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How real do you feel the threat is for you and your family having to face any of the following in the next 12 months?

Characteristic	A very real threat	A somewhat real threat	Not much of a real threat	Not a real threat at all
Deteriorating health (mental or physical)	18%	44%	29%	9%
Loss of income or employment	22%	38%	28%	11%
More frequent occurrence of weather-related natural disasters	18%	42%	30%	10%
Conflicts and trade disputes between my country and other countries	13%	41%	34%	12%
Worsening social prejudice or inequality (for example due to gender or ethnicity)	13%	35%	36%	17%
More difficutly accessing training/education	12%	33%	37%	18%
More difficulty accessing digital tools and technology	8%	25%	45%	22%

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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

December 23, 2020 to January 8, 2021

Number of respondents

23,004 respondents

Age group

18-74 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Results of a 28-country survey

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According to a survey conducted between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, deteriorating mental and/or physical health was perceived to be a real threat by 62 percent of the respondents. In particular, 44 percent of the people interviewed saw it as a somewhat real threat for them or their family in the next 12 months. Moreover, three out of five individuals across the world perceived loss of income or employment, and more frequent weather-related natural disasters as real threats. In contrast, only one third of the respondents were worried about increasing difficulty in accessing digital tools and technology.