Thais overwhelmed by rising prices of food, necessities, poll shows
Results of a Suan Dusit Poll released on Monday show that the biggest problem Thais are suffering now is the rising price of food and necessities.
The poll was conducted between October 5 and 9 and involved 1,164 respondents nationwide.
According to the poll, the biggest complaint people have is that food and necessities are getting expensive, followed by low income, inefficient government administration, inefficient teachers and schools, and political conflicts.
The top five reasons the respondents cited for making these complaints were:
• Urgent need to solve problems;
• The problems are unbearable;
• They want their lives to be improved;
• They want the government to be aware of these problems;
• These problems have made them anxious.
As for the top five persons who can solve these problems, the respondents chose the government, the prime minister, the people, related agencies and themselves in that order.