Just over half of SA's women believe their children have a bright future.
BRYANSTON - Women are slightly more satisfied with their own lives than at the time of the previous general election in 2009 - according to a recent survey conducted by global market research company Ipsos. Three in every ten (30%) South African women indicated that satisfaction with their own lives have improved compared to 26% who were of this opinion in 2009. In addition 54% of women believe that their children and the children of their family or friends have a bright future ahead of them.
These results form part of Ipsos's "Pulse of the People" poll series, conducted between April and May this year.
When they comment about their families' prospects for the future, a third (32%) say that their families' lives will be better in a year's time. In May 2009 this figure was closer to four in ten (39%).
"South Africans - and especially South African women - view the future with a measure of apprehension and these scores are fairly low. The slow economic growth, lingering unemployment and the uncertainty with regards to the ruling party and the future of the leadership of the ANC all contribute," states Mari Harris, Public Affairs director at Ipsos. "There is much more room for improvement in terms of satisfaction with their lives and those of their families."
Less than half of South Africans think that the country is going in the right direction - with 45% of South African women and a slightly more positive 47% of South African men expressing this opinion. (A third of South Africans are of the opinion that the country is heading in the wrong direction, while the balance of about a fifth are undecided on this measure.