Sol, 6 March (IANS). A recent survey conducted on South Korean people revealed that in 2024 there has been an increase in anxiety and depression among the people of South Korea.
According to the Yonhap news agency, according to data from the Korea Institute of Public Administration, those who said that they felt anxiety have increased compared to 2023. Last year it was 4.1 points out of 10, while in 2023 it was 3.4 points. Similarly, in terms of depression, this number increased from 2.8 points to 3.5 points.
A survey was conducted on 8,251 people from August to September last year. In this survey, it was found out how many people are in the society and what is their opinion. People stated the average of their happiness 6.8, which is 0.1 more than the previous year.
Whose monthly income was less than 1 million von ($ 693), he felt 0.1 points less happiness than the previous year, which was 6.0 points. At the same time, for those whose income was more than 6 million von, the level of happiness increased from 6.8 points to 7.0 points.
The results of the survey also found that the satisfaction rate towards political and economic conditions increased by 0.7 points compared to the previous year, which reached 5.3 points.
In addition, those who described their views as moderate (neither completely liberal, nor conservative), their number was 45.2 percent, which is about half. This is the largest number of political trends. However, it has decreased by 1.5 percent from last year. In addition, 30.2 percent described themselves as orthodox and 24.6 percent described themselves as liberal.
Other 30.2 percent people described themselves as orthodoxy, while 24.6 percent considered themselves liberal.
Anxiety and depression disorders are among the most common mental disorders worldwide. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and The Lancet magazine, around 284 million people worldwide suffer from anxiety disorders and 264 million people suffer from depression.
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