Pinoy lovers: Better to receive love than

to give
By: By Evelyn Macairan
(The Philippine Star) Updated February 13, 2010
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=549203

MANILA, Philippines - It may be better to give than to receive, but not, it seems, when it
comes to love.
Seventy-one percent of Filipinos prefer to receive rather than give love, according to the
Fourth Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey (SWS) conducted from Dec. 5 to 10, 2009.
The SWS said that seven out of 10 people or 71 percent of adult Filipinos would choose a
lifetime partner who loves him or her more, while 28 percent would rather have a lifetime
partner whom he or she loves more.
The survey was conducted from Dec. 5 to 10 last year, using face-to-face interviews with
2,100 adults divided into random samples of 300 in Metro Manila and 600 each in Luzon,
Visayas, and Mindanao.
In the survey, the respondents were asked, Kung maaari po kayong pumili ng isa lang sa
mga sumusunod para makasama sa habangbuhay, alin po ang inyong pipiliin? Taong
mahal ako ngunit mas mahal ko, o taong mahal ko ngunit mas mahal ako (If you could
choose only one among the following as your lifetime partner, which would you pick?
The person who loves me but I love more, or the person I love but who loves me more).
The SWS showed that the preference for receiving over giving love was dominant in all
areas and classes - 73 percent in the Visayas, 71 percent in both Luzon and Mindanao,
and 70 percent in Metro Manila.
It was also 73 percent in class D, 70 percent in class ABC, and 67 percent in class E.
It was also noted in the survey that the preference was stronger among women than
among men with 77 percent and 65 percent, respectively.
It was also evident even among the younger respondents: 75 percent in age groups 18-24
and 25-34; 73 percent among 45-54, 72 percent among 35-44, and 63 percent among 55
and above.
The sample in the December 2009 survey also showed 24 percent without a spouse or
partner (consisting of 16 percent never married, 7 percent widowed, and 2 percent
separated/divorced), 68 percent married (consisting of 66 percent first marriage, 1 percent
formerly widowed, and 1 percent formerly separated/divorced), and 8 percent with live-in
partner (consisting of 7 percent with first live-in partner, 1 percent formerly
separated/divorced, and 0.2 percent formerly widowed).

It appeared that regardless of marital status, a majority preferred receiving over giving
love: 76 percent among those with partner, 72 percent among those without spouse or
partner, and 71 percent among those who are married.
Value placed on receiving love over giving it was strongest among those who are
separated/divorced (89 percent), followed by those who were formerly widowed and now
re-married (81 percent), those who were formerly separated/divorced and now with a
live-in partner (78 percent), and those who have a live-in partner for the first time (76
percent).
Those who were formerly widowed and now with a live-in partner were almost equally
divided between those who placed more value on receiving love at 51 percent and those
who place more value giving it at 49 percent.
The SWS clarified that the survey was not commissioned but done on SWSs own
initiative and issued as a public service.
The survey has a sampling error margin of 2.2 percent for national percentages, 6
percent for Metro Manila, and 4 percent for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Population: Filipino

Sample: 2100 Filipino adults

Margin of error: 2.2% for national percentage, 6 percent for Metro Manila, 4
percent for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Sources of Data: Face to Face Interviews

Statements:

Descriptive statistics:

Three out of ten chose a lifetime partner whom he or she loves more.
210 respondents in Metro Manila chose a lifetime partner who loves
her or him more.
Men respondents chose a lifetime partner whom he loves more.
By marital status, married people and with a live-in partner chose a
lifetime partner who loves her or him more.
These samples prefer receiving love than giving it.

Inferential Statistics

All respondents prefer receiving love than giving it.

Women prefer receiving love because they are after of the security of
their life-time partners.

Data Gathered:

Qualitative Data

The preference was stronger among women than among men.

It appeared that regardless of marital status, a majority preferred
receiving over giving love.
Value placed on receiving love over giving it was strongest among
those who are separated/divorced.

Quantitative Data

24 percent without a spouse or partner (consisting of 16 percent never

married, 7 percent widowed, and 2 percent separated/divorced) prefer
receiving love over giving it.
72 percent among those without spouse or partner 54 prefer receiving
love over giving it.
75 percent in age groups 18-24 and 25-34 54 prefer receiving love
over giving it.
73 percent among respondents aged 45-54 prefers receiving love over
giving it.
72 percent among respondents aged 35-44 54 prefer receiving love
over giving it.
63 percent among respondents aged 55 and above 54 prefer receiving
love over giving it.