{"id":19046,"date":"2014-02-25T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T17:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/venezuelans-gloomy-about-their-standard-of-living-nations-economy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:28","slug":"venezuelans-gloomy-about-their-standard-of-living-nations-economy","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/02\/25\/venezuelans-gloomy-about-their-standard-of-living-nations-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelans gloomy about their standard of living, nation\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/25\/world\/americas\/in-venezuela-middle-class-joins-protests.html?hp&amp;_r=0\">massive protests sweeping Venezuela<\/a> come at a time when many in that country have an increasingly dark view of both their own standard of living and the direction of the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A record low 33% of Venezuelans said their standard of living was improving, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/167564\/venezuelans-rated-lives-worse-ahead-protests.aspx\">Gallup poll<\/a> conducted last fall and released Tuesday. Just a year earlier, 54% had said their standard of living was improving.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/167564\/venezuelans-rated-lives-worse-ahead-protests.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/02\/DN_Gallup_Venezuela.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pessimism about the economy also runs high. About six-in-ten (62%) Venezuelans said the economy was getting worse, a huge increase compared with the 22% who held that view in 2012.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Beyond the economy, <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-01-30\/venezuelas-high-crime-rate-hobbles-economy\">fear of crime<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> contributes to Venezuelans\u2019 unhappiness. 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