June's scores regarding the optimism index are the lowest since the start of this kind of survey in Croatia in September 2003.
The second lowest index of 41.4 points was marked in March this year after the decision of European Union to postpone accession negotiations with Croatia. The highest index was registered in December 2003 after parliamentary elections, being 50.1 points.
"The index is a dimension presented on a scale from 0 (complete pessimism) to 100 (complete optimism), which shows the average value of 6 subindexes. These indicate the current satisfaction with economic circumstances and quality of life, and anticipates the movements of economic and personal financial circumstances and quality of life," hendal said on its web site.
In June, just as in previous months, respondents were the least satisfied with the general economic circumstances (marking it with 17.4 points). However, they were rather optimistic about economic prospects (41.5 points).
They were most optimistic about the assessment of the quality of life in next six months (50.1 points).
The subindex for personal financial situation in next six months was 47.3 points.
The subindex about trends in the quality of life in the past six months was 38 points.
The research is conducted once a month on a nationally representative sample of 400 respondents older than 18, from all parts of Croatia. The index is based on the model of the American optimism index used by 'The TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics'.