Confidence in constitutional institutions and satisfaction with political situation in November 2007

In November 2007 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, Government, President, Local and Regional Councils.

As a part of the CVVM surveys there is a question about public satisfaction with current political situation in the Czech Republic.

In November survey CVVM investigated how people trust to political Parties and whether they are willing to take part in elections to Chamber of Deputies. In the press release there are two different types of information : Party preference and a model of voting behaviour.

Party preferences give us information about public sympathy with political Parties in the group of citizens who have voting right and there is also included a part of citizens who will not take part in elections or they do not knot who to vote for.

Within its October survey CVVM focused on the subject of comparison of today's situation and the situation before November 1989. Respondents compared then and present situation from their personal viewpoint in general as well as in some concrete particular aspects and they also were expressing their meaning to a question, if the change of system has repaid itself or not. The information consists also a comparison of new data with previous results.

In October survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR probed, how Czech citizens view the financial situation of their households. They particularly evaluated, whether it is difficult to manage with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty. Then we wanted to know which from the given needs it is difficult to satisfy for Czechs. Finally respondents made noises about situation concerning some social conditions.

Monitoring public stances on certain general and political issues is commonly included in researches of public opinion. The array of questions included in the October survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre focused primarily on general economic issues, selected aspects of social security and personal responsibility, and on the issue of freedom. The results reveal that, inter alia, the Czech public strongly prefers the maximisation of freedoms and the concept of a state that protects the freedoms and rights of its citizens in the event of their violation to a state that pre-emptively limits their rights and freedoms.

CVVM in October survey investigated how Czech citizens evaluate reasons for joining the political parties. Other questions asked respondents if they have wanted to enter into politics through a membership in some political party in the last ten years. As a part of this press information the answers are sorted according to sociodemographic indicators of the addressed sample of population.

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Within the continual project of monitoring the phenomenon of the beer in Czech society the topic of the consumption was surveyed in October 2007. The press release provides us with overall information about the amount of people who drink beer and about the average level and the frequency of consumption in Czech Republic. The attention is paid also to differences in subgroups of citizens and to the development of these aspects in Czech society since 2004.

Within the continual project of monitoring the phenomenon of the beer in Czech society the topic of the choice of beer was surveyed in October 2007. The press release provides us with overall information about the preferences and consumption of beer categories like lager or dark beer in Czech Republic; about the criterions of the selection and about the status of non-alcoholic beer. The attention is paid also to economic aspects of the choice and to the development of selected aspects in Czech society since 2004.

Within the continual project of monitoring the phenomenon of the beer in Czech society the topic of the brand and the brand identification was surveyed in October 2007. The press release provides us with overall information about the amount of people who prefer some beer brand; about the fidelity to the brand and about the willingness to try unknown brand instead of the known one. The attention is paid also to local aspects of brand preferences and to the development of selected aspects in Czech society since 2004.

Within the continual project of monitoring the phenomenon of the beer in Czech society the topic of the image of beer was surveyed in October 2007. The press release provides us with overall information about general relationship of Czechs to the beer; about its status as the beverage appropriate or inappropriate for diverse situations and about occasions in which the beer is consumed most often.