Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

ECONOMICAL STATUS (% on global sample)COIMBRA MODENA NICE PALMA. UTRECHTHigh +middle high 24,7 27,1 27,6 27,0 63,5Middle 63,4 60,7 48,4 62,9 27,1Middle low + low 11,8 12,2 23,9 10,1 09,4Before analysing the similarities or differences among percentages of the five cities,it is important to point out that what we tried with this question was to get peoplesubjective impressions about their own social level or their families, and, according tothat, they placed themselves in the different categories. For this reason we are not facingobjective data, but subjective valuations from each individual. To belong to a certaingroup or social level is a topic influenced by many variables (some objectives and somesubjective) and reasons to chose one or another category can be different in everycountry. Some of the field workers have report that was not easy for some people toanswer to this question.According to the data, and with the reservation expressed before, Utrecht is wherepeople define themselves as more wealthy. In Coimbra, Modena and Palma deMallorca, the most common answer is “middle”. A certain percentage (23,9%) of theinterviewees from Nice, who have high economical earnings quite superior to the othercities –we will see this point later-, consider themselves, however, of a lower sociallevel. This is probably due to the fact that in this city there are a lot of people who havefinished their studies and are already working. Only this can explain why we have onlyfound a 27,6% of individuals of the high + middle high class, when the data we havebeen analysing show us that interviewees from Nice, and also from Utrecht, are the oneswho personally have more money.In every city, the “middle-low” and “low” level is the one with less individuals, beingNice the city with the highest percentage (23,9%), quite a big difference with the othersamples.WITH WHOM DO YOU LIVE (% on global sample)COIMBRA MODENA NICE PALMA UTRECHTFamily 42,9 68,1 38,4 71,3 19,0Wife/couple 09,2 04,5 19,0 07,2 20,1Friends 26,0 16,9 04,8 12,2 04,1Student Residence 08,1 02,2 06,3 01,5 36,0Alone 09,2 01,3 27,7 06,6 17,6Others 04,8 07,0 03,9 01,2 03,3The samples where we find the highest percentage of individuals who live with theirparents are Modena (68,1%) and Palma de Mallorca (71,3%), and the sample where wefind the lowest percentage is Utrecht (19%), that shows a significant great difference withthe other cities.48