It's now grammatically correct, but I still have a comment about organization. It's not obvious what country you're talking about until the middle of the article. That's quite unclear to the reader and confusing. 

Survey: People Have a Feeling That Price Increase Is Much Higher Than It Really Is

People Think They Are Worse Off Than They Really Are

The average person's perception of cost of living increases is quite different from reality. Contrary to popular belief that the increase was 3.5% this year, cost of living expenses really went up by 5%. People thought last year’s price increases were 5 times higher, when they were actually lower than in recent years.

Unemployment was estimated more realistically. The real figure was 19.2% in January, whereas people guessed 25% on average, according to a survey by the INEKO Institute.

Only one in every nine responses had a realistic view. Even in the most optimistic group of people, which was represented by the young, the university-educated, businessmen, and citizens of large cities, only about 16 – 20% estimates were accurate.

This distorted view of reality influences both people’s feelings and their growing dissatisfaction, and moreover, “has a negative impact on the economy,” said Gabriel Sipos from INEKO Institute.

Psychologist Zuzana Jarossova explained that people are already born with a certain amount of pessimism.

“A born pessimist unconsciously organizes his/her life in an unsuccessful way and the loss he/she is expecting will be brought about,” Jarossova said.

Pessimism appeared right after 1989, according to Michal Vasecka, a sociologist and analyst of Institute of Public Question. It is connected with the challenges brought by the new era.

Another reason is that we compare Slovakia with the most developed countries and not with those that are at the same level, for example with Poland.

The fact that “the rest of the world considers us as a country which is even at a lower level than Poland plays another role. This persuades Slovaks that there is something wrong,” says Vasecka.

Sipos blames the media for this "bad" mood. “The mass media forms people’s behavior and expectations. It concentrates too much on the 20% unemployment, but says nothing at all about the inflation,” he said.

He said the extent of pessimism was not almost influenced by economic measures from the beginning of this year. “In January, 85% of the respondents considered the economic situation of 2002 as worse or the same as in 2001. Similarly, it was estimated this way in October 2002, before the new government measures were introduced,” he explained.

Even the growth of real income, which was the highest in the last 5 years, did not influence the pessimism of the public.