondents believe that the Philippines is heading in the right direction.
However, the figure is down by nine points from the 85 percent obtained in a similar survey held in October last year.
Meanwhile, those who thought that the country is moving in the wrong direction increased from six percent last October, to 10 percent in the latest poll. The remaining 13 percent said they do not know, up from nine percent.
OCTA said the decline from last quarter among those who thought that the country is headed in the right direction was due to decreases that were consistent across all major areas and socioeconomic classes.
It was lowest among those in Metro Manila at 59 percent (from 70 percent), followed by those in Mindanao at 75 percent (from 84 percent), rest of Luzon at 77 percent (from 87 percent) and the Visayas at 87 percent (from 91 percent).
It was 65 percent among those belonging to classes ABC (from 79 percent), 63 percent among class E (from 81 percent) and 78 percent among class D (from 86 percent).
Meanwhile, those who thought that the country is headed in the wrong direction was highest among respondents in Metro Manila at 19 percent (from 10 percent), followed by those in Mindanao at 15 percent (from eight percent), the Visayas at nine percent (from six percent) and rest of Luzon at five percent (no change).
Across socio-economic classes, those who thought that the country is headed in the wrong direction significantly increased among class E at 17 percent (from three percent), followed by classes ABC at 11 percent (no change) and D at eight percent (from six percent).
OCTA’s independent Tugon ng Masa survey had 1,200 adult respondents and a margin of error of +/- three percent for national percentages.