Filipinos’ optimism at record high – SWS

DAYS BEFORE President Rodrigo

The nationwide poll, conducted from June 22 to 24, found that 49 percent of respondents expected positive change in their quality of life in the next 12 months, while only 3 percent were pessimistic, resulting in Based on SWS definitions, at least + 30 net optimism is The latest figure surpassed the “very high” +40 percent recorded in December 2015 and April 2016 under former President Benigno The SWS has been conducting the The survey polled 1,200 adults nationwide and has a margin of error newspaper BusinessWorld, said net personal optimism improved across

Optimism was “very high” across the country: +56 in Metro Manila, +54 in Mindanao, +42 in the Visayas

for Filipinos in income class D, or the masa, at +49 and the poorest

Although optimism in class ABC remained “very high” as well, it fell 10 points from April’s +47 to

Meanwhile, net optimism about the economy was also at a record high +56, with 60 percent saying that they expect the economy to be better in the next 12 months, and another 4 percent saying it will be worse, for a

a net optimism score of at least +10

Since the survey started in 1983, there were usually more “losers” than “gainers,” but a positive trend was

The SWS said there were more “gainers” from Class ABC, with the This was twice as much as the net gainers from Class D (+9) and thrice

Filipinos’ trust and optimism in the government were evidently high at the

The SWS earlier reported that 63 percent of Filipinos thought Duterte all” of his promises, and 84 percent, or 8 in 10 Filipinos, said they had “much trust” in the country’s