Majority of adult Filipinos believe that inflation remains the most urgent national concern for the first quarter of 2024.
The most recent Tugon ng Masa survey by OCTA Research found that 66% of adult Filipinos see as an urgent concern "controlling the increase in prices of basic goods and services." It is also the top concern across major areas and income classes.The concern on access to affordable food , increase in wages , creating more jobs , and reducing poverty followed.Preparing for terrorist threat and Charter change are the Filipinos' least concerns, the poll showed.
As to the "urgent personal concerns," the survey showed 71% of adult Filipinos said that staying healthy was their most urgent personal concern, while 57% said that they just wanted to have enough to eat for the day.In line with the concern on inflation and access to affordable food, there was a noted increase on the amount of Filipinos who wanted to have “enough to eat for the day” at 57%.
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