It is more than a weapon of choice and is not only a recurring theme in the 28 May 2023 campaign, but health continues to be the major problem currently facing the Valencian Community. A little further away from the crisis caused by the coronavirus, which tests public and private resources between 2020-2022, the main concern of citizens remains the health system. This is what the x-ray revealed Invest Group research for Prensa Ibérica newspapers in the Community of Valencia (INFORMACIÓN, Levante-EMV and Mediterráneo) After interviewing 1,500 citizens between 2 and 11 May.
In fact, one in five (20.1%) interviewed health in the first place Among the issues that keep him up at night is a public service area that is put on the table days before the opening. ballot box with multiple proposals to solve problems such as lack of personnel and vehicles; the waiting lists; privatization or reversal of centers; and another factor whose shortcomings have emerged intensively after covid-19: mental health resources.
worries. The stress endured by the healthcare system during the coronavirus pandemic is currently making medical care the main concern for citizens of the Community of Valencia. The prices of daily living, which have risen rapidly due to the war in Ukraine, are in second place. The action of politicians is the third headache.
This health careaccording to the survey it worries women (23%) more than men (17.2%) and worries citizens of the Community of Valencia more if they are older, reaching a maximum of 23.2% in people over 64 age, in a logical evolution, because health in general are the most frequent users of its services.
Inflation
Prices are still in second place on the podium of the citizen’s vision on the main issues facing the Valencian Community, although at a distance already. More than one in ten Valencians, 12.5%, openly voice their concerns. price increase He said that in food, a basic product group whose market value especially affects the lowest income earners, the increase stopped in April for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, and still recorded an increase. an annual increase of 12.5%.
Despite the measures taken by the Generalitat, shopping cart coupon, among the most recent are the fact that inflation of some foods is still very high, for example, given that sugar is 49.6% more expensive today than in April 2022; milk, 27.6%; and cereals, 18.2%.
The average increase in prices continues at unprecedented rates in the Valencia region, at a rate of 12.8% per annum, up to the armed conflict in Europe.
In this chapter, gender differences Although women are ahead of men, they are equal. In terms of age, those aged 25-34 and those aged 50-64 are most concerned about the cost of living and its development.
politicians
It may have resulted from the pre-election process. elections next Sunday municipal and regional governments, but also due to increasing polarization policy Valencians see politicians in all areas as the third problem.
That’s the case for 10.8% of respondents, who focused on the worrying uptrend. citizen discontent against those who run institutions and public administrations. Not just those who lost interest, those who think the political class itself is the problem.
Here, though to a more limited range, the differences between men’s and women’s discretion are reversed: the latter are the ones that worry the most. If we stick to the ages, then youth Ages 25 to 35 are the most active age group, with 11.8% of people in this age group considering politics as the main handicap in Valencia.
Unemployment
Ranked fourth in this ranking drawn by the Invest Group survey, unemployment, a problem that tops similar lists in many cases. It is the last to break the citizens’ 10% barrier when it comes to being identified as the main challenge the region is addressing.
The context to which the data points and the evolution of unemployment in Valencian autonomy, in April 335,444 people are looking for a jobThanks to the services sector, it is 6.1% less than the same month of 2022 and indicates a recovery in the industry, which was affected by the energy price crisis.
between 5% and 10%
The result of the negotiations held in the Community of Valencia in the first days of May other five topics About this, which is considered to be a major issue by 5% to 10% of survey respondents living place, required for 6.9% and ranks fifth. One of the biggest problems of the election campaign is related to the difficulties of accessing a house and the lack of official protection of an IPO.
This lack of wateris a priority for 6.7% in connection with the alleged transfer from Tagus to Segura. Corruption ranks seventh with 5.4%.
This increase in mortgage cost Reintroducing housing at 5.3%, while regional underfunding is closing at 4.3% as a decalogue of Valencians’ main problems.
Finally, immigration, which averages less than 4%, citizen distrust, war in ukraine And lack of infrastructure.
Differences by region are limited
Beyond the Valencia Community averages as a whole, ahead of the regional and municipal elections on 28 May, the Invest Group survey provides data on what is most worrying in different provinces; peculiarities of each region. In Valencia, for example, unemployment is put before politicians, with the second issue behind only health care, in Castellón, where unemployment is also given more importance than the average. In the case of Alicante, the most striking feature is the region with greater difficulties in accessing water resources, the higher percentage of people with the most obvious difficulty being water deficient, 9.8%. In the midst of unresolved issue due to the Tajo-Segura transfer.
TECHNICAL FORM OF THE SURVEY
1,500 phone calls in three provinces: 607 in Valencia, 530 in Alicante and 363 in Castellón. Surveys were conducted between 2-11 May 2023. Stratified sampling by provinces and population. +-2.58% margin of error for a 95.5% confidence level. Source: Investment Group. you can meet here How was the survey done? more details.