Majority or 51 percent of Filipino adults are “very happy” with their love life this year, slightly fewer than the 57 percent in 2017, a Social Weather Stations survey showed.
In the nationwide survey conducted from Dec. 16 to 19, 2018 among 1,440 respondents, SWS found out that 51 percent of Filipinos, who are 18-years-old and above, are very happy with their love life. On the other hand, 36 percent said it could be happier, and 13 percent said they do not have a love life.
In 2017, 57 percent said their love life was very happy, 29 percent said it could be happier, and 14 percent who said they do not have a love life.
The proportion of those who were very happy with their love life was 58 percent when SWS first surveyed it in 2002.
It fell to 46 percent in 2004, and recovered to the 50 percent levels from 2010 to 2012, reaching a record-high 59 percent in 2011.
It declined to 49 percent in 2014 before bouncing to 51 percent in 2015, 55 percent in 2016, and 57 percent in 2017.
Since 2002, the proportion of those saying their love lives could be happier has been at the 30s, except in 2004 and 2014 when it was at a record-high 44 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
It reached its lowest level of 29 percent in 2017.
The proportion of those who have no love life ranged from nine percent to 14 percent from 2002 to 2018, with the highest level observed in 2016 and 2017.
Overall, 53 percent of men and 50 percent of women say they are very happy with their love life.
Among men, the proportion of those who are very happy with their love life was highest among those who are married at 64 percent, followed by those with live-in partners at 44 percent, and those who are single at 31 percent.
Among women, it was also highest among those who are married at 59 percent, followed by those with live-in partner at 56 percent, and those who are single at 20 percent.
Among men, the proportion of those who say their love life could be happier was highest among those with live-in partner at 55 percent, followed by those who are married at 35 percent, and those who are single at 27 percent.
Among women, it was also highest among those with live-in partner at 43 percent, followed by those who are married at 40 percent, and those who are single at 20 percent.
The proportion of those with no love life was higher among single women at 59 percent compared to their male counterparts at 43 percent. (Ellalyn V. Ruiz)
