“new vulnerable”, these 4 million French frabilitated by crisis

An unprecedented study of Crédoc shows that part of the population does not come out unscathed from these two years of sanitary, economic and social crisis.

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France seems to come out of the pandemic and its economic consequences, the recovery of the activity is vigorous, unemployment and poverty recoil, the purchasing power improves but all the French do not come out unscathed over these two years of crisis that would have weakened 4 million of them. This is one of the findings of the research center for the study and observation of living conditions (Credict) of an original online survey of a representative sample of 3,202 persons, of 4 As of May 21, and to appear on October 12th.

With the financial support of the Sanofi Hope Foundation and in partnership with several associations, including Emmaus Convergence, and researchers, the Crédoc launched the Vulnerability and Resilience Institute and drawn up a first state of play at the end of the health crisis. , also relying on its investigations three times a year since 1978, on the living conditions of the French.

 A popular rescue volunteer welcomes a new beneficiary in Châtellerault (Vienna) on October 7th.
A volunteer of popular rescue welcomes a new beneficiary, in Châtellerault (Vienna), October 7. Cyril Chigot / Divergence for “The World”

According to the study to appear, 31% of the interviewees feel today, in a vulnerability situation, 10 points more than In 2018, and a quarter of them attribute this situation to the CVIV-19 crisis. Extrapolating this result to the whole population, so 8% of people over the age of 15, or 4 million French, have, in the last two years, tilted in a situation of concern to several titles (employment, Finance, health, housing) aggravated by isolation.

The first demonstration is, of course, professional, with 42% of these “new vulnerable”, as refers to the credoc, for whom access to employment is difficult: 34% are in a fixed-term contract, Against 16% of non-vulnerable, and 14% are unemployed, compared to 6% of others. The precise study: “These are young assets, working rather in the private (74%), including the sectors of trade, accommodation-catering, cultural activities and household services, little graduates since one in two Does not have a bachelor’s degree and, most often, in charge of family. This precariousness concerns the majority of Francilians (21%) and the inhabitants of cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants (34%). “

Sanitary precariousness

Other lessons for this survey: 61% believe that their financial situation has deteriorated because of the crisis, compared to 24% in general population, and this despite the support of the State, for example, unemployed partiel. This manifests itself in difficulty paying its invoices, electricity (22% against 7% for others), telephone and internet subscriptions (20% against 5%), to honor their rent or reimburse a property loan (18% against 4%), to pay their taxes (18%), their home or vehicle insurance (17%), to pay tuition (17%).

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