NewsWhore
04-16-2008, 02:41 PM
The high cost of living and the lack of jobs were the two salient points coming out of the most recent poll carried out by CID-Latinoamerica during the last week of March and the first week of April. In response to the question: "What is the biggest problem we have in the Dominican Republic?" 30% answered "the cost of living" and 18% answered "the lack of jobs". During February, the cost of living was mentioned only 25% of the time, and job shortages were cited by 15% of those interviewed.
Yet another issue raised by the survey is violence, which was mentioned in 19% of the interviews, but this was, perhaps, good news, since the February survey reported violence as an issue for 25% of those interviewed.
According to the CID-Latinoamerica pollsters, the cost of living and job issues were singled out as important by people on medium and low incomes, who lived outside Santo Domingo or who had seen their own situations deteriorate over the past year. Crime and violence was cited by one in five interviewed, tending to come from people who have been able to handle the increase in the cost of living, generally from a higher income bracket.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)
Yet another issue raised by the survey is violence, which was mentioned in 19% of the interviews, but this was, perhaps, good news, since the February survey reported violence as an issue for 25% of those interviewed.
According to the CID-Latinoamerica pollsters, the cost of living and job issues were singled out as important by people on medium and low incomes, who lived outside Santo Domingo or who had seen their own situations deteriorate over the past year. Crime and violence was cited by one in five interviewed, tending to come from people who have been able to handle the increase in the cost of living, generally from a higher income bracket.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)