The Social Weather Survey was conducted from March 21 to 25, covering the time the House of Representatives passed the divorce bill
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A total of 1,500 adult respondents nationwide were asked whether they strongly agree, somewhat agree, undecided if agree or disagree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree with the test statement provided in Filipino: “Married couples who have already separated and cannot reconcile anymore should be allowed to divorce so that they can get legally married again.”
The same goes for Balance Luzon and the Visayas. The SWS said that in Balance Luzon, the net agreement on divorce was at a moderately strong +28 in June 2023, and extremely strong +51 in March 2023. In the Visayas, the net agreement was at a moderately strong +20 in March 2024, which is slightly lower than the moderately strong scores of +21 in June 2023 and +27 in March 2023.
“Support for the legalization of divorce used to be split when SWS first surveyed it in May 2005: 43% agreed, 12% were undecided, and 45% disagreed, for a neutral -2. Net agreement rose to moderately strong +18 in May 2011 and very strong +31 in December 2014,” SWS said. SWS said that in its first survey on divorce in May 2025, “net agreement with legalizing divorce was very strong among women with live-in partners , and moderately strong among men with live-in partners and widowed/separated men .”
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