Family and health, the two most important aspects for Spaniards

Life is composed of many aspects: work, family, health ... these three are usually the most mentioned by people, but not the only ones, because each one has interests and concerns that depend on their own life experience . In this sense, for most Spaniards, the most important aspects of their lives are family and health.

This follows from the study of the Center for Sociological Research on Opinions and Attitudes on the Family, which shows that 88.4 percent of Spaniards are the most important health, followed by the family with 85.4 percent .

These two aspects, in addition, are the least mentioned as "nothing important" by the respondents by the CIS: none say that health is "not important" in their lives and only 0.2 percent of those questioned affirm it when they refers to the family, which highlights the importance of family ties in the day to day of society.


The attitude about the family

The family is not only the most important thing for most Spaniards, but it is also the concept with which they are most satisfied in their lives. To the question "in relation to each of the following aspects of your personal life, I would like you to tell me if you are very satisfied, fairly, little or not at all satisfied", the greater percentage of "very satisfied" is the family : 55 percent of respondents have responded like this.

Now, what is the use of the family? This question has also been formulated in the study (from 2014, last year published) and the answers are clear: 30.3 percent of respondents say that the most important role that the family plays is to provide love and affection to its members. This function is followed by the task of raising and educating children: mentioned by 29.3 percent of the respondents.


The role of grandparents

The grandparents, 'founders' and 'creators' of families have an essential role in the day to day of many of them, especially with the crisis, when it has been seen that many elders have had to help their children in economic matters. About the function of them in family life also asks the survey.

The majority of those questioned, 40.9 percent, assures that the main function that grandparents fulfill is that of enjoying their grandchildren and grandchildren, a percentage that is followed by being a nexus: 35.4 percent of the respondents said that grandparents keep the family together, percentage followed by those who think that grandparents must help economically (29.9 percent).

Homework

Despite the progress in terms of equality in society, this survey shows that in Spanish households there are still 'men's tasks' and 'women's tasks'. Thus, it is observed how "making small repairs at home" is something that corresponds "always to the man" in 38.6 percent of the cases, while the percentage of respondents that says "always to the woman" is only the 5.2 percent in this case.


On the opposite side is laundry: 56.3 percent of Spaniards questioned say that women always do, while only 1.7 percent say it is the job of men.

There are also mixed tasks, that is, those that are done "more or less equally or both at the same time", according to the responses of the CIS. In this space are located the purchase (50.5 percent) and care for family members who are sick (56.1 percent).

Few children

Spain is one of the countries in which women have children later, which also means that fewer children are born and the population is aging. When asking the respondents about the reasons why people have few children, however, the majority reason is different: 89.5 percent of Spaniards say that the reason is the lack of financial means.

This reason, very far, is followed by another good but related to the economy: "not to hinder professional career" is mentioned by 38.1 percent of respondents and "because children are a great responsibility" is the reason given by 36.6 percent of Spaniards.

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