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4 in 5 adult Filipinos say their quality of life worsened in past year: SWS

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Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/08/03/20200625-covid19-quarantine-jeepney-7392-md.jpg"/><figcaption>Jeepney drivers living in UP Daang Tubo, servicing the Cubao-Rosario route, ask for aid along C.P. Garcia Avenue in Quezon City on June 25, 2020, amid the general community quarantine. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Four out of five adult Filipinos said their quality of life worsened in the past 12 months, according to a new <a href="https://www.sws.org.ph/swsmain/artcldisppage/?artcsyscode=ART-20201104215821" target="_blank">Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey</a>. </p><p>The survey showed 82 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life got worse in the past year. They were classified by SWS as &quot;losers.&quot;</p><p>The poll also showed around 11 percent of Filipinos said their quality of life were unchanged, while only 6 percent said their lives got better.</p><p>The -76 score in September 2020, considered by SWS as &quot;catastropic&quot;, is among the worst trends in SWS survey history.</p><p>It earlier recorded a -78 in May and -72 in July amid the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>Aside from this year, the only other time the score reached catastrophic level was in June 2008, during rice and oil price hikes, SWS said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/14/20/sws-79-of-filipinos-say-life-worsened-in-past-12-months">SWS: 79% of Filipinos say life worsened in past 12 months</a></li></ul><p>The quality of life is also &quot;catastrophic&quot; or a score of -50 and below across the country. It is highest in the Visayas with a net score of -80, followed by Metro Manila at -76, Balance Luzon at -75 and Mindanao at -74.</p><p>Compared to the July 2020 figures, Mindanao experienced the biggest drop in scores at 9 points.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/04/pr20201104_vis01.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The sentiment of worse quality of life was highest among families who experienced involuntary hunger, who lost their jobs and junior high school graduates.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/20/36-percent-of-working-age-pinoys-pessimistic-on-quality-of-life-in-next-12-months-sws">36 percent of working-age Pinoys pessimistic on quality of life in next 12 months: SWS</a></li></ul><p>The SWS said the poll was conducted on September 17 to 20 using mobile phone and computer-assisted telephone interviews of 1,249 adult Filipinos nationwide. </p><p>The survey had sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao, and ±5 percent for Balance Luzon.</p><p>The Philippine economy shrank a record 16.5 percent in the second quarter plunging the country into recession, following one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world to curb the spread of COVID-19.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/06/20/philippines-second-quarter-gdp-recession">Philippines falls into recession as second quarter GDP dives 16.5 percent</a></li></ul><p>An independent survey also showed adult unemployment hitting a record 45.5 percent in July. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/16/20/sws-adult-joblessness-hits-record-455-percent-273-million-unemployed">SWS: Adult joblessness hits record 45.5 percent, 27.3 million unemployed</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mggkhBSr9Ew?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Four out of five adult Filipinos said their quality of life worsened in the past 12 months, according to a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. <br /> </p>

Four out of five adult Filipinos said their quality of life worsened in the past 12 months, according to a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

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4 in 5 adult Filipinos say their quality of life worsened in past year: SWS

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

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Published Nov 05, 2020 12:01 AM PHT

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