About 66.5 percent of respondents in a survey conducted recently by Bangkok University’s Bangkok Poll said they are worried over the rising cost of living in Thailand.
The survey on 1,194 people nationwide showed that 37.3 percent of total respondents were stressed over falling prices of agricultural products, followed by the narcotics problem at 36.7 percent, and 33.9 percent indicated social divisiveness over political differences.
Some 34.7 percent of the total respondents said they wanted the government to solve the high cost of living, followed by 18.2 percent who wanted the government to shore up agricultural product prices, 15 percent indicated suppressing corruption, 10.5 percent on solving drugs and crime, and 9.9 percent on resolving social divisiveness.
After the government having administered the country for almost two months, 57.3 percent of the total respondents said they were satisfied with the performance of Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha’s administration.
About 55.5 percent of the respondents admitted they have become less stressed over political differences among people in the country now, compared to before the military seized power in the May 22 bloodless coup.
Surprisingly, 31 percent of respondents claimed they had never been stressed over Thai politics.
