Friday, December 28, 2007
More Pinoys say there is hope on New Year: survey (8:06 p.m.)
NINE out of 10 or 91 percent of Filipinos are looking at the New Year with hope rather than fear, the November 30-December 3 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
SWS said the level of hopefulness is the same as last year.
New Year hope is prevalent in all areas and in all socioeconomic classes.
The highest hope was found in Metro Manila (95 percent) followed by the Visayas (94 percent), Luzon (91 percent) and Mindanao (87 percent).
Hopefulness in Metro Manila is up by eight points compared to last year, the highest in the area since 2002. However, it is unchanged in Luzon and the Visayas. It actually declined in Mindanao from 90 percent in 2006 to 87 percent in 2007.
Among the socioeconomic classes, the most hopeful are found in Class D (92 percent) followed by Class E (91 percent), and Class ABC (88 percent).
Hopefulness was unchanged among Classes D and E. Among the Class ABC, it was down by four points or from 92 percent in 2006 to 88 percent in 2007, after recovering from a low of 73 percent in 2005.
The survey also showed that New Year hope is higher among those who expecting a happy 2007 Christmas than among those expecting a sad Christmas.
Of the 64 percent who were looking forward to a happy Christmas, almost all (95 percent) also look forward to 2008 with hope. (JMR/Sunnex) |
