Over 40% of Italians feel
satisfied with their financial situations although their overall
levels of happiness with life are higher, national statistical
agency Istat said Thursday.
A survey found the average rating for overall life
satisfaction level was a 6.8 out of 10, similar to last year and
much better than ratings from 2011 and 2012, said Istat.
But the level of happiness with their individual financial
situations was just 43.4%, Istat added in a report on
satisfaction among people aged 14 and over, based on surveys
conducted in March.
Still, that was an improvement of the 40.1% satisfaction
rate measured one year earlier, the agency said in its report
Aspects of Daily Life.
It also found that more than 90% of Italians said they were
pleased with their family relationships and 82% were satisfied
with friends, said Istat.
Just under 80% of the population surveyed were positive
about their health levels and 64.5% said they had adequate
leisure time.
The findings were largely unchanged from 2013, which
followed sharp drops in satisfaction in the 2011 and 2012
surveys, Istat said.
Things looks more bleak in terms of economic change, as
52.1% of households said they saw no improvement in their
financial picture between 2013 and 2014, with a more positive
outlook found among residents of central and northern Italy.
Meanwhile, when asked about their neighbourhoods, traffic
was reported as a major concern for 36.9% of people, and
difficulty in parking was an issue for 35.2%.
Air pollution in their neighbourhood concerned 34.4% while
about 30% of Italians expressed concerns about difficulty in
public transit connections, noise, dirty streets and the risk of
crime.
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