Epidemic poses great threat, say 16%: stats office

In August, 16 percent of respondents believe that the epidemiological situation poses a great threat to their personal financial situation, Poland’s Central Statistical Office has reported.

Answering questions about consumer prosperity, 41.2 percent of interviewees said they feel the average threat, as 26.0 percent declared a low risk and 16.8 percent said no risk.

Among working people (60.6 percent of respondents), 4.6 percent feel a definite fear of losing their job or stopping their own business. In the case of variants of answers “possible” and “rather not,” the response rate was 17.9 percent and 39.0 percent. The percentage of working people who have no concerns is 35.8 percent.

(PAP)