EFFORTS by the Duterte administration to rebuild Marawi City yielded an excellent +70 net satisfaction rating, according to the latest results of the Third Quarter 2017 Social Weather Survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The noncommissioned survey conducted Sept. 23-27 also found that 53% of Filipinos think it will take five years or more before the areas damaged by the Marawi City crisis can fully recover, while 46% say it will take one to four years, SWS said.

77% of respondents expressed satisfaction (43% very satisfied and 35% somewhat satisfied, correctly rounded) with the efforts to rebuild Marawi City, the scene of a siege by Islamist terrorists that began May 23 and ended this month. Dissatisfied respondents constituted 8% (4% somewhat dissatisfied and 3% very dissatisfied, correctly rounded), which led to the +70 excellent net satisfaction rating (% agree minus % disagree, correctly rounded).

SWS’ terminology for net satisfaction is as follows: +70 and above, “Excellent”; +50 to +69, “Very Good”; +30 to +49, “Good”; +10 to +29, “Moderate”, +9 to –9, “Neutral”; –10 to –29, “Poor”; –30 to –49, “Bad”; –50 to –69, “Very Bad”; –70 and below, “Execrable.”

The survey showed net satisfaction with the Duterte administration’s efforts to rebuild Marawi City as being highest in Mindanao at an excellent +77 (81% satisfied, 4% dissatisfied); followed by Metro Manila at an excellent +75 (83% satisfied, 8% dissatisfied); Balance Luzon at a very good +66 (74% satisfied, 8% dissatisfied); and the Visayas at a very good +65 (75% satisfied, 10% dissatisfied).

The results hardly varied across locale — an excellent +70 in overall urban areas, and a very good +69 in overall rural areas.

By education, satisfaction was an excellent +76 among college graduates, and an excellent +74 among high school graduates. It was a very good +67 among elementary school graduates and a very good +54 among non-elementary school graduates.

By religion, it was within the excellent net satisfaction range among Iglesia ni Cristo members (+75) and religions other than INC, Islam, and Roman Catholicism (+72). It was within the very good net satisfaction range among Roman Catholics (+69) and Muslims (+65).

As for projections on Marawi’s recovery, the proportion of those saying it will take five years or more for Marawi City to fully recover was 60% (21% 5-6 years, 38% 7 years or more, correctly rounded) in Mindanao, 60% (25% 5-6 years, 35% 7 years or more) in the Visayas, 50% (19% 5-6 years, 31% 7 years or more) in Balance Luzon, and 44% (22% 5-6 years, 22% 7 years or more) in Metro Manila, SWS said.

The survey also noted the proportion of those who believe it will take five years or more for Marawi City to fully recover tends to be higher among the older age groups: 60-63% among 45 years old and above, compared to the 48-50% range among the 25-44 year olds, and 36% among 18-24 year olds. The results hardly varied across locale, class, sex, educational level, and religion.

The survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults nationwide, 600 in Balance Luzon and 300 each in Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao (with sampling error margins of ±3% for national percentages, ±4% for Balance Luzon, and ±6% each for the other areas).

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