Pinoys are 'Happiest' Now, says SWS Survey!

Filipinos almost always ranks high in surveys of happiest people in the world. It's not a surprising news actually since in our culture, a simple life is mostly preferred as long as we have good family ties.

SWS Survey on Happiness of Pinoys

But this year's 'Happiness' results are a bit different as we hit 'record-high' number of Filipinos according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from Dec. 8 to 16, 2017.

It revealed that 94% of Filipino adults were “very/fairly happy,” while 92% said they were “very/fairly satisfied.”

For the “very/fairly satisfied,” the SWS said it was “4 points above the September 2017 score of 88%, and 2 points above the previous record of 90% in September 2016. It has been scoring at the upper 80s since September 2014.”

Mindanao had the most number of “happy” Filipinos with 96 percent, followed by Luzon with 95 percent, Visayas with 94 percent, and Metro Manila with 90 percent.

'This is 4 points above the 90% very/fairly happy in September 2017, and 3 points above the previous record of 92% in June 1996,” the SWS said in a media release on Tuesday.

Formal Education Helps

Among the responders, happiness and satisfaction were most evident among Filipinos who have had formal education, it seems.

It showed that happiness was at 97% among high school graduates, 94% among college graduates, 92 percent among elementary graduates and 90% among non-elementary graduates.

It should be noted that the survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults, aged 18 years old and above, nationwide. As a survey, it has a nationwide margin of error of ±3%.

What can you say about these new results? Are you a Filipino or a foreign national? What are your thoughts on this happiness survey?