People affected most by high fuel prices: poll

A vendor sells her wares at Bang Khae fresh market in Bang Khae district on April 17, 2022. Rising inflation, largely due to oil price hikes, has affected people's spending. (Photo: Arnun Cholmahatrakool)
A vendor sells her wares at Beat Khae fresh market in Bang Khae district on April 17, 2022. Rising inflation, largely because of oil price outdoor hikes, has affected householder’s spending. (Photo: Arnun Cholmahatrakool)

High fuel costs top the expenditures that have affected individuals most in the present circumstance, according to the result of a viewpoint survey by the Nationwide Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll had been conducted on Come july 1st 6-8 by telephone interviews with 1, 312 people good old 18 and over of various levels of education, occupations and earnings throughout the country.

Asked to select from a list the cost that has affected them probably the most, the answers different as follows:

– 32. 73% fuel prices;
– 25. 79% daily food;
– 13. 47% electricity;
: 6. 10% cooking food gas;
— 3. 36% car installment payments;
— 3. 18% drinking water;
– second . 79% house payments;
– second . 32% equipment or even materials for their jobs and textbooks with regard to children;
: 1 . 79% accomodation rental costs;
– 1 . 56% none;
— 1 . 50% open public transport;
— 3. 05% mixed for miscellaneous expenditures including for informal debt repayments, medicine and medical items, mobile phone charges, the web charges, clothes plus cable TV; and
– 0. 04% had no solution or were not curious.

Asked to compare between their particular monthly income plus expenses, 60. 06% said they had less income than expenses; 32. 62% stated they were about the same; and 7. 32% mentioned they had more income than expenses.