Filipinos believe that Marawi City can fully recover from the devastation of the five-month siege in five years, a Social Weather Stations survey said.
The nationwide survey conducted last Sept. 23 to 27 with 1,500 respondents found out that 53 percent think it will take at least five years for Marawi to fully recover from war damages.
On the other hand, 46 percent said it will take Marawi one to four years to fully recover.
The respondents were particularly asked, “In your opinion, how long will it take before the areas damaged by the Marawi City crisis can fully recover?”
Thirty-two percent answered seven years or more after the crisis, 21 percent answered five to six years, 30 percent answered three to four years, and 16 percent answered one to two years.
The remaining one percent did not give an answer.
Sixty percent of respondents in the Mindanao and Visayas believe that it will take Marawi five years or more to fully recover from the devastation;
Fifty percent (19 percent saying five to six years, 31 percent saying seven years or more) in the rest of Luzon, and 44 percent (22 percent saying five to six years, 22 percent saying seven years or more) in Metro Manila.
It hardly varied across locale, educational level, and religion. (Ellalyn V. Ruiz)
