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the sample represents 20.8% of its total membership. As for the employment
status of the participants, the majority of responses are from business
people and/or the self-employed and employees: 45.9% and 38.8%
of the total sample, respectively, as shown in Figure 1. The rest are unemployed
and pensioners. As for place of residence, 82.5% of the responses
are from economists living in Barcelona.
11.7%
38.8%
45.9%
3.6%
Employees Unemployed Business people/Self-employed Pensioners
Figure 1. Sample profile by employment status (% of total)
7.7%
2.6% 7.2%
82.5%
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona
Figure 2. Sample profile according to place of residence (% of total)
Future of Catalonia within Spain
53.7% of the economists taking part in the survey opted for an independent
State for Catalonia as the best solution for its future political and economic
relationship with the rest of the Spain, as shown in Figure 3.
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