People spending economically at time of economic hardship: PollThai people are now spending economically to survive while the country is sufferring from economic difficulties, augmented by political and social perplexities, according to the result of a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll. The poll was conducted on 1,174 people throughout the country between Nov 19-23 to compile their opinions on how to survive in this situation. The respondents were also asked how they save their expenses for the so-called four requisites - food, housing, clothing and medical care. For housing, 65.63% said they use electricity and water economically; 39.35% keep household materials in good maintenance; and, 15.77% rent a house with a low rate or share a house with friends or relatives. For clothing, 54.34% said they do less shopping and buy only during a sale promotion period; 40.16% said they use only old clothes or exchange clothes with friends or siblings; and, 16.71% buy second-hand clothes.

Source: Bangkok Post November 24, 2019 03:08 UTC