SURVEY: 71% OF PINOYS PREFER TO RECEIVE THAN
TO GIVE LOVE
MANILA,
FEBRUARY 13, 2010
(STAR) By Evelyn Macairan - It may be better to give than to receive,
but not, it seems, when it comes to love.
Seventy-one percent of Filipinos prefer to receive rather than give love, according to the Fourth Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey (SWS) conducted from Dec. 5 to 10, 2009.
The SWS said that seven out of 10 people or 71 percent of adult Filipinos would choose a lifetime partner who loves him or her more, while 28 percent would rather have a lifetime partner whom he or she loves more.
The survey was conducted from Dec. 5 to 10 last year, using face-to-face interviews with 2,100 adults divided into random samples of 300 in Metro Manila and 600 each in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
In the survey, the respondents were asked, “Kung maaari po kayong pumili ng isa lang sa mga sumusunod para makasama sa habangbuhay, alin po ang inyong pipiliin? Taong mahal ako ngunit mas mahal ko, o taong mahal ko ngunit mas mahal ako (If you could choose only one among the following as your lifetime partner, which would you pick? The person who loves me but I love more, or the person I love but who loves me more).”
The SWS showed that the preference for receiving over giving love was dominant in all areas and classes - 73 percent in the Visayas, 71 percent in both Luzon and Mindanao, and 70 percent in Metro Manila.
It was also 73 percent in class D, 70 percent in class ABC, and 67 percent in class E.
It was also noted in the survey that the preference was stronger among women than among men with 77 percent and 65 percent, respectively.
It was also evident even among the younger respondents: 75 percent in age groups 18-24 and 25-34; 73 percent among 45-54, 72 percent among 35-44, and 63 percent among 55 and above.
The sample in the December 2009 survey also showed 24 percent without a spouse or partner (consisting of 16 percent never married, 7 percent widowed, and 2 percent separated/divorced), 68 percent married (consisting of 66 percent first marriage, 1 percent formerly widowed, and 1 percent formerly separated/divorced), and 8 percent with live-in partner (consisting of 7 percent with first live-in partner, 1 percent formerly separated/divorced, and 0.2 percent formerly widowed).
It appeared that regardless of marital status, a majority preferred receiving over giving love: 76 percent among those with partner, 72 percent among those without spouse or partner, and 71 percent among those who are married.
Value placed on receiving love over giving it was strongest among those who are separated/divorced (89 percent), followed by those who were formerly widowed and now re-married (81 percent), those who were formerly separated/divorced and now with a live-in partner (78 percent), and those who have a live-in partner for the first time (76 percent).
Those who were formerly widowed and now with a live-in partner were almost equally divided between those who placed more value on receiving love at 51 percent and those who place more value giving it at 49 percent.
The SWS clarified that the survey was not commissioned but done on SWS’s own initiative and issued as a public service.
The survey has a sampling error margin of ±2.2 percent for national percentages, ±6 percent for Metro Manila, and ±4 percent for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.