The national Social Weather Survey of December 12-16, 2021, found 40% of adult Filipinos saying their quality-of-life was worse than twelve months before (termed by SWS as “Losers”), 24% saying it got better (“Gainers”), and 36% saying it was the same (“Unchanged”), compared to a year ago.
The resulting Net Gainers score is -16 (% Gainers minus % Losers), classified by SWS as mediocre (-19 to -10).
The December 2021 Net Gainer score is 28 points up from the extremely low -44 in September 2021, but still 34 points below the pre-pandemic level of the very high +18 in December 2019.
The survey question on the respondents’ assessment of their change in quality-of-life in the past 12 months has been fielded 143 times since April 1983.
Net Gainers eases in all areas: very low in the Visayas, mediocre elsewhere
The 28-point rise in the national Net Gainer score between September 2021 and December 2021 was due to improvements in all areas, especially in Metro Manila and Mindanao.
Compared to September 2021, Net Gainers eased from catastrophic to mediocre in Metro Manila, up by 40 points from -51 to -11.
It eased from extremely low to mediocre in Mindanao, up by 32 points from -47 to -15.
It also eased from extremely low to mediocre in Balance Luzon, up by 30 points from -41 to -11.
It eased from extremely low to very low in the Visayas, up by 15 points from -46 to -31.
SWS: 40% adult Pinoys say life worsened in Q4-2021
Net Gainers eases for all education groups
Compared to September 2021, Net Gainers eased from extremely low to mediocre among non-elementary graduates, up by 27 points from -46 to -19.
It eased from catastrophic to mediocre among elementary graduates, up by 33 points from -50 to -17.
It eased from extremely low to mediocre among junior high school graduates, up by 29 points from -46 to -17.
It eased from low to fair among college graduates, up by 19 points from -26 to -7.
The exact phrasing of the survey questions (the source language is Filipino; English translation included) was:
“Kung ikukumpara ang uri ng inyong kasalukuyang pamumuhay sa nakaraang 12 buwan, masasabi ba ninyo na ang uri ng inyong pamumuhay ay MAS MABUTI KAYSA NOON, KAPAREHO NG DATI, o MAS MASAMA KAYSA NOON? [Comparing your quality of life these days to how it was 12 months ago, would you say that your quality of life is BETTER NOW THAN BEFORE, SAME AS BEFORE, or WORSE NOW THAN BEFORE?]”
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