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15 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 JULY 2020 MALTATODAY SURVEY Top five concerns across all demographics COVID-19 are top three concerns KURT SANSONE A third of people aged between 36 and 50 fear losing their job as a result of the coro- navirus pandemic, a MaltaToday survey shows. This is the age group that is worried the most about threats to employment caused by the COVID-19 economic slowdown. The survey found that 32.1% of those aged between 36 and 50 are worried about losing their job as opposed to 67.9% who are not. The fear factor is less pronounced in oth- er working-age groups. Among those aged between 18 and 35, 21.6% worry about losing their job, while 78.4% do not. Among those aged between 51 and 65, 10.2% are concerned about job losses and 89.8% are not. Eating out picking up but caution persists Since the lifting of COVID-19 restric- tions, almost 60% of people have eaten in restaurants although Gozitans appear to be more cautious, a MaltaToday survey shows. Restaurants were able to reopen with precautionary measures in June, although business has been slow to pick up. The survey shows that an absolute ma- jority of people in every region bar Gozo went out to eat. In Gozo, 41.7% went to a restaurant after the restrictions were lift- ed, as opposed 58.3%, who did not. Young people aged between 18 and 35 were most likely to have gone to a restau- rant (74.6%), while those of pensionable age were least likely (only 36.2% went to a restaurant). A breakdown by political allegiance shows that 66.6% of Nationalist voters and 57.7% of Labour voters have eaten out since restrictions were lifted. Methodology The survey was carried out between Monday 13 July 2020 and Friday 17 July 2020. 585 respondents opted to complete the survey. Stratified random sampling based on region, age and gender was used to replicate the Maltese demographic. The estimated margin of error is 5% for a con- fidence interval of 95% for the overall re- sults. Demographic and sub-group break- downs have considerably larger margins of error. The post-COVID world: job losses and eating out All PL PN AD Did not vote Male Female 18-35 36-50 51-65 65+ Primary Post-Sec Secondary Tertiary Gozo Northern Northern Harbour South Eastern Southern Harbour Western 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 14.2% 13.2% 8.8% 7.2% 6.9% 18.3% 17.8% 5.3% 7.2% 6.5% 12.5% 19.2% 6.8% 6.0% 25.5% 24.5% 24.5% 25.5% 7.7% 15.3% 9.3% 14.1% 7.0% 14.1% 14.3% 10.0% 8.1% 5.5% 14.3% 12.1% 7.6% 6.4% 8.2% 12.2% 8.2% 10.3% 11.1% 8.6% 12.4% 12.7% 9.0% 6.2% 7.6% 17.7% 16.9% 9.6% 7.0% 5.1% 14.8% 16.6% 5.1% 5.4% 4.7% 13.5% 12.7% 7.0% 5.5% 5.7% 18.2% 13.2% 10.2% 8.5% 5.7% 17.6% 15.1% 7.8% 4.4% 6.0% 10.1% 10.4% 12.2% 9.9% 7.1% 11.0% 12.4% 8.7% 4.3% 10.0% 9.4% 9.5% 11.4% 7.3% 9.3% 12.7% 15.1% 7.9% 9.0% 6.2% 18.9% 12.7% 7.6% 4.7% 5.3% 18.6% 16.1% 5.4% 8.3% 5.5% 13.3% 10.2% 13.7% 6.2% 7.7% Immigration The Opposition Corruption Tra¨c and roads Economy Construction inconvenience Environment Lack of tourism