Pinoys most thankful for good health in 2025 – SWS

MANILA, Philippines — Like in previous years, most Filipinos are thankful for good health this Christmas season, a survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

The survey, conducted from Nov. 24 to 30, found that 45 percent of the respondents were thankful for good health this Christmas and New Year.

It slightly went down from 47 percent in 2024 and 51 percent in 2023, a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey respondents were given an open-ended question and were allowed to give up to two answers.

Some 29 percent answered family, up from 25 percent last year, while 28 percent said they were thankful for being alive, up from 24 percent.

Ten percent said they were thankful to God, while six percent responded with having food to eat.

Other responses included being able to cope with daily hardships (five percent), blessings (four percent), job or career (four percent), happy life (three percent), getting financial support (three percent), prosperity (two percent), education (two percent) and peace and safety (two percent).

One percent or less answered having no worries or problems, having a house, having good friends, surviving an illness or tragedy and having a love life or spouse.

The SWS survey found that 68 percent of the respondents expected their Christmas to be happy this year.

It slightly improved from 65 percent last year, although it was still five points lower than the 73 percent obtained in 2022 and 2023.

Seven percent said they expected their Christmas this 2025 to be sad (down from 10 percent last year), while 25 percent said it will neither be happy nor sad (from 26 percent).