Nearly half Italians want to leave Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, January 30 - Nearly half of Italians, or 45%, would like to leave the country and live abroad, a poll said Friday.
    This marked an increase of 8% from 2006, two years before the global economic crisis, said the Eurispes polling agency in its annual report.
    It also found that almost half of Italians, 47%, say they can't make it financially to the end of the month.
    This was 16.4% up on last year, Eurispes said.
    As well, four out of 10 Italians think the Italian economy would do better outside the eurozone.
    The percentage of Italians wanting out of the euro rose from 26% at the start of 2014 to 40% now, said Eurispes.
    More than half the Euroskeptics think the single currency is the chief cause of Italy's economic woes, it added.
    The poll also showed that nearly half of Italians are paying medical bills on installment plans, part of a growing trend for all kinds of spending.
    The 46.7% of those surveyed who reported paying medical bills gradually has jumped by 24.3% from 2013, the pollster said. As well, 62.4% said they were paying for their cars on installments, 60.4% used such plans for appliances, and just over 50% bought computers and mobile phones by installment.