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9 Others Corruption Low wages The government The Opposition Fuel prices Health Economy Housing Lack of enforcement Police 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Overall How concern on irregular immigration is split among various groups and voters According to voting allegiance Voted PL in 2019 56.99% Voted PN in 2019 43.01% Gender Males 50.93% Females 49.07% By age group 18-35 22.76% 36-50 26.31% 51-65 27.70% 65+ 23.23% By education Primary 25.53% Secondary 29.14% Post-Sec 27.97% Tertiary 17.36% By geographical distribution Gozo 18.64% Northern 16.38% Northern Harbour 19.38% South Eastern 16.43% Southern Harbour 17.27% Western 11.90% Top ¦ve concerns according to different groups of respondents Overall 32.3% 13.1% 9.2% 7.1% maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 NOVEMBER 2019 NEWS 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Illegal immigration Tra c/roads Foreigners living/working… Environmental destructi… Construction/inconveni… Cost of living Others Corruption Low wages The government The Opposition Fuel prices Health Economy Housing Lack of enforcement Police 32.3% 13.1% 9.2% 7.1% 5.5% 3.8% 3.5% 2.7% 1.5% 1.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% Immigration: how the top concern was split across different demographics being less appreciative of his conciliatory tone in the aftermath of the riot. Migration worries Labourites more than PN voters Labour voters were more likely than National- ist voters to list migration as a major concern. Among those who voted for the PL in the 2017 election, 37.1% mentioned migration, while the equivalent result for PN voters was almost 10 points lower at 28%. However, the concern over foreigners living and working in Malta was marginally higher among PN voters (9.4%) than it was among PL voters (8.5%). The concern on migration was highest among those aged between 51 and 65, with 35.9% listing it as one of two problems facing the country. This was followed by those aged 36-50, where 34.1% listed migration as a concern. The Northern Harbour region registered the highest concern for migration with 36.8%, while the lowest concern was registered in the Western region with 22.6%. In Gozo, migration was men- tioned by 35.4%, the second highest figure. In the South-Eastern region, home to the Hal Far open centre and the Safi detention centre, migration was listed as a concern by 31.2% of people. Migration was the topmost concern for those with a secondary education (37.1%) but less pro- nounced among those with a tertiary level of edu- cation (22.1%). The results are reflective of a broad consensus in the country that migration is a problem. This was undoubtedly influenced by the Hal Far riot but the survey also serves as a warning for main- stream parties not to ignore people's concerns on the matter. Nationalists concerned about cost of living Overall, traffic and roads came in second as a concern with 13.2%, followed by foreigners living and working in Malta (9.2%). Environmental destruction/the environment was listed as a concern by 7.1% of people, fol- lowed by construction/inconvenience caused by construction (5.5%). The cost of living was listed as a concern by 3.8% of people. This was significantly more a concern for PN voters (7.2%) than PL voters (1.8%). Corruption was mentioned by 2.7% of people as a concern, with this being more of a concern for PN voters (4%) than PL voters (1.1%). Methodology The survey was carried out between 24 and 31 October 2019. 656 respondents opted to com- plete the survey. Stratified random sampling based on gender, region and age was used to rep- licate the Maltese demographics. The estimated margin of error is 5% for a confidence interval of 95%. Demographic and sub-group breakdowns have a larger margin of error.