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The CIS has carried out a survey on the insecurity generated by the Internet, minors' access to certain websites, Artificial Intelligence and other questions that have been asked among a sample over 16 years old. Regarding internet insecurity, 47.4% of those surveyed have claimed to have suffered a scam or attempted scam in the last 12 months. Of this percentage, 84.2% claim to have “received suspicious emails or mobile messages requesting personal or financial information.” Unauthorized access to personal information via the Internet is what most worries Spaniards (77.2%), while 76.8% say it is sexual crimes. For 76.1%, the most worrying thing is having their identity stolen and for 74.3% it is fraudulent links through mobile messages. Regarding the security measures that Spaniards take to avoid these risks, 76.4% state that they only access pages that they trust, and 75.3% only make online purchases on websites that seem safe to them. Furthermore, 60% of Spaniards acknowledge having “little or no” knowledge about security and protection of personal data on the Internet, compared to 36.6% who say they have “a lot or quite a lot” of knowledge on this topic. Among those who have been victims of an online scam, 55.5% say they have reported it to the relevant authorities, and it is young people between 25 and 34 years old who suffer the most from scams or attempted scams, 61.3%. On a scale of 1 to 10, Spaniards who use the Internet say they feel quite concerned about the risks that the Internet entails today, with an average of 6.44. The risks of Artificial Intelligence 80.4% of Spaniards believe that there are risks in the use of artificial intelligence, and 70.6% have indicated that they may be “very or quite serious” risks. Not being able to distinguish whether what we see on the Internet is real or not “worries a lot or a lot” to 75.3% of citizens, and the fact that images can be manipulated to create false content worries 74.9%. Another concern expressed in the survey is that certain professions may disappear due to the use of artificial intelligence, which worries 63.1%. Furthermore, 29.9% have been affected by false information on the internet in the last twelve months. Therefore, there is consensus on the need to “establish limitations on the spread of false information on the Internet” (92.5%). Restricted use of mobile phones 93% of Spaniards are in favor of prohibiting the use of mobile phones in Primary Education (under 12 years of age) and 69.8% of doing so in the ESO stage (from 12 to 16 years of age). Regarding the possibility of online sexual crimes occurring among minors, there is a consensus among those surveyed - 94% - are in favor of placing restrictions on Internet access. Regarding the type of restrictions, 37.8% of those surveyed believe that it should be “the websites that restrict access to minors with adequate age verification systems”, 35% assure that the restriction should come from “a parental control to pages and applications” and 7.9% attribute it to “education to encourage responsible use of the Internet.” Regarding who should establish these restrictions, 78.5% say that “fathers and mothers through mobile and computer controls”, 33.9% affirm that it should be the “government and authorities through laws”, 12.8% say that the owners of the websites and another 12.8% say that the educational centers. 36.2% believe that the greatest risk is in “access to pornography and violence”, 24.9% believe that being “the object of scams or financial deceptions” and 17.9% say that the most common risk is to suffer harassment (bullying, coercion or threats). “Receiving and sending sexual photos or videos” is also a big risk for 15.8%. These and other data are found in the 'Insecurity on the Internet' study, which was carried out from February 13 to 20 and has a sample of 5,917 interviews.

On March 4, at 12:30 p.m., the preview of the results of the study 'Inseguridad en la red' will be available to all media and interested people on the website of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25 / 664 470 083.

On March 4 , at 12:30 p.m. , the preliminary results of the study "Insecurity on the Internet" will be available to all media and interested parties on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). For any questions, please call the Communications office at 91 580 76 25 / 664 470 083.

The CIS welcomed the professors of the Sociology I Department at UNED this Wednesday. The institution's president, José Félix Tezanos, showed them around the facilities and explained the center's long history, captured in the exhibition celebrating the CIS's 60th anniversary, which can be visited in the building's auditorium. José Félix Tezanos has shown them the most historic places in the CIS, such as the historical archive, the library, and the top floor, where the former office of the former Minister of Culture, Jorge Semprún, is still preserved.        

Resolution of February 22, 2024 of the Center for Sociological Research publishing the call for grants for training and research in matters of interest to the organization, by 2024

The study 3442 'Campaña de las elecciones autonómicas de Galicia 2024' is now available. They have at their disposal the microdata file, the marginal and crossing reports, and the technical documentation. You can access this study from the Study Catalog search engine or directly through the link indicated below.

The study 3438 'Índice de Confianza del Consumidor (ICC). Enero 2024' is now available. They have at their disposal the microdata file, the marginal and crossing reports, and the technical documentation. You can access this study from the Study Catalog search engine or directly through the link indicated below.

The study 3441 'Barómetro de febrero 2024' is now available. They have at their disposal the microdata file, the marginal and crossing reports, and the technical documentation. You can access this study from the Study Catalog search engine or directly through the link indicated below.

The study 3440 'Precampaña de las elecciones autonómicas de Galicia 2024' is now available. They have at their disposal the microdata file, the marginal and crossing reports, and the technical documentation. You can access this study from the Study Catalog search engine or directly through the link indicated below.

The study 3437 'Preelectoral de Galicia. Elecciones autonómicas 2024' is now available. They have at their disposal the microdata file, the marginal and crossing reports, and the technical documentation. You can access this study from the Study Catalog search engine or directly through the link indicated below.

The president of the CIS, José Félix Tezanos, welcomed the ten new scholarship recipients in the institution's assembly hall, where he explained to them the functioning of the organization and showed them the exhibition for the 60th anniversary. The CIS postgraduate training scholarship program aims to contribute to the training of professionals in the production and analysis of statistical data each year. During their stay at the Center for Sociological Research, the scholarship recipients will learn first-hand about the process of producing statistical information and the development, from its first steps, of a quantitative research project. The director of Publications and Research Promotion, Rosario H. Sánchez Morales, the director of the Data Bank, María Belén Romero García, the director of the Cabinet, Óscar Iglesias, and the head of the Development service participated in the presentation event. to Research, Santiago Sánchez.      

On February 15, at 13:00 p.m., the preview of the results of the ICC (Índice de Confianza del Consumidor) will be available to all media and interested people on the website of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (www.cis.es). The ICC collects monthly the assessment of the recent evolution and expectations of Spanish consumers related to their family economy, employment and their savings and consumption possibilities. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25 / 664 470 083.

Resolution of the Presidency of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas announcing the award of 10 training scholarships for postgraduates in subjects of interest to the Agency for the year 2024

The CIS has prepared the monthly barometer with the usual policy questions and other current questions related to minors' access to pornographic websites, economic scams on the Internet, and the armed conflicts in the Middle East and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. among other issues. Estimated vote and preference for the president of the government Technical tie between the PP, which would achieve 33.2% of the votes, and the PSOE with 33%. SUMAR would be in third position with 10.2% of the votes and VOX would obtain 7.9%. Pedro Sánchez is the favorite to be president of the government for 25.6% of Spaniards, 8.4 points behind Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is preferred for 17.2%. Yolanda Díaz is the favorite for 7.2%, Santiago Abascal for 5% and Isabel Díaz Ayuso for 3.5%. Regarding the defined respondents, the distances increase: 40.9% of those surveyed who give their opinion prefer Pedro Sánchez as President of the Government, 13.4 points ahead of Feijóo, whom 27.5% prefer, with Yolanda Diaz in third position with 11.6%.   Access by minors to pornographic content on the Internet 93.9% of those surveyed are in favor of “restricting or prohibiting” the access of minors to pornographic websites. Furthermore, 60.4% believe that parents should be the ones who control and prohibit access to porn on the Internet, 46.9% assure that it should be the government and the competent authorities through legislation, and 13 .7% the owners of those web pages.   Financial scams through the internet 52% of citizens claim to have suffered a scam or attempted scam through their mobile device, computer, tablet or other electronic device. And of them, 59% claim that it was through a link in an SMS, 42.8% via fraudulent email, 37.9% with a fake WhatsApp message, and 31.4% through a fake operator who called by phone. 81.6% of Spaniards say that they are “very or quite concerned” about economic scams through electronic devices. And of them, 58.6% indicate that it should be the government and authorities that legislate to solve this type of scams, 24.6% the State security forces and bodies, and 13.4% the service providers. Internet services. Economic situation and main concerns 63.4% say that their personal economic situation is “very good or good”, compared to 24.2% who say it is “bad or very bad” and 11.5% say it is average. The main problems that Spaniards identify that affect them personally the most at the moment are the economic crisis and those of an economic nature (33.6%), along with health (17.7%) and problems related to the quality of employment (14.1%). 80.6% of those surveyed are “very or quite concerned” about climate change. 68.4% are “very or quite concerned” about the war in the Middle East. At the same time, 66.2% are very/fairly concerned about the invasion of Ukraine. These and other data are collected in the monthly barometer carried out from February 1 to 6 with 3,926 interviews.

The electoral campaign survey for the regional elections in Galicia carried out by the CIS indicates that the PP could lose its absolute majority, obtaining 42.2% of the votes, and between 34 and 38 seats. The BNG rises to 33.4% of the votes and would have between 24 and 31 seats. The PSdeG-PSOE would be in third place with 18.1% of the votes and an estimate of between 9 and 14 seats. SUMAR could obtain representation with 2.8% of the votes. And VOX could obtain a seat with 2.4%. Leaders assessment The BNG candidate, Ana Pontón, is the best rated with a 5.89 followed by Alfonso Rueda who obtains a 5.29. The PSdeG-PSOE candidate, Xosé Ramón Gómez Bestiero, gets a 4.85. Marta Lois from SUMAR reaches 4.06 and Pachi Vázquez from Espazo Común Galeguista 3.58. Ana Pontón is the candidate who is thought to care the most about the problems of Galicia with 39.4% ahead of Alfonso Rueda with 30.7%. For 34.2% of Galicians, the BNG is the party that is raising issues of most interest to Galicia in the campaign, followed by the PP (29.3%). And as for the party that is dealing with issues of personal interest, the BNG is in first place (27.4%) followed by the PP (27%). Voting decision 23.7% of Galicians have not yet decided which party or coalition they are going to vote for on February 18, while 4.4% assure that they will decide the meaning of their vote during the day of reflection and on the 7th, 4% on election day itself. Television, favorite for information The medium preferred by Galicians to find out about party programs and candidates' proposals is television with 58.3%, followed by the press in its different formats for 46.1%. Social networks occupy third place, with 35.7% and in fourth place is the radio, which is the medium chosen by 27.6%. The data from this survey carried out between February 5 and 7, with 3,945 interviews, are available to all media and interested people on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es).

Resolution of the Presidency of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, which makes public the award of admission to the XXXII Postgraduate Training Course for Specialists in applied social research and data analysis 2023-2024, and the award of tuition aid linked to its completion.

On February 12, at 1:00 p.m., the preview of the results of the 'Barómetro de febrero 2024' will be available to all media and interested people on the website of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25 / 664 470 083.

On February 12, at 11:30 a.m., the preview of the results of the study 'Campaña de las elecciones autonómicas de Galicia 2024' will be available to all media and interested people on the website of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25 / 664 470 083.

The Center for Sociological Research has carried out a survey on associations in Spain, types of associations and their trends. 62.9% of Spaniards affirm that they have never belonged to a civic, cultural, social or political association. On the contrary, 22.3% say they do it currently and 14.6% say they did it at some point. By sex, 65.4% of women have never belonged to an association. A higher percentage than men, which stands at 60.3%. By age, citizens between 65 and 74 years old (28%) and those between 45 and 54 years old (25.1%) are those who participate the most in associations. While the lowest percentages of current membership in an association are found in the age groups between 25 and 34 years (12.9%) and between 18 and 24 years (13.8). Young people are less likely to participate in the public sphere through some association. 80% of young people between 18 and 24 years old have never belonged to an association, a percentage that drops to 53% in people between 65 and 74 years old. Cultural associations are those that bring together the most people (9.6%), followed by political parties or associations (9.1%) and unions in third place (6.5%). Dedication time Of the 22.3% who claim to participate in associations, 16.9% have dedicated more than 20 hours to their association in the last three months, 11.9% between 1 and 4 hours, and 51.4% "not at all." or practically nothing.” Among Spaniards who have never belonged to any type of association, 32% say it is “because they have never thought about it”, 29.5% because “they do not have time” and 17.5% have indicated “they do not "He is interested in participating in none." Political parties 36.2% of citizens assure that people who belong to political parties have “a lot or quite a lot of capacity” to choose the candidates on the electoral lists. Furthermore, 33.2% say that members have “a lot or quite a lot of capacity” to participate in the content of the party's political programs. Unions 59.7% believe that it is “very or quite useful” to belong to a union to “protect and improve the labor rights of all workers”, however, 38.1% assure that it is “little or not at all useful”. And 56.2% affirm that belonging to a union is “very or quite useful” to strengthen their role in society. Feminist associations 61.3% of citizens agree that belonging to a feminist organization is “very or quite useful” to ensure that “public administrations are more active in eliminating discrimination between men and women. environmental organization 69.9% of citizens believe that belonging to an environmental organization is very or quite useful in alerting society to the risks of climate change. And 64.6% affirm that it is very or quite useful to mobilize society to protect the environment. Influence 70.6% consider that political parties have the most influence on political decisions in Spain, followed by business organizations (64.1%) and unions with 49.1%. 45.3% argue that feminist organizations are the most influential. And 37.5% religious associations. In 5 years… 50.8% assure that environmental associations are going to have much more importance than they have now in political decisions in Spain, followed by business organizations (46.6%) and feminist associations (45.2%). . On the other hand, 47.8% indicate that religious associations will have less influence than now on the country's political decisions. The data from this survey carried out between January 11 and 24, with a sample of 5,973 interviews, are available to all media and interested people on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es).