[SBS Lee Cheol-hee's Political Show] <Public Opinion 123> Seeing the World through Numbers



■ Broadcast: SBS Lee Cheol-hee's Political Show (FM 103.5 MHz 9:05 ~ 11:00)


■ Progress: Lee Cheol-hee, Director of Knowledge Design Research Institute


■ Broadcast Date: 2021 March 26 (Fri)


■ Cast: Hae-sung Park, CEO of TV Ridge



What is the investigation?


The Korea Economic Research Institute (Kyung-Yeon Han), affiliated with the National Federation of Businessmen, commissioned Mono Research, a public opinion polling agency, to survey 1,000 men and women aged 18 years and older who lived across the country for two days from the 12th to survey the'people's perception of job prospects'. 


77.3% of all respondents answered that the employment situation this year will worsen compared to before Corona 19 (2019).Especially, for respondents in their 20s, the forecast that this year's employment situation will be ``very deteriorating'' was a majority (53.2%). There was zero (0%) response saying that it will be very much improved.

This means that the youth are the darkest looking at the job prospects.


The main reason for the worsening of the employment situation was the continuation of Corona 19 (45.3%) first. ) △No new growth engine industry (7.2%).



Was the prospect of a salary increase as dark as employment?


68.9% of all respondents responded that their monthly salary would not increase compared to the rising price of inflation. Especially, the 2030 households were cold looking at their salary. 


About half of the 2030 households (43.4%) agreed that they need financial technology such as stocks and real estate in order to increase their income.

Looking further, the response that stocks (40.0%) and cryptocurrency (9.5%) are promising in their 20s was the highest across all age groups, and those in their 30s viewed real estate (33.4%) with the highest proportion in all age groups.