TEMPERING the effects of inflation, followed by staying healthy are the biggest concern of Filipinos, the survey of OCTA Research for the last quarter of 2024 showed.
The poll results, released Sunday, found that 56 percent of the 1,200 respondents listed inflation as their most pressing concern. Although still relatively high, OCTA said the figure is a significant drop from the 66 percent in the July to September survey.The high cost of commodities, with food remaining the major pain point, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao, emerged as the biggest challenge at 44 percent.
Conversely, concern about improving or raising wages or salaries declined slightly, from 39 percent to 36 percent, while concern about creating more jobs declined by four percentage points, dropping from 33 percent to 29 percent,' the research firm noted.The last-quarter survey conducted from Nov. 10-16, 2024, found staying healthy and avoiding illness to be among the biggest concerns among 70 percent of the respondents.
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