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IRES Survey: Corruption, wages, health system and rich poor gap, capital worries for Romanians

The Romanian people are currently very worried about the level of corruption, the wages, the health system and the gap between the rich and the poor, with 80 percent of those polled by a survey conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES) saying these are among their major concerns.

The survey's results reveal that these worries are followed by those regarding the pensions system, unemployment, pollution or the state of the environment.

Out of the list in the questionnaire, Romanians are least worried by their personal economic state (64 percent), showing a higher degree of concern for the state of the environment (76 percent) or the country's ruling classes (75 percent).

The state of the country's economy worries young people aged between 18 and 35 less that it does the elders. As regards this aspect there are differences in terms of education of the respondents, the more educated, the less worried the polled proving to be.

More than half of its citizens deem Romania's economic state as worse

More than half of the Romanian people believe the economic state of the country got worse than the previous year, 51 percent of those polled by a survey conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES) saying that it is worse or much worse.

22 percent of the respondents believe Romania's economic state to have remained the same and 24 percent believe it is a little or much better than the previous year. Comparing the current state to that of a decade ago, only 16 percent deem it much better whereas 75 percent believe it is much worse now, and 4 percent perceive it the same.

The perception on a very bad economic state is higher for those aged over 35 years old, than among younger people. Those with a lower degree of education are more prone to labelling Romania's economic state as very bad (42.7 percent) than those with an average level of education (36.4 percent) and with higher education (33.2 percent).

A similar situation can be noticed in the case of the distribution in terms of age and education at the question 'How do you perceive the current economic state of the country as compared to that of a decade before?'

In comparison with the economic state of the country before 1989, 27 percent of the respondents answered that the current state is better, 4 percent said that it is the same and 58 percent perceive it as worse or much worse.

Those aged over 51 years tend to perceive the current economic state of the country as much worse compared to that before the Revolution rather those aged between 18 and 50 years.

The feeling that the current state of the country is much worse than before 1989 is higher among those with basic and average education that those with higher education.

45.6 percent of those living in the rural areas say that the current economic state of Romania is much worse than before compared to those living in the urban areas, only 35.8 percent of whom say the same.

Nevertheless, the Romanian people are optimistic, 52 percent of them believing that the economy will fare better, whereas 11 percent believe it will be the same, and 26 percent believe it will be worse.

The respondents with average and higher education seem more confident in the future, as more of them say that the economy of the country will be better in five years' time than those with basic education.

Lack of jobs, most important problem of Romania, according to IRES survey

Lack of jobs is the most important problem of Romania, according to the spontaneous answers of 17% of the participants in a survey conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES).It is followed by the poor state of the economy, mentioned by 15% of these, the defective leadership of country (10%), corruption (7%), pensions and low salaries (6%), as well as poverty and lack of money (6%).

Other mentions were the poor healthcare system, political class, foreign debt and education.There are also respondents who consider that the most important problem facing Romania is the mentality of citizens (3%).

As to the biggest personal problem perceived by respondents, the aspect mentioned in the most numerous cases was lack of money. Financial situation (23%) and poor health represent the most important personal problems for one fifth of Romanians. Lack of jobs is the biggest problem for 12% of respondents, too low pension - 8%, too low salary - for 7% and 4% are concerned with their children's future.

The study regards the state of the nation and was conducted in September, nationwide, by the IRES.

The document analyzes which are the biggest concerns and problems of Romanians, and also scans the collective mentality regarding the things making people happy and their future projections.

The survey was conducted by phone on a nationally representative sample of 1,383 individuals aged 18+.

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