Replication Data for: How do Filipinos Remember Their History? A Descriptive Account of Filipino Historical Memory

How do Filipinos remember their history? To date this question still has no systematic answer. This article provides quantitative, descriptive results from two nationally representative probability samples that show how Filipinos view three of the country’s major historical events: the Spanish colonization of the Philippines; martial law under President Ferdinand Marcos; and the 1986 People Power Revolution. The descriptive results include several takeaways, including: first, the modal response towards all three events was indifference (versus positive or negative feelings); second, positive feelings towards martial law were highest among those who were alive at that time; third, the distribution of feelings towards these historical events was similar across individuals with different educational achievement; and finally, a surprising proportion of respondents expressed positive feelings towards both martial law and People Power. We discuss the potential limitations of our study and conclude by considering the implications of these results for the Philippines’ contemporary politics.

菲律宾民众如何铭记本国历史？截至目前，该问题尚未有系统性的解答。本文基于两份全国代表性概率样本，得出定量描述性研究结果，展现了菲律宾民众对该国三大核心历史事件的态度：西班牙对菲律宾的殖民统治、费迪南德·马科斯总统执政时期的军事管制，以及1986年人民力量革命。该描述性研究包含多项关键发现：其一，针对这三大事件的众数反应均为冷漠（相较于积极或消极情绪）；其二，对军事管制持有积极情绪的群体，以当时仍在世的受访者占比最高；其三，不同受教育程度的受访者对这些历史事件的情绪分布较为相似；最后，有占比出乎意料的受访者同时对军事管制与人民力量革命表达了积极情绪。本文探讨了本研究的潜在局限性，并最终结合上述结果对菲律宾当代政治的启示展开总结性讨论。