Under-25s 'more worried about air pollution than the economy'
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 @ 12:43 AM
YOUNG adults in Spain are now more worried about air pollution than the state of the country's economy, according to an ongoing social attitudes study.
Ulises, a sociology research section of daily newspaper 20minutos, published an IberCaja-financed report by MyWord which found that respondents aged 18 to 24 were more concerned about climate change and air quality than national economic health and even poverty.
Across the board, those who took part in the survey gave the economy a 7.69 out of 10 for how preoccupied they were – slightly higher than the 7.54 they gave to air pollution.
But adults under 25, although they showed similar concerns to the rest about air quality – 7.55 out of 10 – this was somewhat higher than the 7.13 for the state of the economy and 7.12 for poverty they gave.
This may be partly because a high number of under-25s are often still in full-time education and have less contact with financial issues, although the score out of 10 is still fairly significant, meaning they may well be thinking ahead to when they need to try to forge a career and hope to buy or rent a home.
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