76.8% of Spaniards admit that their greatest fear is living through a war

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• Physical health and mental health are the other two aspects that cause the most fear among those surveyed, according to the latest study carried out by the CIS on 'Fears and Uncertainties'
• 35.8% believe they receive less than they have contributed to Spanish society in terms of healthcare, education, public services, transport, etc.
• And 76.9% of those surveyed consider themselves "rather optimistic"

The CIS has conducted a study on fears and uncertainties in which 76.9% of respondents consider themselves "rather optimistic", 14.5% "rather pessimistic" and 7.1% say that they consider themselves a "balanced person, neither optimistic nor pessimistic".

The most optimistic are, in general, women (77.5%), people aged between 35 and 44 (85%), those who live in municipalities with more than 400,000 inhabitants (85.9%), those with higher education (83.1%), those who consider themselves upper and upper middle class (90.4%) and middle-middle class (85.3%), and the indifferent and non-believers (85.1%).

Overall, those who are most pessimistic about the future are those aged between 25 and 34 (21.2%) and between 18 and 24 (20.1%), those who live in municipalities with between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants (17.1%), those with primary education (18.5%), students in general (40%) and professional technicians (21.0%), those who consider themselves lower-middle class (19.1%), and non-practicing Catholics (16.8%).

Regarding how respondents see themselves, 46.2% believe the phrase "finds it easy to put themselves in other people's shoes" describes them, and 42.1% say that statement describes them completely. 43.2% say that "is extroverted and sociable" describes them completely, and 40% say that it "more or less describes them." Regarding the phrase "has a tendency to criticize others," 43.6% say that it "more or less describes them," 37% say that it "doesn't describe them at all," and 12.7% say that it "more or less describes them."

73.9% say they do not have general “feelings of fear or dread,” while 23% indicate that they do. Only 2.9% say they “sometimes” experience them.
The fear of wars and current conflicts is the biggest concern among people who usually have feelings of fear or dread (76.8%), physical health would be the biggest concern for 72.6% and mental health for 69.9%.

General overview of the current situation in the world and in Spain

68% of Spaniards say that, when taking stock of the current world situation, pessimistic issues outweigh the positive ones. Only 27.3% say that optimistic issues outweigh the positive ones.

Regarding the current situation in Spain, 67.7% of those surveyed say that, when taken into account, the issues that lead to pessimism outweigh the others, and only 26.8% believe that this assessment leads to optimism.

Contribution of Spanish society

37.1% believe they have received roughly what they have contributed to Spanish society in terms of healthcare, education, public services, transportation, etc. 35.8% believe they have received less than they have contributed. And 25.6% think they have received more from Spanish society than they have contributed.

Fear of war

66.2% say they have thought at some point that Spain could be involved in a war in the coming years, while 33.1% say they have not thought about it.

57% believe that this war could be against Russia, 42.2% against Morocco and 30.4% against the United States.

59.2% say they are “very or quite satisfied” with the times they live in, 18.4% consider themselves satisfied, and only 21.4% say they are “not very or not at all satisfied”.

Thinking about the future

71.7% believe that life is better and that more progress has been made in our time than at any other time in history. 20.8% disagree, and 5.8% believe that in some aspects yes and in others no.
33.1% believe life will be "much better or better" in the future than it is now, while the number of those who think it will be "worse or much worse" rises to 54.6%. Only 6.6% say life will be "the same, neither better nor worse."

Life expectancy

33.1% of Spaniards expect to live between 80 and 89 years, while 29.7% expect to live between 90 and 99 years. 8.4% say they expect to live from 100 to 109 years, and 1.3% expect to live 110 years or more.

These and other data are collected in the barometer carried out from November 3 to 11 with 2,052 interviews.