16 percent of the population suffer from at least one allergy, while 79 percent do not. Around every second person who suffers from allergies suffers from exactly one allergy, a good quarter suffers from two different allergies.

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The importance of the European Union continues to increase among the Austrian population. Three fifths of the population are now convinced that Austria's membership of the EU is at least fairly important. This is the highest significance since 1996 and seems to reinforce the trend reversal of 2016 once again.

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The trend is clear: Since 2000, the number of daily internet users has quadrupled, the number of intensive social media users has increased more than eightfold in the last 14 years. Overall, more than half of Austrians are already active in Web 2.0, while the group of Internet ascetics continues to decrease.

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7 out of 10 Austrians clearly perceive the "head down society", mainly associated with the mobile phone society, i.e. constantly dealing with one's own smartphone. The strengthening of this trend in society is clearly perceived, even if this is slightly decreasing to the first measurement. Overall, this social phenomenon is clearly assessed negatively, with 40 percent rating this behavior as very negative. According to mobile phone or smartphone owners, situations in which you reach for your smartphone yourself and thus become part of the "head down society" are: Waiting times such as at the doctor's, on public transport, at work or at dinner.

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