SWS: 62% Filipinos believe their life worsened this year


As the world continue to face the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 62% of Filipinos believe that their life has worsened in the past 12 months according to the survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The survey conducted on November 21 to 25 also showed that 24% of Filipinos believe that their quality of life has not changed while 14% stated that their life has improved.

This result is better than that of the September 2020 survey wherein 82% of Filipinos believed that their quality of life has worsened due to the health crisis. – PTV News

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