MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who believe that religion is “very important” in their lives has gone down by 10 percentage points — from the record high of 83% recorded in December 2019 to 83% as shown by a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from Nov. 21 to 25, 2020.
The results of the previous survey were released in April 2020, but the poll was done in December 2019 — or before the COVID-19 pandemic affected normalcy and ushered in a massive economic crisis in the whole world.
Still, the latest figure is higher than the 69% recorded in June 2019, the SWS noted.
“The national Social Weather Survey of November 21-25, 2020, found 73% of adul…
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