The poll asked people how they felt about the five major barometers of consumer confidence and compared the results with last year's poll.
The results showed that 77% of the people said that they are eating out in restaurants less often, only 9% said they are eating out more frequently and 14% said they had not changed their patterns.
The survey also revealed that 75% of people are buying new clothes less than last year, 8% said they were buying more often while 17% reported no change in their buying patterns.
Asked about their job security, 31% said they are more worried about losing their jobs than this time last year. The same percentage said they are feeling less worried while 38% said they felt as secure as they did last year.
When asked about checking prices at supermarkets, 88% reported that they are checking prices more carefully than they did this time last year, 3% said they checked less often while 9% said they there was no difference in their price checking behaviour.
About 60% of people polled are less likely to consider buying a new car, 25% said their intensions remained unchanged while 15% said they are more likely to buy a new car. People have also become choosier compared to this time last year.
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