About nine out of ten girls between 15 and 34 years old (89.8%) have suffered anxiety or anguish In recent weeks, according to Survey of the Youth of Catalonia 2022, presented this Friday and prepared by the Catalan Youth Observatory, dependent on the Department of Social Rights. This is a higher proportion than that of all young people (84.2%).
In the presentation of the survey, the Minister of Social Rights, Carles Campuzano, has stressed that the Government “is making progress in the field of mental health”, promoting it in the educational field, reinforcing teams of psychologists in primary care and betting on “early detection networks”. “If we are able to increase resources, the indicators will improve,” she assured.
The number of young people who have become emancipated is 41.5%, which represents a decrease compared to a decade ago (46%).
The study also reflects that the number of people in that age group who have emancipated is 41.5%, which represents a decrease compared to a decade ago (46%). Furthermore, of the young people who have already left their parents’ home, only 20% are living in a home they have purchased. This is a significant drop compared to 2007, when the figure stood at 57%.
On this point, Campuzano has defended that the Government is “committed to public housing rental policies”, but has also said that they are long-term policies that seek “price containment”.
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According to him, a larger public housing stock is necessary, since the price of the place where one lives “conditions the ability to earn wages, which is what gives people autonomy,” and potentially leads them to emancipate themselves and start a family.
In fact, the study reflects that 31.1% of the youth population lacks children because he has “insufficient income”, a considerable increase compared to five years ago, when only 20.8% of people thought this. Another reason they gave was job insecurity, in the case of 13.9% of those surveyed in 2017 and 16.4% in 2022.