CIS - Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

• 58% believe that young people will live worse than their parents throughout their lives, according to the survey carried out by the CIS on 'Inequalities and social trends'
• 64.5% of those surveyed claim to feel “very or quite satisfied” with their standard of living
• And 52.8% believe that the democratic system favors an equitable distribution of wealth

The CIS has carried out a survey on inequalities and social trends during the month of June in which they ask about situations that generate inequality, standard of living and social classes, among other issues.

86.4% say they are “very or quite concerned” about social inequalities, while 13.1% say they are “little or not at all” concerned. Furthermore, 47.9% say that there are now more inequalities than ten years ago, 35.8% that there are fewer and 11.7% the same. When asked about 10 years from now, 50.6% assure that there will be more, 31.6% that there will be less and 6% that there will be the same as now.

58% of those surveyed believe that young people will live worse throughout their lives than their parents, 19.7% believe that they will live better and 18.6% that they will live the same.

51.2% say that in Spain there are great inequalities "in some aspects, but not in others", 35.4% affirm that there are great social inequalities and 8.7% say that there are few.

Standard of living

64.5% of those surveyed claim to feel “very or quite satisfied” with their standard of living, compared to 30.6% who claim to feel “little or not at all satisfied” and 3.3% think that their personal situation is “ regular".

Regarding future expectations, 47.2% believe that their life will improve during the next 5 years, 33.6% believe that their life will worsen and 14.5% that their life will remain the same.

Regarding class identification, 62.4% affirm that their social class has changed compared to that of their parents. Of them, 62.3% think that it has changed to “much better or better.” Furthermore, 51.9% claim that they now have “many more or more” economic opportunities than their parents had, compared to 37.3% who affirm that there are now “less or much less.”

Social Mobility

55.7% affirm that they have experienced upward social mobility throughout their lives, 26.5% believe that it has been downward and 15.3% believe that they have not had mobility of any kind.
56.9% believe that education is the main element that affects social mobility, 45.5% say that it is personal effort and hard work, and 31.9% believe that the main factor is the family .

Inequalities between Autonomous Communities

According to 41% of those surveyed, the differences between communities have increased, 29.8% believe that they have remained “more or less the same” and 20.6% have tended to decrease.
As for the coming years, 38.8% believe that they will tend to increase, 40.2% that they will be more or less the same and 15.3% that they will tend to decrease.

Situations that generate inequality

85.2% believe that unemployment in Spain will continue to be a major problem. There is also consensus on the statement “in Spain there will be more poor than rich” since it is supported by 76.2% of those surveyed and 62.1% points out that “in Spain, women will have the same presence as men in all areas of society.”

This survey asked about some phrases that reflect opinions that people usually have, 83.3% disagree with the idea that "poor people do not know how to manage their economy well", on the contrary, 88. 8% believe that “child poverty needs urgent and decisive action from the Government.” And 74.5% are in favor of “the Government must guarantee that wealth is distributed fairly among all Spaniards.” Other data provided by the survey are that 70.7% believe that the richest should pay more taxes so that the government has more means to fight poverty and 85.5% assure that the best social policy is employment. .

These and other data are found in the study 'Inequality and social trends' that was carried out from June 6 to 11 and has a sample of 4,006 interviews.

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