In a 2017 survey of people aged 16‐64 by London‐based research company Ipsos MORI conducted among 38 countries, the Philippines ranked the 3rd least accurate when it comes to answering various questions (including health‐related data) but also the 3rd most confident with their answers.25 Ipsos. (2017). Perils of Perception 2017. Ipsos MORI. Retrieved May 21, 2020, from https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2018‐02/ipsos‐mori‐perils‐of‐perception‐2017‐charts_0.pdf
In this survey, respondents were given multiple choice factual questions about their country. Accuracy was measured by checking if the respondents’ answers were correct. Confidence was measured by asking the respondents how confident they were in the accuracy of their answers.