Corruption not less in past three months, says survey

March 13, 2015

by superadmin

Critics have pointed out that the Aquino administration’s drive against corruption lacks genuine reforms, including holding accountable several administration allies involved in anomalies

Over half of Filipinos do not think there was less corruption in the country in the past three months, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by research group IBON.

Asked if they think there was less corruption in the previous quarter, 54.7% of the 1,501 respondents answered no, 29.5% said yes, while 15.2% were uncertain.

Critics have pointed out that the Aquino administration’s drive against corruption lacks genuine reforms, including holding accountable several administration allies involved in anomalies.

The IBON nationwide survey used multi-stage probability sampling method and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. It is a non-commissioned survey conducted on January 19-30 across various sectors in 16 regions. (end)

Below is the tabulation of results of people’s perception on corruption.

In your opinion, was there less corruption in the country in these past three months?

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Percentage
Yes 29.5
No 54.7
Don’t know 15.2
No Answer 0.6
Total 100.0

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For details on the January 2015 survey, please email databank@ibon.org or call IBON at tel. 9276986 or 9277060 loc. 421.

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