Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 15) — The proportion of adult Filipinos who believe the COVID-19 crisis will get worse has risen to 57 percent , according to a Social Weather Stations survey released on Tuesday.
The survey, conducted from July 3-6, said this number rose from 47 percent in May.
The independent pollster said the spike in number was highest in Metro Manila, where 70 percent of those surveyed said the crisis would not get better anytime soon.
This is followed by the Visayas (61 percent), balance Luzon or areas in Luzon excluding Metro Manila (56 percent) and Mindanao (49 percent).
“Compared to May 2020, the proportion of those who fear ‘the worst is yet to come’ rose sharply in Metro Manila, up by 20 points from 50 percent,” said SWS.
Meanwhile, those who believe the worst of the COVID-19 is over went down to 35 percent from 44 percent in May.
The highest numbers are in Mindanao (41 percent), balance Luzon (35 percent), the Visayas (33 percent), and Metro Manila (26 percent).
The SWS noted those who say the worst is yet to come is highest among pessimists, referring to those who expect their quality of life to worsen, and those which the pollster calls “losers,” meaning those who said their quality of life got worse.
The SWS July 3-6, 2020 National Mobile Survey was conducted among 1,555 Filipinos nationwide via mobile phone and computer-assisted telephone interviewing. It has sampling error margins of ±2% for national percentages.
