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According to Ipsos, South Africans worry the most about crime and violence followed by unemployment and political or financial corruption.
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Ipsos has released its most recent ‘What Worries the World’ study which pulls data from 28 countries, including South Africa.
According to Ipsos, ‘What Worries the World’ is a monthly online survey of adults aged under 65 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Britain, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.
A total of 20,787 interviews were conducted between 24 August 2018 to 7 September 2018 among adults aged 18-64 in Canada, Israel and the US, and adults aged 16-64 in all other countries.
It found that most people across the 28 countries think that their country is on the wrong track (60% on average).
In fact, only 19% of South Africans think that SA is heading in the right direction.
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It seems South Africans are not too worried about access to credit (1%), childhood obesity (1%), climate change (1%), terrorism (2%) or immigration control (6%) compared to other countries.
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