Unemployment is still the main worry for most Spanish people, according to the Barometer for Public Opinion for March published Monday.
The monthly study by the Center of Sociological Investigation (CIS) reflects the changing fears and opinions of the Spanish people and the March study shows that being out of work still worries the Spanish more than anything.
Spain saw a slight fall of its number of unemployment by 16,620 people in March, but with almost 4.8 million people out of work and an unemployment rate of over 25 percent in the country, predictions of economic growth and subsequent job creation have still to convince the majority of the population.
The CIS study for March showed that 82.3 percent of Spanish people believe unemployment is still the main problem facing the country.
This is slightly higher than the 81.1 percent of the population who considered it to be the country's major problem in February and reflects the general pessimism over the economic situation in Spain, despite predictions of growth of between 1-1.5 percent for 2014 from the government and various financial institutions.
The survey indicated that 44.4 percent of people describe the current economic situation as "very bad", while 40.1 percent describe it as "bad" and 13.8 percent as "average".
Meanwhile, just 21.1 percent of people expect an improvement in the economy over the next 12 months, with 45.1 percent believing it will be the same and 23.6 percent think it will be in a worse shape in the same month next year.
Other major worries for the Spanish people include corruption, which is considered the country's second biggest problem, as well as immigrant issue, which is listed as the eighth biggest worry rising from being mentioned by 2.1 percent of respondents in February to 5.1 percent in March, the newly published study showed./.