{"id":276721,"date":"2018-10-11T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=276721"},"modified":"2018-10-11T09:27:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:27:01","slug":"these-are-the-9-biggest-things-stressing-south-africans-out-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/276721\/these-are-the-9-biggest-things-stressing-south-africans-out-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 9 biggest things stressing South Africans out right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ipsos has released its latest \u2018What Worries the World<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 study, which surveys 28 countries around the world about their biggest worries.<\/p>\n

The findings are based on 20,787 interviews conducted between 24 August 2018 \u2013 7 September 2018 among adults aged 16-64 in countries.The data was weighted to match the profile of the population.<\/p>\n

Once more, China (92%) inspires the most confidence about national direction. Saudi Arabia (78%) remains in second place with India (67%) in third position. Malaysia (65%) rising-8-percentage points to fourth place.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the spectrum – Brazilian, Spanish, South African, French and Peruvian citizens have the greatest apprehension about the direction taken by their country.<\/p>\n

Just 12% of Brazilians think their country is going in the right direction, followed by 19% in both Spain and in South Africa. 24% of French citizens believe their nation is on the wrong track.<\/p>\n

Following South Korea (-8%), South Africa has also seen the largest drop in national optimism (-7%) with only 19% of South Africans believing the nation is on the right track \u2013 a massive fall of 33 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 \u2013 financial\/political corruption (34%), unemployment (33%), poverty\/social inequality (33%), crime and violence (31%), and healthcare (24%).<\/p>\n

South Africa follows these international trends for the most part, with the exception of crime\u00a0and violence, for which it is now the highest ranked country in the world (62%). In addition, education (21%) replaces healthcare\u00a0 (12%) as a chief worry according to the South Africans surveyed.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, South Africans are less concerned about access to credit (1%), childhood obesity (1%),\u00a0 climate change (1%), and terrorism (2%) compared to other countries.<\/p>\n

Below are the biggest worries in the world right now – nine of which are over 10% – and how South Africans ranked them:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nConcern<\/th>\nPercentage of South Africans<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nCrime and violence<\/td>\n62%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/td>\nUnemployment and jobs<\/td>\n55%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/strong><\/td>\nFinancial\/political corruption<\/td>\n52%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/strong><\/td>\nPoverty and social inequality<\/td>\n32%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/strong><\/td>\nEducation<\/td>\n21%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/strong><\/td>\nInflation<\/td>\n18%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/td>\nTaxes<\/td>\n16%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/strong><\/td>\nHealthcare<\/td>\n12%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/strong><\/td>\nMoral decline<\/td>\n11%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nImmigration control<\/td>\n6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nThe rise of extremism<\/td>\n5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nThreats against the environment<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nTerrorism<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nMaintaining social programmes<\/td>\n2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nClimate change<\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nChildhood obesity<\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nAccess to credit<\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read: This South African product has been named as one of the most \u2018genius\u2019 in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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