(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained his “excellent” trust rating in the first quarter of 2017, according to a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The survey showed that 80 percent of Filipinos have “much trust” with Duterte, 10 percent with “little trust,” and 11 percent undecided, yielding an overall “excellent” +72 trust rating which tops the +70 Duterte received in December 2016.
SWS classifies net satisfaction rating of 70 and above as “excellent”; +50 to +69, “very good”; +30 to +49, “good”; +10 to +29, “moderate”, +9 to –9, “neutral”; –10 to –29, “poor”; –30 to –49, “bad”; –50 to –69, “very bad”; –70 and below, “execrable.”
Duterte’s net trust rating dropped by six points to a “very good” +63 both in Balance Luzon and Visayas, and increased by nine points to an excellent +74 in Metro Manila and by four points to an “excellent” +89 in Mindanao.
The President’s net trust rating remained “excellent” in urban areas from +73 in December to +72 in March, and fell by one grade in rural areas from an “excellent” +71 in December 2016 to a “very good” +68 in the previous quarter.
The survey, conducted through face to face interviews of 1,200 adult respondents, has a sample error margin of ±3%.