Veritas survey: Faith important in fight vs virus
MANILA, Philippines — Majority of Filipinos believe that faith is very important in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a survey conducted by Church-run Radio Veritas.
The Veritas Truth Survey, released on Tuesday, showed that 89 percent of respondents or roughly nine out of 10 Filipinos believe that faith is “very important” in the fight against COVID-19.
Nine percent of the respondents said faith is “important,” while the remaining 2 percent regard it as “somewhat important.”
The survey, which used a stratified sample of 1,200 respondents nationwide for a +/- 3 percent margin of error, was conducted from June 20 to July 10.
The survey information was gathered through text-based and online data gathering process.
Across geographical boundaries, 93 percent of respondents from Mindanao said faith was “very important” in overcoming fear brought by the pandemic. This was followed by those in Luzon at 87 percent and those in the Visayas at 66 percent.
Respondents from the Visayas said faith was “important” at 32 percent; followed by those in Luzon at 10 percent; and by those in Mindanao at 5 percent.
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