A Social Climate Stations (SWS) survey discovered that 73 % of grownup Filipinos predict this yr’s Christmas celebration to be “comfortable.”
The survey outcomes launched on Friday, Dec. 23 additionally discovered that 7 % of Filipinos predict this yr’s Christmas celebration to be “unhappy,” whereas 19 % predict it to be “neither comfortable nor unhappy.”
“The 73 % anticipating a comfortable Christmas is eight factors above the 65 % in 2021, and 23 factors above the record-low 50 % in 2020. Nonetheless, it remains to be six factors beneath the pre-pandemic stage of 79 % in 2019,” SWS mentioned in an announcement.
The expectation of a comfortable Christmas was a record-high 82 % when first surveyed by SWS in 2002.
In the meantime, the 7 % which are anticipating a tragic Christmas hardly moved from 8 % in 2021.
It’s eight factors beneath the record-high 15 % in 2020.
SWS famous that these anticipating a comfortable Christmas rose to majorities in all areas—highest within the Visayas at 78 % (from 68 % in 2021), adopted by Mindanao at 75 % (from 60 %), Stability Luzon at 71 % (from 67 %), and Metro Manila at 71 % (from 61 %).
49% say Christmas happier now than in pre-pandemic instances
“The December 2022 survey discovered 49 % saying Christmas is happier now than earlier than the beginning of the Covid-19 disaster, 28 % saying it is similar now as earlier than, and 21 % saying Christmas just isn’t as comfortable now as earlier than,” SWS mentioned.
“In comparison with 2021, these saying Christmas is happier now than in pre-pandemic time rose from 26 %, whereas these saying it just isn’t as comfortable now as earlier than fell sharply from 42 %,” it added.
The share of those that think about Christmas to be happier now than throughout pre-pandemic instances is highest within the Visayas at 61 %, adopted by Mindanao at 49 %, Stability Luzon at 46 %, and Metro Manila at 44 %.
In the meantime, those that think about Christmas to be not as comfortable now because the pre-pandemic instances are highest in Metro Manila at 30 %, adopted by Stability Luzon at 24 %, Mindanao at 16 %, and the Visayas at 15 %.
61% attending in-person gatherings
The SWS survey additionally discovered that 61 % of Filipinos will attend in-person gatherings with household and mates from different houses, whereas 38 % mentioned they’ll not be doing so.
“In comparison with 2021, these saying they’ll attend in-person gatherings with household and mates from different houses rose from 46 %, whereas these saying they’ll not be doing so fell from 51 %,” SWS mentioned.
84% not touring to go to household, mates
The survey additionally discovered that 84 % are saying they’ll not be touring to go to their household and mates this Christmas and 15 % saying they’ll achieve this.
SWS mentioned that this is comparable to 2021, when 84 % mentioned they might not be touring to go to their household and mates, and 13 % mentioned they might achieve this.
The SWS survey was performed from Dec. 10 to 14, utilizing face-to-face interviews of 1,200 respondents nationwide.
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