Social Weather Stations

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Australian National University (ANU) Philippines Institute will be holding its 2024 Philippines Update Conference, Beyond Geo-Politics: The Philippines in the New Marcos Era, this coming Wednesday and Thursday, October 30-31, 2024. Organized by the ANU Philippines Institute with the support of the ANU College of Asia & Pacific and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the conference will bring together leading experts from the Philippines, Australia, and the international community. This two-day event will provide an in-depth look at current political, economic, and socio-environmental issues facing the Philippines. Additionally, discussions will delve into security concerns, international relations, and other relevant topics. Confirmed speakers include SWS Fellows Cleo Calimbahin and Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan, alongside SWS Fellow-in-Residence Steven Rood. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Virtual participation is encouraged. To register, visit https://lnkd.in/g-_iKnQW. Select the "livestream" ticket to receive the link to join the conference online. For the full program details, please visit https://lnkd.in/gqk5tQJ2. (Photo credit: Office of the President of the Philippines, Presidential Communications Office)

The national Social Weather Survey of September 14-23, 2024, found 37% of adult Filipinos saying their quality-of-life was better than twelve months before (termed by SWS as “Gainers”), 24% saying it got worse (“Losers”), and 38% saying it was the same (“Unchanged”), compared to a year ago. This gives a Net Gainers score of +13 (% Gainers minus % Losers), classified by SWS as very high (+10 to +19). The September 2024 Net Gainer score was 2 points down from high +15 in June 2024. It was 5 points below the very high +18 in December 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. More at https://lnkd.in/gRs3cxYz. The Third Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from September 14-23, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Social Weather Survey of September 14-23, 2024, found that 22.9% of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger – being hungry and not having anything to eat – at least once in the past three months. The September 2024 hunger figure was 5.3 points above the 17.6% in June 2024, and the highest since the record high 30.7% during the COVID-19 lockdowns in September 2020. It is 13.1 points above the September 2023 hunger figure after four straight quarterly increases. The resulting 2024 three-quarter hunger average of 18.2% was 7.5 points above the 2023 annual hunger average of 10.7%, and just 2.9 points below the record high 2020 annual hunger average of 21.1%. More at https://lnkd.in/gBcCafKQ. The Third Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from September 14-23, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Social Weather Survey of September 14-23, 2024, found 59% of Filipino families rating themselves as Mahirap or Poor, 13% rating themselves as Borderline (by placing themselves on a line dividing Poor and Not Poor), and 28% rating themselves as Hindi Mahirap or Not Poor. The survey also found 46% of families rating themselves as Food-Poor, 17% rating themselves as Food Borderline (by placing themselves on the line dividing Food-Poor and Not Food-Poor), and 37% rating themselves Not Food-Poor. More at https://lnkd.in/gYB5x5Se. The Third Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from September 14-23, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Social Weather Survey of June 23-July 1, 2024, found 39% of adult Filipinos saying their quality-of-life was better than twelve months before (termed by SWS as “Gainers”), 23% saying it got worse (“Losers”), and 37% saying it was the same (“Unchanged”), compared to a year ago. This gives a Net Gainers score of +15 (% Gainers minus % Losers, correctly rounded), classified by SWS as very high (+10 to +19). The June 2024 Net Gainer score was 10 points up from fair +5 in March 2024 and December 2023. It was just 3 points below the very high +18 in December 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. More at https://lnkd.in/gEnceVVK. The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey of June 23-July 1, 2024 found 62% of adult Filipinos satisfied, 15% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 22% dissatisfied with the general performance of the current National Administration, for a net satisfaction rating of +40 (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied), classified by SWS as good. This is up by 11 points from the moderate +29 in March 2024, but 12 points below the excellent +52 in December 2023. More at https://lnkd.in/gV6EvZCs. The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The Social Weather Survey of June 23-July 1, 2024 found 66% satisfied and 16% dissatisfied with the performance of the Senate, 60% satisfied and 18% dissatisfied with the House of Representatives, and 59% satisfied and 18% dissatisfied with the Supreme Court. In December 2023, the last time it was surveyed, 58% were satisfied and 12% were dissatisfied with the Cabinet as a whole. The resulting net satisfaction ratings (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied, correctly rounded) were very good +50 for the Senate, good +41 for the House of Representatives, good +41 for the Supreme Court, and good +47 for the Cabinet as a whole. Compared to March 2024, net satisfaction fell by 5 points from very good +55 for the Senate, by 4 points from good +45 for the House of Representatives, and 5 points from good +46 for the Supreme Court. Compared to September 2023, net satisfaction rose by 6 points from good +41 for the Cabinet as a whole. More at https://lnkd.in/gTsaQaZZ. The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The Social Weather Survey of June 23-July 1, 2024 found 65% satisfied and 21% dissatisfied with the performance of Vice-President Sara Duterte, 64% satisfied and 17% dissatisfied with Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero, 53% satisfied and 24% dissatisfied with Speaker Martin Romualdez, and 51% satisfied and 20% dissatisfied with Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. The resulting net satisfaction ratings (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied, correctly rounded) were good +44 for Vice-President Duterte, moderate +29 for Speaker Romualdez, and good +32 for Chief Justice Gesmundo. Escudero, surveyed for the first time as Senate President, obtained a net satisfaction rating of good +47. Compared to March 2024, net satisfaction fell by 19 points from very good +63 for Vice-President Duterte. It rose by 16 points from moderate +13 for Speaker Romualdez and 19 points from moderate +13 for Chief Justice Gesmundo. More at https://lnkd.in/e6sApTeZ. The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Social Weather Survey of June 23 – July 1, 2024 found 55% of adult Filipinos satisfied, 15% undecided, and 28% dissatisfied with the performance of Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. as President. Compared to March 2024, gross satisfaction with President Marcos rose from 50%, gross undecided fell from 19%, and gross dissatisfaction fell slightly from 31%. The resulting net satisfaction rating is +27 (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied), classified by SWS as moderate (+10 to +29). This is a 7-point increase from the moderate +20 in March 2024, following a decline from the good +47 in December 2023. More at https://lnkd.in/g4Nr3Fd4.... The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.

The national Social Weather Survey of June 23-July 1, 2024, found that 17.6% of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger – being hungry and not having anything to eat – at least once in the past three months. The June 2024 hunger figure was 3.4 points above the 14.2% in March 2024, and the highest since the record high of 30.7% during the COVID-19 lockdowns in September 2020. More at https://lnkd.in/gQKH3QHQ. The Second Quarter 2024 Social Weather Survey was conducted from June 23-July 1, 2024, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4.0% for Balance Luzon, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2024 to obtain the national estimates. The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.