Poverty is the biggest fear of 40.6 percent of respondents, 31.5 percent fear losing their jobs the most, while 16.5 percent are most afraid of crime.
In previous years Serbians were most afraid of the war, while prevalent today is the fear of an economic crisis. Similar existential fears look likely to dominate in the future as well. Only 2.6 percent of respondents are afraid of a war with another country, 1.8 percent are afraid of the authorities and 0.2 percent of a civil war.
About 60 percent of Serbia's population live below the poverty level, about 30 percent are officially unemployed, while according to unofficial figures about 40 percent of the working-age population are jobless, according to Belgrade's Centre for the Studying of Alternatives.
Serbia's economy is on a mild decline or stagnating, the average monthly salary is about 200 euros and early this year, in real terms, was lower than in 2003.
The Centre says that less than two percent of the population have directly and eight percent indirectly benefitted from the transition in Serbia so far.
The rich make up 9.75 percent of the population, the upper and upper middle class each 15 percent, as much as 60 percent live below the poverty level, while about 10 percent are hungry.
Serbia's foreign trade deficit is US$5 billion.
Analysts estimate the overindebted Serbia will enter a debtor's crisis in a couple of years. Social and economic dissatisfaction are growing, and the index of readiness to stage forced demonstrations is constantly rising. A minimum 60 percent of the electorate are in favour of social democracy, but currently there is no political party which could channel the dissatisfaction, analysts of Centre for the Studying of Alternatives say.