Price hikes and fear of war, Romanians’ highest concerns, IRES says
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The price hikes worry Romanians the most, according to an opinion poll conducted by IRES in March. Fear of war comes second in the Romanians’ concern ranking.
38% of respondents indicated that they are currently most concerned about rising prices, 34% said they were afraid of war, 6% – the political situation, and 6% – fear of disease, according to the survey. Rising prices were the main concern of Romanians last year as well, but in second place was the fear of disease.
Thus, 30% of those surveyed said that in 2021 they were most concerned about rising prices, 27% – fear of illness, 7% – political situation, 6% – fear of war, 6% – job insecurity, 6 % – the lack of jobs.
The IRES survey was conducted between March 11 and 17, on a sample of 1,051 people over the age of 18 and has a maximum margin error of 3.1%.
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