57pc of Filipinos choose health over love and money
Published on: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
By: GMA News
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FIFTY-SEVEN percent of adult Filipinos said they will choose health over love and money, results of the latest Social Weather Stations survey showed.Compared to December 2019 or before the pandemic, the SWS poll—conducted from December 12 to 16 last year—revealed that preference fell by 13 points from 70pc.
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Meanwhile, preference for love rose to 31pc from 23pc, while preference for money increased to 11pc from 7pc.
The survey also found 84pc saying they were more attracted to a person’s brains than body, while 15pc said the opposite.
The percentage of those who prefer brains over body rose to 84pc from 81pc in December 2019.
The poll also found that 53pc of Filipinos were very happy with their love life, while 28pc said it could be happier. Eighteen percent said they do not have a love life.
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When forced to choose, more women than men choose health over love and money.
Overall, the poll showed that 60pc of women prefer health over love and money —six points higher than the 54pc among men with the same view.
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The percentage of those who prefer health over love and money was the highest among women with live-in partners (86pc), followed by single women (63pc), and those who were married (52pc).
Among women, the percentage of those who prefer health over love and money was highest among college graduates (64pc), followed by junior high school graduates (62pc), elementary graduates (59pc), and non-elementary graduates (52pc).
Among men, the percentage of those who prefer health over love and money was also highest among college graduates (58pc), followed by junior high school graduates (55pc), elementary graduates (53pc), and non-elementary graduates (48pc).
The poll showed that the percentage of those who prefer brains over body was slightly higher among women (88pc) than among men (81pc).
Among women, the percentage of those who prefer brains over body was highest among single women (90pc), followed by women with live-in partners (89pc), and married women (86pc).
In terms of age, women who prefer brains over body were highest among the 18-24-year-olds (91pc), followed by the 24-34-year-olds (89pc), the 35-44-year-olds (87pc), the 45-54-year-olds (86pc), and those 55 years old and above (86pc).
For men, it was higher among those 18 to 54 years old, ranging from 82pc to 87pc, than among those 55 years old and above, at 73pc.
In terms of education among women, preference for brains over body rises was highest among college graduates (92pc), followed by junior high school graduates (88pc), elementary graduates (86pc), and non-elementary graduates (84pc).
For men, preference for brains over body hardly varies with education, ranging from 77pc to 83pc.
The survey also revealed that 56pc of men said they were very happy with their love life, statistically equal to the 51pc among women.
Further, SWS said in general, married men and women have a happier love life than their single and live-in partner counterparts.
The percentage of those with a very happy love life was highest among married men (68pc), followed by men with a live-in partner (65pc) and single men (26pc).
Among women, those with a very happy love life were also highest among those who were married (62pc), followed by those with a live-in partner (60pc), and those who were single (27pc).
The percentage of those with a very happy love life was higher among men 35 years old and above, ranging from 59pc to 60pc, than among men 18 to 34 years old, ranging from 40pc to 52pc.
For women, those with a very happy love life was higher among those 25 to 54 years old, ranging from 51pc to 65pc, than among the 18-24-year-olds (47pc) and those 55 years old and above (41pc).
The survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews of 1,440 Filipino adults, with 360 each in Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The sampling error margins were at ±2.6pc for national percentages and ±5.2pc for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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