Swiss youth worry more about pensions than immigration: survey
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GENEVA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Preparing for retirement is the leading concern for young people in Switzerland ahead of issues like foreigners and refugees, according to the 2018 Credit Suisse Youth Barometer.
A total of 53 percent of Swiss youth surveyed claimed they are worried about their pensions, compared with 41 percent last year, the barometer has found.
Immigration, which preoccupied almost half those surveyed last year, only registered as a concern among 29 percent surveyed this year.
Swiss youngsters are more optimistic when it comes to the job market.
Only 34 percent felt their job would disappear due to the threat posed by digitization compared with almost three out of four young people in the United States, Brazil and Singapore, said the report.
Swiss youth are also the exception when it comes to the kind of jobs they preferred.
Information technology is the most popular labor sector by far in other countries, for example in the United States 75 percent, in Brazil 72 percent.
But young people in Switzerland would rather work in education (56 percent), media (53 percent), tourism (50 percent) or administration (47 percent).
Only 43 percent of Swiss surveyed would choose an IT job.
Boris Zuercher, head of the Labour Directorate of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs was quoted in the survey as saying he did not see this as a problem.
Not every person can or would like to become a tech specialist, he said.
"True, for some time we have been seeing stronger demand for technically skilled specialists, for instance in the areas of information technology and communications technology.
"However, that does not mean that the tech sector is the only one with a demand for highly trained specialists," said Zuercher.
He said that many qualified specialists are needed in health care and in the education sector.
Swiss youth are also the most prudent in money matters. They constituted the smallest share that felt their financial obligations were a burden and opted for the biggest savings amount.
News apps, the internet and free newspapers are the leading sources of information for Swiss youth.
They are less interested in television than their counterparts in other countries. Their top three most frequently used media are WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram. Enditem
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