Madrid, March 15, 2021. On March 16 , at 11:30 a.m. , the barometer for the month of March will be available to all media on the website of the Center for Sociological Research (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

The Consumer Confidence Index rises 10.2 points compared to last month The CCI for February reaches 65.9 points, which represents 10.2 points more than the previous month's figure of 55.7 It is the best data since March 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic Madrid, March 5, 2021 . Consumer confidence rises in the month of February according to the monthly report from the Center for Sociological Research. The CCI reaches 65.9 points, a notable improvement compared to the 55.7 in January . This increase is due to the increase of 4.3 points in the assessment of the current situation, and to the rise in expectations, which increased by 16 points. The Expectations Index in the month of February is 96.4 points, which represents an increase of 16 points compared to the previous month. This improvement is due to the positive evolution of its three components: the assessment of the evolution of the economy in the immediate future, which rises by 20.2 points, the assessment of the future of the labor market, which rises by 17 points and, finally, the future evolution of the situation of households, which is valued 10.8 points more than in the month of January. The CCI for February (65.9 points) provides the best data since March 2020, the date on which the index stood at 63.3 points. This CIS study is based on a representative sample of the Spanish population with 2,840 interviews. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, March 4, 2021. On March 5 , at 11:30 a.m. , the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (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.

Mental health during the pandemic 23.4% of Spaniards acknowledge that they have been afraid of dying due to COVID-19 According to the Mental Health survey carried out by the CIS, 35.1% acknowledge that “they have cried due to the situation we are in due to COVID-19” 41.9% claim to have suffered “sleep problems” since the beginning of the pandemic This is the first scientific study on Mental Health during the pandemic, based on a representative sample of the Spanish population with more than 3,000 interviews. Madrid, March 4, 2021 . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIS has carried out a survey on the Mental Health of Spaniards. This survey reveals that 23.4% of the population has felt very or quite "afraid of dying due to the coronavirus" , 18.4% among men and 28.3% among women. By age, those who have been most afraid of dying from COVID-19 are people between 55 and 64 years old. (26.2%). 68.6% have felt a lot or quite a lot of “fear that a family member or loved one may die” and 72.3% acknowledge that they have felt a lot or a lot of worry that “a family member or loved one may become infected.” 35.1% admit that “they have cried because of this situation”, 16.9% of men and 52.8% of women. By age, the youngest, those between 18 and 24 years old, are the ones who most acknowledge that they have cried because of the pandemic situation (42.8%) . He has also wondered if since the epidemic began they have felt bad for any reason. 41.9% "have had sleep problems" , 51.9% have acknowledged "feeling tired or with little energy" and 38.7% have had "headaches", among other problems such as tachycardia, dizziness or fainting. Furthermore, in this last year 61.2% of Spaniards feel more worried about their health than before. Mental health in minors Changes have also been reflected in the behavior of children and adolescents. 52.2% of parents who have minor children (843 sample interviews) with whom they have lived during the pandemic have noticed changes in their children's way of being. Of those who have noticed some change in the behavior of their cohabiting children or grandchildren, 72.7% say that their children or grandchildren have suffered “mood changes,” 78.6% “changes in living habits,” and 30.4% “changes in sleep”. Academic collaboration The Scientific Direction of this survey has been led by the UNED Professor, Bonifacio Sandín , specialized in Personality, evaluation and psychological treatments, and the psychiatrist, psychotherapist and professor of Psychopathology at the UNED, José Luis Pedreira . Professor Pedreira has assured that the importance of this study lies “in the sample size that is representative and includes all age ranges.” Pedreira has also highlighted “the feeling of fear of contagion and death in young adults, as well as crying several times a day” in this age range. And it has highlighted the increase in the prescription of psychotropic drugs (more than double those prescribed before the start of the pandemic), especially anxiolytics, antidepressants and sleep inducers, and with treatment durations exceeding 3 months. Professor Sandín has agreed to highlight "the importance of the sample", which is representative of the population of the entire country, which is why it is the "first study that can provide longitudinal data." And he noted that with the pandemic, “sleep problems, the tendency to cry and worries about getting sick” have increased. Sandín has also stressed that "the lower-middle class and those who consider themselves working class and working class suffer more mental disorders than those who identify themselves as upper class, with the middle-middle class placing themselves in an intermediate position." The research by the Sociological Research Center is the first representative survey on the mental health of Spaniards carried out during the pandemic with a sample of 3,083 interviews carried out from February 19 to 25.

Madrid, March 3, 2021. On March 4 , at 11:30 a.m. , the first representative survey carried out on the mental health of Spaniards during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a scientific study based on more than 3,000 interviews , which also includes questions related to the mental health and behavior of minors. The survey has had the scientific direction of experts such as the UNED Professor, Bonifacio Sandín , specialized in Personality, evaluation and psychological treatments, and the psychiatrist, psychotherapist and professor of Psychopathology at the UNED, José Luis Pedreira . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, March 25, 2021. On March 26 , at 11:30 a.m. , the survey on "Trends in the digital society during the COVID-19 pandemic" will be available to all users on the Center's website. of Sociological Research (www.cis.es). For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, April 21, 2021. The CIS has carried out a 'flash' survey in the Community of Madrid with the aim of analyzing and identifying more closely the main trends and data of the socio-political and electoral reality, given the high number of people They make their voting decisions during the campaign . The data from this new 'flash' survey initiative will be available to all media and interested people on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es), tomorrow, April 22 at 11:30 a.m. This type of 'flash' polls , faster and closer to a certain political event, allow us to better understand and assess reality in contexts in which the number of undecided people is increasing, with high volatility in the vote persisting until the last moment. . The CIS has published surveys on several occasions during the electoral campaign period, respecting the legal criterion of prohibition of dissemination of surveys during the five days prior to the vote , as stated in article 69 of Organic Law 5/1985. , of June 19, of the General Electoral Regime . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, April 16, 2021. On Monday, April 19 , at 11:30 a.m. , the barometer for the month of April will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (www.cis.es) . For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.

Madrid, July 2, 2021. On July 5 , at 11:30 a.m., the CCI (Consumer Confidence Index) will be available to all media on the website of the Sociological Research Center (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.

The institution has carried out 4 comparative studies (monthly barometers and the CCI for June and July) with the company Sigma Dos, which shows practically identical data. The CIS has validated the procedures and quality of its telephone surveys through 4 comparative studies; the barometers and the Consumer Confidence Indices for June and July. The Institution implemented the CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview) system for telephone interviews in June 2020 due to the impossibility of carrying out personal surveys during the pandemic for health reasons. A very common system in Spain for public opinion research, essentially for reasons of speed and reliability in data collection. The CIS has verified that, using the same sample size -about 4,000 interviews-, with identical sample designs and the same questionnaires, the CIS CATI system is aligned with the standards of the private population survey companies that work with this same system. The comparative analysis of the barometers and CCI for June and July prepared by the CIS and those carried out by Sigma Dos, show practically identical data in the vast majority of the questions in the surveys that have been compared. It is the result of carrying out studies with maximum rigor and with high quality standards throughout the process, from the design of the questionnaire to the random selection of the people interviewed and the obtaining of data. Research centers that follow rigorous survey procedures routinely run "mirror surveys" (parallel) as a form of quality control of study-related activities . A mirror survey is one that is carried out in parallel to the one regularly carried out by the institution, which is entrusted to an external company without any connection with the entity and which replicates exactly the study carried out by the institution with the same questionnaire and with the same methodology. . For this reason, the CIS put out to public tender the execution of 4 studies parallel to the barometers and the Consumer Confidence Indices for June and July, which were awarded to Sigma Dos. The technical characteristics of all CIS studies, such as the data exploitation carried out, as well as the data matrices, are available to anyone who wishes to work in greater depth using all the data available on the CIS website, which They are open access to all people. You can access these surveys, included under code 11001, from the CIS website by 'Latest studies' or directly through this link 'Study information'. You can consult the ' Methodological note ' here. You can consult the ' Press release ' here. For any questions, the Communication telephone number is 91 580 76 25.