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Unemployment is still the biggest worry for Spaniards, according to the most recent barometer for public opinion published by the Center for Sociological Investigation on Tuesday.
The study, which was carried out well before a Spanish nurse was confirmed as the first person to contract the Ebola virus outside of Africa on Monday, shows that for 75.3 percent of Spaniards unemployment is their main fear, despite improved employment figures in Spain in recent months and optimistic predictions for growth for 2014 and 2015.
Those improvements were reflected in a slight decline from the 77 percent who said unemployment was a worry in the September study.
Corruption is the second major worry for Spaniards with 42.7 percent of those asked naming that problem, while the overall economic situation continues to be a major preoccupation for 28.8 percent of the population, slightly more than the 25.8 percent who mentioned the overall political situation in Spain as a problem for the country.
These worries could explain the continued fall in the popularity of Spain's traditional major parties and the rise of the recently formed Podemos party, led by lawyer Pablo Iglesias.
Despite these worries, the CIS study reflects that 91.9 percent of those asked said they were generally satisfied with their lives with 48.5 percent, considering themselves to have a good state of happiness and 25.8 percent saying they were very happy with only 4.3 percent confessing they were sad.
