Tuesday, June 22, 2010
[IWS] Eurobarometer: EU SOCIAL IMPACT of the CRISIS--MONITORING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS [22 June 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Commission
Survey conducted by The Gallup Organization, Hungary upon the request of
Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Eurobarometer
Flash EB Series #289
Monitoring the social impact of the crisis: public perceptions in the European Union
Wave 4: Analytical report [22 June 2010]
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/flash_arch_en.htm#289
or
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_289_en.pdf
[full-text, 110 pages]
and
Summary
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_289_sum_en.pdf
One European in six reports a constant struggle to pay household bills and three quarters believe that poverty has increased in their country over the past year. These are the key results from a new Eurobarometer survey on social impacts of the crisis, presented by the EU Commission today. The survey, carried out in May 2010, marks the halfway mark of the 2010 European Year against poverty and comes after EU leaders agreed on 17 June to lift 20 million Europeans out of poverty and social exclusion over the next decade.
CONTENTS
Table of contents .................................................................................................................................. 3
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Main findings ....................................................................................................................................... 5
1. Perceptions about the existence of poverty .................................................................................... 8
1.1 Perceived trends in poverty at local, national and EU levels........................................................ 8
1.2 Estimating the proportion of poor people in the respondent’s country ...................................... 13
2. Degree of financial difficulty ......................................................................................................... 17
2.1 Running out of money to pay for essential goods and services .................................................. 17
2.2 Keeping up with household bills and credit commitments ......................................................... 20
3. Changes in healthcare and social-care affordability ................................................................... 24
4. Expectations about the household financial situation ................................................................. 30
5. Views about being able to cope financially ................................................................................... 35
6. Views on the future affordability of accommodation .................................................................. 42
7. Opinions about the employment situation.................................................................................... 44
7.1 Respondents’ confidence in their ability to keep their job ......................................................... 44
7.2 Respondents’ confidence in finding a job in the event of being laid off .................................... 47
8. Personal concerns about future finances ...................................................................................... 52
8.1 The impact of changes in pension entitlements .......................................................................... 52
8.2 Interviewees’ concerns regarding their income in old age ......................................................... 54
I. Annex tables ................................................................................................................................... 60
II. Survey details ............................................................................................................................... 100
III. Questionnaire ............................................................................................................................. 106
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