Flash Eurobarometer 338: Monitoring the social impact of the crisis: public perceptions in the European Union (wave 6)

The sixth Flash Eurobarometer on the social impact of the crisis reveals that a significant number of Europeans (80%) think poverty has increased in their own country over the past 12 months. In all but four countries, in comparison with the previous October 2010 wave, more respondents feel that their financial situation has worsened in the past year and only 14% of EU citizens think their household's financial situation will improve in the next year. Difficulties with the affordability of services such as health care, childcare and long-term care are perceived as a problem by more than one third of Europeans. Feelings of job security and optimism about the present and future economic developments are highest in Northern-European countries. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows:* Volume A: Countries* Volume AA: Groups of countries* Volume A' (AP): Trends* Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries* Volume B: EU/socio-demographics* Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ----Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)