Filipinos without love life reach ‘all-time high’ – SWS

Do you have a love life this Valentine’s Day?

If not, then you are among the 18% of Filipinos – “a new all-time high,” according to the Social Weather Stations (SWS) – “with no love life.”

Those with a “very happy love life,” meanwhile, dropped to 50%, the lowest since 2014.

The SWS released these findings on Friday, February 12, and had gathered these data from November 21 to 25, 2020, its first during the pandemic. The survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews with 1,500 Filipino adults, with an error margin of ±2.5% for national percentages.

“The latest percentage of those with a very happy love life is the lowest since the 49% in 2014,” reported the SWS.

“On the other hand, the latest percentage of those with no love life is a new all-time high that surpassed the previous record of 14% in 2016, 2017, and 2019,” it added.

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Still, the SWS said Valentine’s Day goes on for 2 out of 5 Filipinos, or 39% of respondents, who will celebrate it.

Of those with a “very happy love life,” 50% will celebrate Valentine’s Day. Of those with “no love life,” 55% will not.

Most of those who will celebrate Valentine’s Day, or 45% of them, “would go to church or attend religious services.” According to the survey, 27% will give gifts, 25% will prepare special food at home, and 11% will send text or online greetings.

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