Thursday,
December 21, 2006
Italians Cite STRESS at Work and Low PAY as
Top Worries
The
ANNOTICO Report
Two
separate articles point out the foremost concerns of Italians.
(1)
job stress
(2)
low pay
Poll: Most Italians say Stress a Problem, Cite
their Jobs as a Top Cause
The International Tribune
The
Associated Press
Most Italians
complain of stress in their daily lives, according to AP-Ipsos
polling, and they are most likely to point to their jobs.
Whatever the
definition, stress is felt by most people in
Among those
polled, one-third of Italians said work was the most important source of
stress, while 20 percent pointed to health concerns and another 19 percent
blamed their finances.
"The
nervousness of other people bothers me. Stress causes stress," said Susana
Rizzato, a 50-year-old clerk at a shop in downtown
Stress on the job
cuts across the Italian work force, targeting different groups for different
reasons, said Giovanni Maria Pirone, head of the
Italian Institute of Social Medicine, a government-sponsored research center
that studies social and work-related health problems.
In the case of
factory workers it is the repetitiveness of the job that is to blame, while for
stressed-out managers, "an exasperated competitiveness" is the root
of the problem, he noted.
However prevalent
stress may be in daily life, few people in
"We do not
realize the need for a solution, we don't go easily to a psychiatrist, and some
think it's enough to go to the gym," she said.
The poll found
that stress does not seem to be associated with the issue of personal control.
Only one-third of
those polled said they frequently or sometimes felt life was beyond their
control, while two-thirds said they rarely or never felt that this was a
problem. About 13 percent of those polled pointed to family life as a primary
source of stress.
Another source of
preoccupation is
"Every time
you need something it takes ages," said Maria Roman, 50, who moved from
The telephone
poll of 961 people in
REPORT ON ITALIANS' SAVINGS
Special service by AGI
On behalf of the Italian
Prime Minister's office
December 21, 2006
BNL-EINUADI (AGI) -
It confirms a trend of the
recent years. )2 pct of the people who do not save
money say saving is useful and are pessimist on the rise of their income. But
how Italians spend the saved money? The survey says 29 pct of Italians save
money to buy a house or to restore it. Other 47 save money to face
unpredictable events. As regards the financial activities chosen to invest
money the pension fund are still not very well known, 29 pct of investors have
a life insurance (25 pct in 2005), 16 pct join to a sector pension fund and 8
pct joins to an open pension fund. 43.8 of interviewees say they are doing
their pensions alone.
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