Security, salary, housing affordability. What other issues concern Belarusians the most

The results of a comprehensive republican sociological study on topical issues of the international and domestic agenda showed what topics most concern Belarusians. Details - in the material of the correspondent of the agency "Minsk-Novosti".

The top 3 most pressing issues included peace and security (55.1%), inflation and prices (41.1%) and wages (37.7%). This is followed by housing affordability (25.9%), cyber fraud, telephone fraud (24.2%), the quality and availability of medical care and medicines (23.8%), the level of pension provision (21.7%), utility tariffs (15.2%).

The relevance of these topics for citizens of different ages is different. Nikolai Myslivets, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said that young people aged 18 to 30 are more concerned about the level of wages (51.3%) and housing affordability (49.5%). People aged 31 to 57/62 are most concerned about peace and security (55.8%) and wages (46.7%). For Belarusians of retirement age, the problems of peace and security (60.2%), as well as the level of pension provision (54.5%) are relevant.

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