BAROMETRUL Informat.ro – INSCOP Research – "Romania Between Magic and Esotericism" - The Importance of Luck | 69.3% of respondents believe that luck cannot be changed

BAROMETER Informat.ro – INSCOP Research “Romania between Magic and Esotericism” was conducted by INSCOP Research on behalf of the news platform Informat.ro in partnership with the think-tank Strategic Thinking Group.

The graphical presentation of the data is available here: BAROMETER Informat.ro – INSCOP Research – “Romania between Magic and Esotericism”

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Changing luck

24.2% of participants believe that luck can be changed if certain superstitions are respected. 69.3% believe that luck cannot be changed, while 6.6% do not know or do not respond.

Those who believe that luck can be changed are especially: AUR voters, men, people with primary education, residents of rural areas. Those who believe that luck cannot be changed are especially: PNL and USR voters, women, people with higher education, residents of large urban areas, state employees.

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The importance of luck

75.3% of respondents believe that luck is important in life, while 21.4% hold the opposite opinion. The proportion of non-responses is 3.3%.

Those who consider luck important in life are especially: PSD voters, men, residents of Bucharest. Those who do not believe that luck is important are especially: USR voters, residents of small urban areas.

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Lucky number

30.9% of those interviewed have a lucky or preferred number, while 68.5% do not have one. 0.6% do not know or do not respond.

Those who have a lucky or preferred number are especially: AUR voters, young people under 30, residents of Bucharest. Those who do not have such a number are especially: USR voters, people over 60, state employees.

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Methodology: The data was collected between October 6-10, 2025. Research method: interview via questionnaire. The data was collected using the CATI method (telephone interviews), with a simple stratified sample volume of 1100 people, representative of significant socio-demographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 and over. The maximum allowable error of the data is ± 2.95%, at a confidence level of 95%.