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Research: Rising prices, the state of the economy and credits - sources of stress for Romanians
The rising prices is the main stress generating factor in Romania, 6 out of 10 Romania saying they felt stressed because of the increasing prices, showed a research study conducted by Daedalus Millward Brown in seven countries in the region.
The stress level in Romania is close to the average level in the region, higher than in countries such as the Czech Republic or Slovakia, but lower compared with Serbia, Croatia or Turkey.
Thus, according to the research, 63.8 percent of the Romanians said they felt stressed or very stressed, which percentage is slightly higher compared with the average level in the region (of 60.5 percent). Serbians are the most stressed people in the region (68.6 percent), followed by the Croatians (68.3 percent), while the Czech (43.6 percent) and the Slovaks (50.6 percent) seem to feel less stressed.
Daniel Enescu, managing partner at Daedalus Millward Brown, said that ‘each of the respondents to the poll saying they felt stressed were asked to choose between three big stress generating sources. Thus, the study was able to identify the main causes of stress at regional level, which were: the state of the economy (51.4 percent), the credits (44.1 percent), the rising prices (43.0 percent), the shrinking personal income 937.4 percent) and the current job (32.8 percent).
The rising prices represented the biggest stress generating source in Romania (47.0 percent), followed by the state of the economy (44 percent) and the credits (44.1 percent). The concern related to credits placed Romania on the third place in the region, after Turkey and Croatia.
The research was conducted on a sample of 2.306 respondents in seven countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The data were collected in August 2013 from the Daedalus Online Panel. The samples are representatives for the population living in the urban area, aged between 18 and 65 years old.