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April 26, 2021 More than a fifth of the population, 22.2%, had difficulties in meeting their financial commitments such as paying mortgages, bills, rent, expenses for meals. This is what emerges from an Istat survey conducted between December 2020 and January 2021, on the behavior and opinions of citizens during the second pandemic wave. Overall, more than 11 million people (22.2%) and over three million among them, encountered problems in dealing with food costs during the second wave. The analysis shows that the difficulties have often overlapped: most of those who have had problems failed to meet at least two economic commitments (76.2%), 34.7% (equal to three million and 800 thousand people) at least four.



In detail, 13.4% of the interviewees had problems with paying bills (11.8% had to postpone payment, 9.1% were unable to pay them), 16.5% had to give up at holidays, 13.9% were unable to cope with an unexpected expense, 6.3% were unable to pay the mortgage or loan installments or the expenses necessary for meals while the 6.7 % failed to pay the rent. A greater criticality also emerged in the South: 30.7% of the interviewees had problems compared to 18.4% in the North and 17% in the Center. And it is always in the South that the concomitance of several problems presents the highest frequency: 12.2% had to face at least four of the economic difficulties considered, or a double share compared to the North (6,0%) and three times that of the Center (4.1%).



All the economic difficulties are more widespread in the southern regions: almost one in four citizens failed to go on vacation (13.2% in the Center), one in five failed to cope with an unexpected expense (6.2 % in the center);

14.4% failed to pay their bills (7.1% in the North, 4.4% in the Center).

About one in 10 citizens has failed to pay the installments of a mortgage, loan or rent;

a similar share of people failed to pay for meals. 


Citizens' behavior and opinions during the second pandemic wave: the family climate remains positive, signs of economic difficulties emerge #istat #IstatperilPaese https://t.co/0fXmbkxDD9 pic.twitter.com/ZbgygFGsh4

- Istat (@istat_it) April 26, 2021