SWS said 14 percent of Filipinos, on the other hand, expect “very much benefit” from the Maharlika fund, and 32 percent see “much benefit.”
SWS found that only 10 percent of Filipinos have “very much confidence” in the controversial fund, and 22 percent have “much confidence.” “Those with at least partial but sufficient knowledge about the [Maharlika fund] were higher among those who either graduated from college or took post-graduate studies at 28 percent, those who either had some senior high school, finished senior high school, completed vocational school, or attended some college at 23 percent, and those who either finished junior high school or had some vocational schooling at 24 percent.
Eleven percent of the respondents are aged 18 to 24, while 19 percent each belong to the 25 to 34 age group and the 45 to 54 age group. A bigger chunk of the respondents, or 32 percent, are 55 years old and above.