Majority of Filipinos said religion is very important in their lives, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Wednesday.
The November 21-25, 2020 poll found that 73 percent of Filipinos said religion is very important in their lives, an answer that has been dominant in all SWS surveys since 2015, the pollster said.The survey also found that 46 percent attend religious services weekly, while 25 percent attend monthly, and 27 percent occasionally.
Compared to the December 2019 survey, there was a decline in all regions, except in Mindanao, where those who say religion is very important rose from 85 percent to 88 percent. On the other hand, the percentage rose among members of Iglesia ni Cristo, from 69 percent to 88 percent.Attending religious services in person is higher among those less educated, with 65 percent of non-elementary graduates doing it compared to 48 percent among college graduates.
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