Poverty, corruption did not go down in past three months

Poverty, corruption did not go down in past three months

The survey revealed public opinion contrary to recent government claims that its poverty and anti-corruption efforts have been working

The latest IBON survey showed that seven of ten Filipinos do not think that poverty has lessened in the past months. The survey also showed that six of ten Filipinos do not think there is less corruption.

Asked if in their opinion there has been less poverty in the past three months, 72.3% of 1,496 respondents answered “no”, while only 17.9% answered “yes”.

Asked if there was less corruption in the last three months, 59.8% disagreed while only 23.8% said corruption was less. This is an increase from the previous round of 54.7% share of respondents who do not think there was less corruption in the country.

The survey revealed public opinion contrary to recent government claims that its poverty and anti-corruption efforts have been working.

The IBON survey was conducted from May 13-23, 2015 across various sectors nationwide with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

IBON Foundation