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Season's greetings from Social Weather Stations Maligayang Pasko 2025 at Manigong Bagong Taon 2026! (View photo) Design: Marvin Ipac... |
Speech of Maria Ressa, Guest of Honor and Speaker, SWS 40th Anniversary, 8 August 2025 Good evening, everyone! Mahar & SWS, thanks so much for asking me to speak tonight at your 40th anniversary. Shortly after I returned to the Philippines i... |
SWS Marks 40 Years of Sustained Well-Being Statistics On August 8, 2025, Social Weather Stations (SWS) celebrated its 40th anniversary with a memorable gathering at The Glass Garden, Pasig City. The event brought t... |
Election survey freedom in the Philippines: Resource Page Can anyone conduct election surveys? Yes. Two landmark Supreme Court decisions already placed election polls under the protection of the Constitutional guarant... |
Mahar Mangahas receives the 2024 Distinguished Service Award of ISQOLS (In photo, from left: Marco Mercado, Martijn Burger, Ma. Alcestis Abrera-Mangahas, Mahar Mangahas, Linda Luz Guerrero, Jay Sandoval, and Jill Johnson) Mahar Ma... |
SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | Hunger eases slightly from 22.0% in September 2025 to 20.1% in November 2025
posted Jan 14, 2026
Hunger falls in Balance Luzon and Metro Manila, but rises in Mindanao and the Visayas
Moderate Hunger 15.6%, Severe Hunger 4.5%
SWS Media Release (printer-frien...
SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | Self-Rated Poverty (SRP) at 51% on November 24-30, 2025; Borderline at 12%, Not Poor at 37%
posted Jan 09, 2026
Self-Rated Food Poverty (SRFP) at 40%, Food Borderline at 11%, Not Food-Poor at 49%
Median monthly cost for house rent P3000, transportation P2000, internet P800, ...
SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | 89% of Filipinos enter the New Year with Hope, the lowest since 2009
posted Dec 31, 2025
SWS Media Release (printer-friendly version here)
The national Social Weather Survey of November 24–30, 2025 found 89% of adult Filipinos entering the New ...
SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | Gainers minus Losers at -7, down from -2 in September 2025
posted Dec 30, 2025
29% got better off, 36% got worse off, and 34% stayed the same in the past 12 months
SWS Media Release (printer-friendly version here)
The Social Weather Su...
SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | 44% of adult Filipinos expect their Quality of Life to improve in the next 12 months
posted Dec 30, 2025
38% say it will stay the same, and 8% say it will worsen; 9% did not answer.
Net Personal Optimism is a Very High +36, similar to the Very High +35 in September 20...
| Hunger Incidence of Families | 20.1% |
| (fieldwork dates: Nov 24-Nov 30, 2025 ) | |
| Self-rated Poor Families | 51% |
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| Self-rated Food Poor Families | 40% |
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| Net Personal Optimism of Adults | +36 |
| (fieldwork dates: Nov 24-Nov 30, 2025) | |
| Net Gainers among Adults | -7 |
| (fieldwork dates: Nov 24-Nov 30, 2025) | |
| Net Satisfaction of Adults with the President | +10 |
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Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval is Vice-President and President-Elect of WAPOR Asia Pacific for January 2026-December 2027 posted Dec 17, 2025 Social Weather Stations (SWS) warmly congratulates Gerardo (... |
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SWS at the 8th WAPOR Asia Pacific Conference, 21-23 Nov 2025, Tokyo, Japan posted Dec 03, 2025 Social Weather Stations (SWS), led by President Linda Luz Gu... |
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Season's greetings from Social Weather Stations posted Dec 03, 2025 Maligayang Pasko 2025 at Manigong Bagong Taon 2026! (View p... |
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SWS October 2025 Mega Manila Survey on Corruption presented at Kapihan sa SWS posted Nov 13, 2025 The Social... |
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Speech of Maria Ressa, Guest of Honor and Speaker, SWS 40th Anniversary, 8 August 2025 posted Sep 04, 2025 Good evening, everyone! Mahar & SWS, thanks so much for... |
SWS October 2025 Mega Manila Survey on Corruption presented at Kapihan sa SWS
The Social Weather Stations (SWS) October 19–22, 2025 Mega Ma...
SPECIAL REPORT: SWS April 19–27, 2022 Final Pre-Election Survey closely matched COMELEC 2022 Senatorial results
12 out of 12 elected Senators identified; correlation with official results is very strong at r = 0.976
SWS ...
The SWS Surveys of Philippine Hunger, 1998–2024, by Mahar Mangahas and Christine Belle Torres
The paper titled "The SWS Surveys of Philippine Hunger, 1998–2024," by Mahar Mangahas and Christine Belle Torre...
"Trump 2.0: US Politics, Global Implications," by Dr. Steven Rood
Dr. Steven Rood, SWS Board Member and Fellow In-Residence, presented "Trump 2.0: US Politics, Global Implications...
“Economic Well-Being in the Philippines: The Untold People’s History,” by Mahar Mangahas
Dr. Mahar Mangahas, SWS Chair Emeritus, presented "Economic Well-Being in the Philippines: The Untold People’s ...
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