SWS: Rody net trust rating back to excellent
President Duterte’s net trust rating returned to “excellent” in the fourth quarter of 2017, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report.
Eighty-three percent of adult Filipinos expressed much trust in Duterte while only seven percent had little trust in him, resulting in a net trust score of +75, classified by SWS as excellent. The remaining 10 percent could not say whether or not they trust the President.
SWS conducted the survey from Dec. 8 to 16, 2017 using face-to-face interviews among 1,200 adults nationwide.
The President’s latest net trust rating of +75 was up from the “very high” +60 in September 2017 and a rebound after a 15-point decline from +75 in June 2017. Except in September 2017,
Duterte’s net trust rating has been excellent since he became President, the pollster noted.
The rating was a moderate +16 when SWS first asked about it in December 2015 and stayed that way up to the March 30 to April 2, 2016 poll. It then rose to a personal record-high of excellent +79 on June 24-27, 2016, just days before his inauguration on June 30, 2016.
SWS attributed the 15-point increase in Duterte’s national net trust rating between September and December 2017 to doubledigit improvements in all areas.
It remained excellent in Mindanao, up by 12 points from +82 (85 percent much trust, three percent little trust) in September to +94 in December (95 percent much trust, two percent little trust, correctly rounded).
In the Visayas, it rose from very good to excellent – up by 19 points from +57 (71 percent much trust, 14 percent little trust) to +76 (83 percent much trust, seven percent little trust).
Duterte’s net trust score also went up one grade from very good to excellent in Metro Manila. It rose by 19 points from +54 (71 percent much trust, 17 percent little trust) to +73 (80 percent much trust, seven percent little trust).
It remained very good in balance Luzon, while up by 14 points from +52 (68 percent much trust, 15 percent little trust) to +66 (77 percent much trust, 10 percent little trust).
His net trust rating rose by one grade from very good to excellent in urban areas, from +59 (73 percent much trust, 14 percent little trust) to +77 (84 percent much trust, seven percent little trust).
Likewise, it rose by one grade from very good to excellent in rural areas, from +61 (72 percent much trust, 11 percent little trust) to +74 (81 percent much trust, eight percent little trust).
SWS said Duterte’s net trust ratings were excellent across all socioeconomic levels.
It increased by two grades from good to excellent in class E, up by 36 points from +44 in September to +80 in December, and by one grade among class D – from +63 to +74.
Among classes ABC, it stayed excellent from +71 to +78.
The President’s net trust rating rose by one grade from very good to excellent among women – from +59 to +75 – and among men, from +61 to +75.
By age, those who belong to the 25-44 years and the 55 and above brackets rated him excellent while those with ages 18-24 and 45-54 rated him very good.
It improved by one grade from very good to excellent among the 35-44 year olds, up by 25 points from +61 to +86.
Net trust ratings rose by one grade from very good to excellent among those aged 55 and above – up by 15 points from +57 to +72 – and among the 25-34 year olds, from +68 to +78.
It remained very good among the 45-54 year olds, although higher by 16 points from +53 (68 percent much trust, 14 percent little trust) to +69 (79 percent much trust, 10 percent little trust). Those aged 18-24 also gave him almost the same rating – from +62 to +65.
By education, Duterte’s net trust rating rose by one grade from very good to excellent among high school graduates – from +65 to +78 – and among elementary graduates, who gave a 20 point-increase from +53 to +73.
The same rating was given by non-elementary graduates, from +53 to +70, but stayed excellent among college graduates, from +70 to +73.