SWS: 46 percent see better life in next 12 monthsA woman gives change to a customer at a market in Manila on October 5, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — Forty-six percent of Filipinos expect the quality of their lives to improve in the next 12 months, a recent survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Meanwhile, the number of those who expect their lives to worsen in the next 12 months decreased by a point from six percent to five percent. The “net personal optimism” score is obtained by subtracting those who said their lives will worsen from those who said their lives will improve in the next 12 months. According to SWS, optimism for a better quality of life has trended upwards to pre-pandemic levels since the country recorded its historic low of -19 in May 2020.

Source: Philippine Star October 19, 2023 18:40 UTC