SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT | Filipinos' Top Valentine's Day Gift Wishes Were Money, Love, and Flowers; 58% Were Very Happy With Their Love Life

By Social Weather Station

Filipinos' top Valentine's Day gift wishes were money, love, and flowers, according to the National Social Weather Survey of December 8-11, 2023. 

More men wished for Apparel and Any gift from the heart, while more women wished for Money and Flowers. Both sexes wished for Love and companionship equally. 

The December 2023 survey also found that 58% of Filipinos were very happy with their love life, 23% could be happier, and 19% have no love life. The latest percentage of those very happy with their love life is the highest since the record-high 59% in 2011.

The Fourth Quarter 2023 Social Weather Survey was conducted from December 8 to 11, 2023, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon (or Luzon outside Metro Manila), the Visayas, and Mindanao. Face-to-face is the standard interviewing method for Social Weather Stations; the only exceptions were early in the pandemic when movement restrictions made face-to-face impossible and mobile phone interviews were conducted. Normal face-to-face field operations resumed in November 2020. The sampling error margins are ±2.8% for national percentages, and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The area estimates were weighted by the Philippine Statistics Authority medium-population projections for 2023 to obtain the national estimates.

The survey items reported here were non-commissioned. They were included on SWS's initiative and released as a public service.