 Eighty-four percent of residents with sense of safety in China: survey |
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In 2002, 84.1 percent of residents in China felt a sense of safety in their daily life, said a survey conducted by investigators from the State Statistical Bureau (SSB), who distributed questionnaires among 100,000 people, aged at 16 and above, in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.
Among the those responded, 6.9 percent said they felt very much secured with their life in their current public security environment, up 0.7 percentage points over the figure for 2001; 35.6 percent of the surveyed said they were safe, a rise of four percentage points year-on-year; and 41.6 percent found their life basically secured, down two percentage points. In all, the number of those surveyed who felt a sense of safety accounted for more than 80 percent.
Meanwhile, 12.4 percent of the inquired said that they did feel safe enough, a drop of 2.1 percentage points; and 3.5 percent of the surveyed found themselves were not secured, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points.
This was the second SSB survey conducted to solicit public opinions about the social security situation with residents in the country after the first such survey done in 2001, according to a People's Daily report. The outcome of the survey by the SSB shows the growing sense of safety among the general public, and that criminal offenses, confusion in public order and traffic accidents, are, among others, the factors of utmost concern to the people in China.
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