HAMBURG/BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – More than two thirds of Germans rate social interaction in the Federal Republic as bad. This is shown by a representative survey by the opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit. According to this, 67 percent of those surveyed consider cohesion and coexistence in society to be bad or very bad – six percentage points more than in the previous year.
Broken down, 57 percent of those surveyed rated cohesion and coexistence in society as “rather bad,” and ten percent even rated it as “very bad.” According to the information, 18 to 34 year olds rate social interaction in Germany somewhat more positively than older adults. Only half of the age group rated this as “fairly bad” and six percent rated it as “very bad”.
Respondents complain about an increase in disrespect
Only three percent of citizens believe that social interaction has improved in the last three years. 19 percent see no significant change. However, a large majority, 77 percent, perceive a deterioration – a trend that was also evident in previous surveys.
According to DAK-Gesundheit, people primarily notice more insults and disrespect (86 percent), aggressiveness (81 percent), selfishness (79 percent) and intolerance and exclusion (76 percent). The deterioration is particularly noticeable in public spaces and on social networks.
1,029 citizens were interviewed for the representative survey at the beginning of March. 98 percent believe that better social interaction promotes health. 58 percent are already committed to this – for example through neighborhood help, voluntary work or by consciously making time for others./xil/DP/zb
