In November 2020, a survey found that 27 percent of Spanish respondents consider mental health problem more serious than physical health problems, in contrast nine percent of Spaniards believed the opposite. However, in the United Kingdom 77 percent of respondents considered both mental and physical health problems to be equally serious. Across all European countries surveyed, the majority share of respondents considered both problems to be equally important.
Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious?
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They are equally serious
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Mental health problems are generally more serious than physical health problems
Physical health problems are generally more serious than mental health problems
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YouGov. (December 10, 2020). Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/
YouGov. "Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious?." Chart. December 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/
YouGov. (2020). Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/
YouGov. "Generally Speaking, Do You Consider Mental Health Problems or Physical Health Problems to Be More Serious, or Are They Equally Serious?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/
YouGov, Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Generally speaking, do you consider mental health problems or physical health problems to be more serious, or are they equally serious? [Graph], YouGov, December 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1196075/importance-of-mental-health-and-physical-health-in-europe/
