Many Filipinos were optimistic about their prospects in 2020, a Pulse Asia survey revealed Friday.
The polling firm said 93 percent of the respondents it polled said they will welcome the new year with hope, and their number is slightly higher than the 91 percent recorded last year.
Meanwhile, some 0.2 percent were pessimistic about the coming year while 7 percent were undecided.
The positive sentiment was recorded among all geographic areas and socio-economic classes, the survey showed.
Metro Manila recorded 95 percent, Luzon had 90 percent, Visayas had 98 percent and Mindanao had 95 percent.
Majority figures were also recorded in all socio-economic classes with 97 percent in Class ABC, 93 percent in Class D and 91 percent in Class E.
Those who belong to Class E saw the biggest improvement in optimism with a 15-point pickup from last year.
Moreover, nearly half of those surveyed expect the coming Christmas to be more prosperous for them and their families, although the figure is less than what was recorded last year.
The survey found that 48 percent of those polled see the coming holidays to be more prosperous, while 11 percent said it would be poorer than last year. Forty-one percent said it would be the same as last year.
The respondents from Mindanao saw a more abundant celebration this December at 57 percent, followed by Metro Manila and Luzon with 48 percent and the Visayas with 38 percent.
Across income groups, 68 percent of those underclasses ABC said the holidays would be more prosperous this year while only 35 percent of the poorest residents see a better Christmas in 2019.
Forty-nine percent of the respondents in Class D see more prosperous holidays this year.
Nearly a fifth of the class E respondents said they were poorer during the holidays this year.
The survey was conducted from Dec. 3 to 8 using face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adult respondents. It had a margin of error of ±2.8 percent.