Moldovans don’t trust each other and prefer staying at home

Only one of five persons thinks others are fair. Most Moldovans think people around them are trying to use them, according to an IMAS-INC study, commissioned by EveryChild Moldova, Info-Prim Neo reports. The perceived level of social insecurity was high among Moldovans, said IMAS director Doru Petruti during a press conference on Tuesday. Two thirds of population suffer of loneliness and isolation. 52% don’t feel safe in public spaces, while 43% feel insecure even home. It’s unlikely an isolated person will seek to associate or go out in social space. The preferred places for socialization are usually people’s own houses or yards or those of their close ones. In their free time, respondents choose to focus on relationships with neighbors, friends, colleagues or family. Half of the interviewed people didn’t name any form of social participation, the least popular communication relationships being those in institutional or official contexts. Over the last 3 months, respondents spent most of their leisure at home (37%), in the city (34%), at the market (5%), at a café (4%), at the church (3%) or in the park (3%). The study shows that in urban areas, meetings in public spaces are less frequent. The study was done in 60 communities between October 22 and December 4, with 800 respondents. It has a margin of error of 3%.