People affected most from high fuel prices: poll

People affected most from high fuel prices: poll
A vendor sells her wares at Bang Khae fresh market in Bang Khae district on April 17, 2022. The rising inflation, largely due to oil price hikes, affects people's spending. (Photo: Arnun Cholmahatrakool)
A vendor sells the girl wares at Beat Khae fresh marketplace in Bang Khae district on April 17, 2022. The rising inflation, largely due to oil price hikes, affects householder’s spending. (Photo: Arnun Cholmahatrakool)

High fuel costs top the expenditures that have affected individuals in the present situation, based on the result of an opinion survey by National Start of Development Management, or Nida Vote.

The poll was executed on July 6-8 by telephone interviews with 1, 312 people aged eighteen and over of various levels of education, jobs and incomes through the country.

Asked to choose from a listing the cost that has impacted them the most, the particular answers varied the following:

: 32. 73% gas prices;
: 25. 79% daily food;
– 13. 47% electrical power;
– six. 10% cooking gas;
– three or more. 36% car payments;
– 3 or more. 18% water;
– 2 . 79% house installment payments;
– 2 . 32% equipment or materials for their occupations and textbooks for children;
– 1 ) 79% accomodation rental costs;
: 1 . 56% not one;
– one 50% public transportation;
– 3. 05% combined intended for miscellaneous expenses which includes for informal debt repayments, medicine and medical supplies, cell phone charges, the internet fees, clothes and cable TV; and
: 0. 04% experienced no answer or were not interested.

Asked to compare between their month-to-month income and costs, 60. 06% stated they had less revenue than expenses; thirty-two. 62% said these were about the same; and seven. 32% said they had more income than costs.