The public net satisfaction rating of the Aquino administration improved by two-percentage points, the latest Social Weather Stations survey said on Thursday.
The administration’s net satisfaction rating rose by +39 in the last quarter of 2015 compared to the +37 in the previous quarter, the SWS said.
The latest rating was the best in nearly two years, according to the SWS.
The survey yielded a net satisfaction rating (percent satisfied against percent dissatisfied) of a “good” +39 that was two points above the “good” +37 notched in September last year and highest since the “good” +45 recorded in the March 2014 survey.
The December 2015 Social Weather Survey was conducted from December 5 to 8, 2015 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide, 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao (sampling error margins of ±3 percent for national percentages, ±6 percent each for Metro Manila, Balance of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao).
The latest SWS survey showed that 61 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the overall performance of the Aquino administration, while 16 percent were undecided, and the remaining 23 percent were dissatisfied.
SWS classifies net satisfaction scores of +70 and above as “excellent”; +50 to +69 as “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”; +9 to -9, “neutral”; -10 to -29, “poor”; -30 to -49, “bad”; -50 to -69, “very bad”; as well as -70 and below, “execrable.”
The SWS considers any movement from one classification to another as either an “upgrade” or a “downgrade.”
In the first quarter of 2015, satisfaction with the Aquino administration slumped a grade and 15 points to a “moderate” +19 following the Mamasapano raid from a “good” +34 logged in the December 2014 survey.”¨”¨ The administration’s net satisfaction jumped a grade and 18 points to a “very good” +52 in the Visayas from a “good” +34 last September.
It was the area’s best reading since September 2013’s “very good” +60.”¨”¨
Net satisfaction rating similarly rose by a grade and 12 points to a “good” +36 in Metro Manila, from a “moderate” +24 in September.
That was the same as the reading in September 2014 and the national capital’s highest since March 2014’s +37.”¨”¨
It stayed “good” in Mindanao (up just two points to +36 from +34, the highest since December 2014’s +43) and “good” in Balance Luzon (though down nine points to +35 from +44).”¨”¨
In terms of socioeconomic class, satisfaction with the Aquino government, stayed “good” in Class D (“hardly moving” to +39 from +38, though the latest reading was the highest since March 2014’s +45) and E (+44 from +40, the best since March 2014’s +48).
It stayed “moderate” in Class ABC (+23 from +21).”¨”¨
Rated against 14 issues, the government scored:ӬӬ
“Good” in four issues (helping the poor, foreign relations, promoting the welfare of overseas Filipino workers, and defending the country’s territorial rights);
“Moderate” in restoring peace to Mindanao;
“Neutral” in eight issues (fighting terrorism, rehabilitating areas damaged by conflict in Mindanao, reconciliation with Muslim rebels, fighting crimes, ensuring that no family will ever be hungry, reconciliation with communist rebels, eradication of graft and corruption, and fighting inflation); and
“Very bad” in resolving with justice the 2009 Maguindanao massacre of media workers and relatives of a local political candidate.