MANILA, Philippines — A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that the Senate continues to enjoy the highest net satisfaction rating among different government institutions.
The survey, conducted in December 2022 and released on Thursday, said that the Senate got the highest net satisfaction rating at +68.
Compared to the net satisfaction rating of +64 found in the SWS’s October 2022 survey, this was an improvement.
Taken together with data going as far back as June 2021, the latest survey brings the total net satisfaction of the Senate to +68, or a “very good ranking.”
The Senate is followed by the House of Representatives with a current net satisfaction at +56, according to SWS. The Supreme Court (SC) had a net satisfaction rate of +53.
The Presidential Cabinet, while still having a “very good” ranking, has the lowest satisfaction rate among the institutions at +50.
According to the SWS, a net satisfaction of +50 to +69 is a “very good” rank.
However, none of the government institutions attained an “excellent” ranking, which would require a net satisfaction of +70 and above.
When broken down per demographic, however, the Senate attained an “excellent” rating in Mindanao and rural areas, while it got the same “very good” rating in all other demographics.
Based on the Senate’s net satisfaction in Mindanao, there was an increase from +73 in October 2022 to +81 in December 2022.
The Senate has yet to achieve an “excellent” net satisfaction in any other demographic at any other month in 2022.
For both October and December 2022 surveys, the Senate had the highest net satisfaction rating compared to other government institutions.
The House of Representatives’ December 2022 rating was the same as in the October 2022 survey.
The Supreme Court’s December 2022 survey result was up two percent from its October 2022 survey rating.
The Presidential Cabinet’s December 2022 survey rating, meantime, dropped two percent from its October 2022 rating of 52 percent.
The SWS’s margin of error was ±2.8% for national percentages and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
“The Fourth Quarter 2022 Social Weather Survey was conducted from December 10-14, 2022, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted,” said the SWS in its report.