As the Arroyo administration continues to trumpet the country’s economic gains, most respondents to the IBON nationwide continued to doubt government’s hype on the economy.
Out of 1,498 total respondents, three-fourths said they did not believe there is truth to government’s pronouncements that the economy has improved, while 12.5% said they believed government claims.
The respondents’ skepticism was not surprising considering that most of them said their livelihoods worsened over the course of the past year. 50% of respondents said that their livelihood was worse compared to a year ago, while 6% said their livelihood was better and 42.6% said it was the same. Those who believed their livelihoods worsened registered a sharp increase from the 41.8% registered at the start of the year, in the January 2007 survey round.
Similarly, more respondents said there were no available jobs/livelihood opportunities in their area. 43.3% of respondents said there were no available livelihood opportunities in their area, 25% said there were, and 27% said there were but not enough. In the January survey round, 35.5% said there were no jobs in their area, 21.8% said there were, and 37.6% said there were but not enough.
The IBON October nationwide survey was conducted from October 1 to 9, 2007 with a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. (end)
Below is the tabulation of the respondents’ perception on the economy and their livelihood.
| In your opinion, is there truth to the government's pronouncement that the economy has improved? | ||||
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| Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Yes | 164 | 11.02 | 187 | 12.48 |
| No | 1,196 | 80.38 | 1,130 | 75.43 |
| Don't know | 119 | 8.00 | 157 | 10.48 |
| No answer | 9 | 0.60 | 24 | 1.60 |
| Total | 1,488 | 100.00 | 1,498 | 100.00 |
| How is your livelihood compared to a year ago? |
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| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Better | 85 | 5.69 | 82 | 5.51 | 91 | 6.07 |
| Same | 753 | 50.44 | 685 | 46.03 | 638 | 42.59 |
| Worse | 624 | 41.80 | 696 | 46.77 | 750 | 50.07 |
| Are there available jobs/livelihood opportunities in your area? |
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| January 2007 | July 2007 | October 2007 | | | |
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| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Yes, there are | 325 | 21.77 | 252 | 16.94 | 376 | 25.10 |
| Yes, but not enough | 561 | 37.58 | 486 | 32.66 | 406 | 27.10 |
| None | 530 | 35.50 | 660 | 44.35 | 649 | 43.32 |
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