National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) secretary general Romulo Virola said the top contributors to the Philippine Happiness Index or PHI are family, health, religion/spiritual work, work, peace and security, food, education, love life, income and financial security and environment.

On a scale of 1 to 10, family received a score of 9.58, which made it the top source of happiness in the Philippines in 2010.

The computation of the Philippine Happiness Index or PHI is premised on the assumption that different individuals have different definitions and sources of happiness.  The methodology for the compilation of the PHI therefore allows individuals to identify their domains of happiness. 

Latest 2010 results of the PHI show that women find Family, Health, and Religion and/or spiritual work as the three most important sources of happiness.

Other important sources of happiness of women are work, food, and peace and security.  But while peace and security and work are also important to men, food is only 9th most important to men compared to 5th among women.
 
Women consider as unimportant sources of happiness the following: participation in Cultural Activities, Community and volunteer work, Leisure and sports, and Technological know-how

Middling sources of happiness of women are: education, income and financial security, economy, friends, and government. Education is ranked by both women and men as only 7th most important source of happiness.

The biggest disparity in the rankings is on sex life: men find it 10th most important with a rating of 8.2 (or 10th least important) but women find it 18th most important (or second least important) with a rating of 6.8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

Relatedly, women find love life only 10th most important with a rating of 8.2, but men find it 6th most important with a rating of 8.7.

Women and men also do not agree too much on the importance of the environment and politics. Women give slightly higher importance to the environment and to politics than men: 9th  and 14th  versus 12th  and 17th, respectively.