A new survey by OCTA Research reveals that controlling inflation is the top priority for adult Filipinos, followed by food affordability and wage increases.
Controlling inflation remains the top priority among adult Filipinos, according to the fourth-quarter survey released by OCTA Research on Sunday, January 12, with food affordability and increased wages also topping the list of urgent national concerns. In its Tugon ng Masa Survey, the pollster asked Filipinos to list the three most important issues that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration must act on immediately.
About 56 percent of Filipinos said “controlling the increase in prices of basic goods and services.” This figure is down 10 percentage points from the third quarter results. “Access to affordable food like rice, vegetables, and meat” came in second, at 44 percent, followed by improving or increasing workers’ salaries, at 36 percent. Other urgent national concerns, according to the survey, include reducing poverty (34 percent), creating more jobs (29 percent), providing free quality education (17 percent), combatting graft and corruption (14 percent), defending the country’s rights at West Philippine Sea (13 percent), fighting criminality (12 percent) and promoting peace and order (12 percent). Amending the Constitution, which generated headlines in the first months of 2024 and caused the ruling Uniteam coalition to splinter, registered a measly one percent. In the same survey, 70 percent of Filipinos told OCTA that staying healthy and avoiding illnesses are their top urgent personal concern. Other responses include securing a well-paying job (52 percent) and finishing their children’s schooling (51 percent). The results presented by OCTA are generally in line with other pollsters’ data on Filipinos’ pressing concerns. Pulse Asia, for instance, reported in July that 72 percent of its respondents felt that the Marcos administration should prioritize addressing inflation. People are still dismayed by the government’s response to control the price of basic goods. In the Pulse Asia survey, 76 percent expressed dissatisfaction with the Marcos regime’s management of inflation. Admitting that the cost of goods remains high, Marcos assured in his third State of the Nation Address that the government is doing its best to alleviate Filipinos’ fears. “Hindi natin winawalang-bahala ang inyong mga dinaing at hirap na dinaranas.” Inflation accelerated at 2.9 percent in December, bringing 2024’s annual average inflation to 3.2 percent, well within the government’s target of 2 to 4 percent. A total of 1,200 people participated in the survey, conducted from November 10 to 16 last year with a +/-3 percent margin of error and a 95-percent confidence level
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