A survey of Chinese public's social security feelings in 2005 showed that 91.1 percent of respondents said they feel "safe" or "basically safe," up 1 percentage point from the previous year.

The survey, which was published Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), showed only 8.1 percent of the surveyed said they felt "unsafe."

Among the surveyed, 30.9 percent chose "crime" as having the most influence on their feeling of security, down 2.1 percent from 2004.

The chaos in public order, traffic and fire accidents were also listed as the factors which increased the public's unsafe feelings.

As for the social issues of most concerned to the public, 16 percent said they were most concerned about education problems, 17.5 percent chose social security as their top concern, 4.4 percent chose housing and 5.8 percent chose environment as their top worries, all up from 2004.

Additionally, employment, unemployment, corruption and salaries were also issues concerning the public.

The survey, organized by the NBS in late October 2005, covered 104,107 families in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities throughout China.

(Xinhua News Agency January 11, 2006)