A month before the original deadline, 56% of adult Filipino SIM card owners had registered their SIMs while 44% have yet to do so, according to a Social Weather Survey (SWS).
According to the survey conducted in March, SIM card registration was highest in the Visayas at 64% and lowest in Mindanao at 50%. Metro Manila scored 62% and Balance Luzon 55%.Among those who registered, 72% said the SIM card registration process was “very/somewhat easy” and 28% said it was “somewhat/very hard.”
The percentage of registrants who said the registration process was easy were higher in urban areas at 75% than in rural areas at 65%. The First Quarter 2023 SWS was conducted from March 26-29, 2023, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
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