Rainer (guest) meinte am 31. Dec, 04:16:
Bias
I doubt that in a 10 year projection only the economic aspects are relevant for a person. I guess that personal aging and even the fear of death creates a bias for a significant portion of the interviewed people. Do you know of other results that show deviation of autrians "gloom"-expectations compared to other countries?
Mahalanobis antwortete am 31. Dec, 07:23:
One
of the questions I referred to was: "Do you think that in the year 2015 Austrians will be poorer, richer, or as well of as today? ("Was glauben Sie: Werden die Österreicher im Jahr 2015 ärmer, reicher oder gleich wohlhabend sein wie heute?") There's probably not much room for interpretation.But I agree that the answer to "will life will be harder in the future" could reflect a biological truism. The problem of getting old came to my mind too, but more due to the fact that we had a pension reform only recently.
I know that Vienna ranks among the top 10 (or even top 5) in most quality of life surveys on the one hand, but on the other there are surveys around stating that Vienna has one of the highest rates of depressed people. Sometimes I really think that the only thing what people here really enjoy is grumbling ;-D.
Rainer (guest) antwortete am 31. Dec, 12:18:
if
if you think that you live in the world's leading nation for glooming and grumbling - I have to disappoint you - you're only number #2 :).
