{"id":250647,"date":"2018-06-11T08:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T06:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=250647"},"modified":"2018-06-11T08:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T06:31:59","slug":"these-are-the-5-biggest-things-stressing-south-africans-out-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/250647\/these-are-the-5-biggest-things-stressing-south-africans-out-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 5 biggest things stressing South Africans out right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ipsos has released its latest ‘What Worries the World’ study<\/a><\/strong>, which surveys 28 countries around the world about their biggest worries.<\/p>\n

The findings are based on over 21,000 surveys which were conducted between 20 April \u2013 4 May 2018, among a representative portion of adults aged 18-64.<\/p>\n

The results show that most people across the world are pessimistic about the future, and think that their country is on the wrong track (58% on average).<\/p>\n

Once again, China (92%) is the nation which inspires the most confidence about the direction it is taking. Saudi Arabia (76%) also remains in second place with South Korea (74%) in third-place position ahead of India (60%).<\/p>\n

By comparison, Italian, Mexican, Brazilian and Spanish citizens have the greatest apprehensions about the direction taken by their country. Just 14% of Italians think their country is going in the right direction, followed by 15% in Mexico and 17% in Brazil and 10% in Spain.<\/p>\n

Following Argentina and Italy, South Africa has seen the largest drop in national optimism with only 33% of South Africans believing the nation is on the right track – a fall of 19 percentage points from a recent peak in March (52%) in the wake of Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s appointment as the new ANC party leader.<\/p>\n

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The study found that the majority of people around the world worry about five main things – financial\/political corruption (35%), unemployment (34%), poverty\/social inequality (33%), crime and violence (32%), and healthcare (24%).<\/p>\n

South Africa follows these international trends for the most part, and is only behind\u00a0Malaysia and Peru when it comes to the nations that are the most worried about\u00a0financial\/political corruption (60%). Other major concerns include unemployment and jobs (57%), and crime and violence (58%).<\/p>\n

On the other end of the scale, access to credit (1%), climate change (2%), and terrorism (2%) are not considered as major concerns in South Africa, when compared to other countries.<\/p>\n

Below are the biggest worries in the world right now, and how South Africans ranked them:<\/p>\n

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Rank<\/th>\nConcern<\/th>\nPercentage of South Africans<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nFinancial\/political corruption<\/td>\n60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nCrime and violence<\/td>\n\u00a058%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nUnemployment and jobs<\/td>\n57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nPoverty and social inequality<\/td>\n34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nEducation<\/td>\n20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nHealthcare<\/td>\n15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTaxes<\/td>\n13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nInflation<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nMoral decline<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nImmigration control<\/td>\n\u00a07%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nRise of extremism<\/td>\n4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nThreats against the environment<\/td>\n3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMaintaining social programmes<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nTerrorism<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nClimate chang<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nAccess to credit<\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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