BAROMETRUL Informat.ro – INSCOP Research – "Romania Between Magic and Esotericism" – Superstitions Category | 22.3% of survey participants believe that if they turn back from their path, it will bring them bad luck

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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Superstitions. Turning back

22.3% of the survey participants believe that turning back will bring them bad luck. 76.4% do not agree, while 1.3% do not know or do not respond.

They particularly believe in this superstition: PSD and AUR voters, people with primary education, residents of rural areas. They especially do not believe in this superstition: USR voters, people with secondary and higher education, residents of large urban areas, 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 (gender, 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%.