{"id":91767,"date":"2025-05-11T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91767\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T04:00:11","slug":"midlands-town-where-people-worry-the-most-about-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/91767\/","title":{"rendered":"Midlands town where people worry the most about money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New research has revealed the areas of the West Midlands where people worry the most about money<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_Middle-aged-woman-with-hand-on-forehead.jpg\" alt=\"New research has revealed the areas of the West Midlands where people worry the most about money\u00a0\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>New research has revealed the areas of the West Midlands where people worry the most about money\u00a0(Image: Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">New findings have revealed the Midlands areas where people worry the most about money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/sandwell\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandwell<\/a> ranks top of the region for income stress, scoring 9.7 out of 10 according to statistics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The findings were revealed following a study by Electric Tobacconist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/property\/midlands-city-named-among-uks-31559472\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Midlands city named among UK&#8217;s most sought-after places for home buyers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/walsall\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsall<\/a> and Wolverhampton also ranked on the top 10 UK list, which measured stress across various subjects such as unemployment, anxiety, green space access and smoking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Scores were achieved by analysing socioeconomic, geographical, and environmental data.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Top-10-stress-list.png\" alt=\"Top list compiled by Electronic Tobacconist\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Top list compiled by Electronic Tobacconist(Image: Electronic Tobacconist)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sandwell came second overall, achieving a total stress score of 7.3 out of 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Black Country borough&#8217;s highest score was for income stress and it scored second highest in that category nationally behind Nottingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Sandwell&#8217;s other scores included 8.9 for unemployment stress, 9.6 for smoking related stress, while it provided much lower scores of 1.9 for green space access and 0.2 for anxiety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wolverhampton came fourth overall earning a total score of 7.1, scoring 9.4 for unemployment stress and 9.3 for income.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Walsall also came joint fourth, scoring 7.1 overall with 9.2 for income stress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wendie Ralphs, UK-accredited psychotherapist and stress expert, said: &#8220;Stress comes from many directions, but ongoing uncertainty around money, health, and work is one of the biggest drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;In places like Blackpool, Nottingham, and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, where financial pressure and unemployment are high, people aren\u2019t just facing external challenges; their nervous system stays in survival mode, making it harder to relax, focus, or sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It comes as households have battled with rising prices amidst the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New research has revealed the areas of the West Midlands where people worry the most about moneyNew research&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,961],"class_list":{"0":"post-91767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-money"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}