mt SURVEY
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 6 OCTOBER 2024
traffic eclipse inflation worries
Concern about traffic is highest in
the Western region, which includes lo-
calities like Zebbug and Attard, where
this issue emerges as the main concern
for 23% of respondents.
Significantly, Gozo is the only region
where corruption emerges as the top
issue (26%).
This dissatisfaction with corruption
is particularly interesting on a small
island characterised by networks of
patronage, although it remains to be
seen whether this result is a one-off or
an emerging trend.
Corruption concerns tertiary-educated
Corruption has also emerged as the
main concern of tertiary-educated re-
spondents (20%), along with traffic.
Concern about foreigners is highest
among the secondary-educated (29%)
and lowest among those with a prima-
ry level of education (15%) and the ter-
tiary-educated (17%).
However, the latter are also more
likely to be concerned about over-
population. In fact, among those with
a university level of education, con-
cern about overpopulation (13%) has
overtaken concern about construction
(8%). Concern about overpopulation is
even higher among those with a pri-
mary level of education (16.5%).
Significantly, in a clear indication
that concern about overdevelopment
is no longer a middle-class preserve,
concern about construction is highest
among those with a primary level of
education (11%) and those with a sec-
ondary level of education (10.5%).
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