Individuals cross the street on the way in which to work on a snowy day, Seoul, Feb. 12. Yonhap
The variety of Koreans who mentioned they felt anxiousness and emotions of despair elevated final 12 months, whereas perceptions of happiness differed by earnings group, a survey consequence confirmed Thursday.
The respondents who mentioned they felt anxiousness recorded 4.1 out of 10 factors final 12 months, in contrast with 3.4 factors in 2023, and emotions of despair additionally ticked up from 2.8 factors to three.5 factors in the identical interval, in line with the information by the Korea Institute of Public Administration.
The survey was carried out on 8,251 adults from August to September final 12 months to look into the extent of social integration and public notion.
Public notion of happiness recorded a mean of 6.8 factors, a 0.1 level improve from the earlier 12 months.
On the similar time, the bottom earnings group, with lower than 1 million received ($693) in month-to-month earnings, who mentioned they felt happiness decreased by 0.1 factors from the 12 months earlier than to six.0 factors, whereas the identical fee for the best earnings teams with over 6 million received in month-to-month earnings elevated from 6.8 factors to 7.0 factors final 12 months.
Satisfaction charges for political and financial circumstances within the nation rose 0.7 factors every from the earlier 12 months, recording 5.1 and 5.3 factors, respectively.
In the meantime, individuals who described their views as average recorded 45.2 %, nearing half, accounting for the most important proportion amongst political inclinations, regardless of its 1.5 percentage-point drop from the 12 months earlier than.
One other 30.2 % described themselves as conservatives, whereas 24.6 % thought of themselves liberals. (Yonhap)
