Almost 40% of Romanians consider fires to be the biggest threat to their homes while 30.5% see earthquakes as being the biggest danger, according to a survey conducted as part of an information campaign on home insurance. About 15% worry about their houses being flooded due to broken pipes and only 10.4% are afraid of thieves breaking into their homes.

Landslides (1.8%) and floods (1.9%) come last among the dangers Romanians fear the most when it comes to their homes, reports local Mediafax.

The survey was carried on a sample of 1,766 people, 62% of which live in apartment buildings and 78% of which live in cities.

Some 43% of the respondents said they had their homes flooded due to broken pipes and 5% had fires at home.

The study also shows that almost half of Romanians have heard of a housebreaking that happened in neighboring areas, in their building, on their street, or in the same neighborhood. Moreover, 13.1% of respondents said that they had received a stranger in their home at least once, as the person was pretending to sell goods, conduct repairing works, or was just asking for help.

More than 32% of Romanians post travel photos on social networks while on holiday while 18% talk about their holiday plans on Facebook or other such networks.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com