Sixty per cent of Spanish people hand in lost property
Friday, July 18, 2014 @ 12:37 PM
SIX in 10 Spaniards will hand in lost property or money if they find it, despite the financial crisis making it tempting to follow the old adage of 'finders, keepers'.
A survey by the company Recupérame says honesty and doing the right thing continues to take priority for most people.
Over 82 per cent of those interviewed said they had found a lost item at some point in their lives, and 66 per cent said they gave them back, whilst many of the rest claim they would have returned it if they had been able to trace the owner.
Seven in 10 of those who did not hand in items found say they chose to keep them, with the 18 to 24 year age group being the most likely to do so.
It also tends to be the younger generations, particularly the upper classes, who lose their belongings the most often, whilst a high percentage of those aged 55 to 65 say they have never lost anything in their lives.
Residents in Andalucía are the most likely to lose something, with 85 per cent saying they have done so at least once.
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