27^th of January 2022

 

 

68% of Irish adults think January is the most depressing month of the year with 31% of these blaming going Back to Work.

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·      2 in 3 adults (68%) think January is the most depressing month with 63% of these blaming the dark mornings and evenings.

 

·       Of these 31% of adults think January is the most depressing month as they have to return to work, 30% dislike January due to their bad financial situation after Christmas, and 30% feel depressed due to their weight gain after Christmas.

 

·       59% of adults that dislike Winter with most blaming shorter days. Of these 55% dislike the dark mornings, and 50% dislike the bad weather.

 

·       30% of adults feel they suffer from the Winter Blues.

 

·       41% of adults like Winter and of these 57% like it because of Christmas, 43% like it as they have holidays, 41% like the hot drinks.

 

 

Questions asked:

Q1: Do you suffer from the Winter Blues?

Q2: Which month do you think is the most depressing month of the year?

Q3: Why did you choose January? Please select all that may apply.

Q4: What do you dislike about Winter? Please select all that may apply.

Q5: What do you like about Winter? Please select all that may apply.

 

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About iReach Insights

 

iReach Insights provides a range of research and market intelligence services in Ireland and Europe. iReach has built a Consumer Decisions Research Panel of 40,000 members in Ireland, delivering robust research insights. The survey questions were included in the Nationally Representative iReach Consumer Decisions Omnibus run between the 22^nd - 29^th of December and has a 3% Confidence Interval and 95% Confidence Level.

 

 

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