Survey: Financial Impacts of Pandemic already Felt by Half of Slovaks

3. apríla 2020 16:37
Bratislava, April 3 (TASR) - Almost half of Slovaks have already felt the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey carried out by Ipsos agency on a sample of 1,003 respondents older than 18 between March 27-30. "In a detailed view, 34 percent of Slovaks stated that the financial situation of their households has worsened as a result of the epidemic, with 13 percent even claiming that it has done so significantly," said the agency. A deterioration has been felt, for example, by people with secondary school education but without a school-leaving exam (57 percent) and young families or families with two children. "However, an impaired financial situation is most apparent among the self-employed, with as many as 68 percent of them observing it," stated the agency. Meanwhile, the other half of the respondents view their financial situation as stable, while 1 percent even said that it's improved during the crisis. Almost half of Slovaks view the pandemic as a big threat to their jobs. The agency also compared the results for Slovaks with the results of its global survey. The number of Slovaks who view the epidemic as a threat to their jobs is lower than in some other countries. "Higher levels of concern among people are observable in France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, with almost two thirds of the populations there having this kind of worry. Conversely, Russian and Japan respondents were the least concerned," said the agency. The survey also confirmed that people are using e-shops more frequently during the pandemic (39 percent) and that their expectations of them are changing as well. "An increase in the volume of online shopping has been confirmed by the finding that four in ten Slovaks have used e-shopping with home delivery over the past 14 days, with 20 percent of them making use of this service once and another 20 percent twice or more," stated the agency. ko/df/bub
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