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Nakinskie Robinson reports
In a sign of cautious stability, data from a new national poll has found that most Jamaicans view both their personal financial situation and the broader economy as simply average.
While not exactly optimistic, the results suggest a nation treading water, neither drowning in hardship nor riding a wave of prosperity on personal and national money matters.
When 1,033 registered voters, 18 years and older, were asked how they would rate their own personal situation using the scale excellent, good, average, poor and very poor, 46.5% gave an average rating.
Meanwhile, another 21.9% gave a nod of approval, ranking their personal situation as good, and another 8% rating their reality as excellent.
On the counter, 17% flagged their current personal situation as a poor, while the remaining 6.1% said it was very poor.
Using that same scale, the respondents were also quizzed on how they felt about current economic conditions in the country.
The tepid perception was maintained with 38.4% of respondents, expressing the view that economic conditions are average.
Assurance, however, came for the government as 18.5% of respondents say economic conditions are good, while another 4.6% gave an excellent rating.
Current economic conditions were seemingly out of favour with the 26.5% who gave a poor rating, and the remaining 11.9% who said conditions were very poor.
Don Anderson, pollster and head of Market Research Services, who provided an analysis, said age and party alignment factored heavily in the responses.
"The persons who were more positive about their own situation were older persons. The younger persons 18 to 24 were sceptical about their own personal situation," he noted.
From a political perspective, those who said they would vote for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) were more positive about their own financial situations compared to those who said they would vote for the People's National Party (PNP).
And despite record low unemployment and poverty rate figures, 61.7% of the surveyed sample expressly believe that the government is not doing enough to reduce these two economic and social indicators of development.
On the other hand, 26.9% gave the government a vote of confidence while 11% are unsure.
The RJRGLEANER commissioned poll was conducted between May 16 and June 7. It has a margin of error of a plus or minus three per cent.
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