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Most Pinoy students use smartphones for distance learning –SWS


Majority of the Filipino students enrolled in distance learning got a smartphone to aid them in class, latest survey from Social Weather Stations (SWS) said.

The survey also found 58 percent of the school-age students – five to 20 years old – are using devices for distance learning.  These devices were either already owned (27 percent), bought (12 percent), borrowed (10 percent), given (9 percent), or rented (0.3 percent). Meanwhile, 42 percent said they do not use devices for distance learning.

Among the 12 percent (13 percent if correctly rounded) who bought or rented devices for distance learning, 79 percent got a smartphone, 13 percent got a desktop/laptop, five percent got a TV, and 3 percent got a tablet.

The Fourth Quarter 2020 Social Weather Survey was conducted from November 21-25, 2020, using face-to-face interviews of 1,500 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide: 600 in Balance Luzon and 300 each in Metro Manila, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The sampling error margins are ±2.5% for national percentages, ±4% for Balance Luzon, and ±6% for Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The survey was non-commissioned.

By area, the survey showed Metro Manila greatly using devices for distance learning (96 percent), compared to Balance Luzon (64 percent), the Visayas (43 percent) and Mindanao (41 percent).

Moreover, the percentage of those who use already owned devices is higher in Metro Manila and Balance Luzon (36 percent and percent) than in the Visayas and Mindanao (20 percent and 23 percent).

According the polling firm, the use of devices for distance learning is “positively correlated” with the household head’s educational attainment.
The percentage of those who use devices is highest among students whose household head is a college graduate (74 percent). Among students whose household head has only up to some college education, the percentage is less at 67 percent, and lower if the household head only has up to some junior high school (52 percent) or some elementary (35 percent) education. 

Spending

In its survey, SWS found that families that bought devices spent an average of P8,687 per student.
Among the 12 percent of students whose families bought devices for distance learning, an average of P8,687 was spent. The median amount is P6,800.

Urban-dwellers spent more on average (P9,344) than rural-dwellers (P7,874), but the median amount is slightly higher in rural areas (P6,800) than in urban areas (P6,500).

By educational attainment of the household head, the average amount spent for buying devices for distance learning is highest among students whose household head is a college graduate (P14,863), followed by those whose household head has only up to some college education (P8,456), up to some junior high school education (P7,013), and up to some elementary education (P6,080), SWS said.—LDF, GMA News

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