Additional Findings on Corruption-Related Issues

Pulse Asia wishes to share with you some additional findings from the October 2007 Ulat ng Bayan national survey on Corruption-Related Issues. These data tables were originally under embargo but have since found their way to certain members of media. We request you to assist us in informing the public by disseminating this information on Filipino perceptions, opinions, sentiments, and attitudes relating to current developments here and abroad.

Based on a multistage probability sample of 1,200 representative adults 18 years old and above, Pulse Asia’s nationwide survey has a +/- 3% error margin at the 95% confidence level. Subnational estimates for each of the geographic areas covered in the survey (i.e., Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) have a +/- 6% error margin, also at 95% confidence level. Face-to-face field interviews for this project were conducted from October 20 to 31, 2007. (Those interested in further technical details concerning the surveys’ questionnaires and sampling design may request Pulse Asia in writing for fuller details, including copies of the pre-tested questions actually used.)

At the time the interviews for this survey were being conducted, reports on the following developments dominated the news headlines: the cash handed out to selected local government officials and legislators in Malacañang, renewed calls for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation and the planned revival of impeachment complaints against her, the blast in a Makati shopping mall that killed several people, the rift between President Arroyo and House Speaker Jose C. de Venecia over the ZTE and cash handout controversies, the continuing Senate investigation on the ZTE contract, the granting of pardon to former President Joseph Estrada, the holding of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, and the increasing price of oil in the global market as well as the steady appreciation of the Philippine peso.

The survey’s sampling design and questionnaire are the full responsibility of Pulse Asia’s pool of academic experts and no religious, political, economic or any other form of partisanship has been allowed to influence the survey design, the findings generated by the actual surveys or the subsequent analyses of survey findings.

Pulse Asia undertakes Ulat ng Bayan surveys on its own without any party singularly commissioning the research effort. (See Table 1) (See Table 2) (See Table 3)