5 % of citizens indicated their household to be "rather rich", whilst 28 % consider it to be "rather" (24 %) or "very" (4 %) poor. Almost two thirds of respondents (65 %) regard their household as neither rich nor poor. Problems with current budget of their household were stated by 58 % of respondents, on the other hand 36 % said they have no problems with budget of the household.

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In November survey we questioned respondents about their participation in municipal elections to Local Councils and also we asked them whether they knew the candidates and whether they preferred candidates from political Parties or non – party candidates. More than two thirds of respondents told us that they participated in elections. The real election participation was 46, 38 %. This difference can be caused by the fact, that the public opinion research is made by personal interview, which means that a part of people who deny making a talk is unavailable for those surveys and there is also a fact, that people when talking about some subjects tend to talk in their own style which is not always the same as they really act.

In CVVM survey which was made within project Our society 2006 in October 2006 we asked our respondents a question whether they trust to constitutional institutions. Question about public confidence in constitutional institutions is regular part of CVVM surveys which help us to monitor public confidence during time. In the long term president of our country has been the most trustworthy Czech constitutional institution.

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.

In September 2006 within the project of continual monitoring of Czech public opinion Our Society some questions used in research - Pubs and Beer in Czech Society in 2004 were repeated. Results of the survey provide us with both topical view of current situation of some aspects of position of beer and pubs in Czech society and of related questions of their development.

Within the project - monitoring of beer phenomenon in Czech society beer consumption and its popularity were surveyed. Press information brings basic information about current structure of popular drinks, trends in beer consumption and development of rate of beer consumption.

Press release offers basic information about some aspects that determine beer choosing strategies of Czech consumers. There are also mentioned topics such as the type of popular beer, concrete beer brand preference, preference of products breweries regionally close to respondents´ residence and importance of price and taste when choosing a beer.

Press release monitors some aspects of Czech citizen’s attitudes to beer and brewing. There are mentioned questions about public attitudes to high rate of consumed beer in Czech Republic, import of foreign beer on Czech market or expectation of development of Czech beer and brewing.

Press release contains analysis of questions related to the topic of gastronomical facilities and especially of the position of Czech pub in the structure of eating facilities and in the Czech society in general. There are also analysed topics such as popularity of eating places or specification of guests of traditional Czech pubs.

In October survey we asked respondents whether media influence decisions of politicians. More than a half of respondents agreed that media influence decisions of politicians (20 % definitely „yes“, 33 % rather „yes“ ) A quarter of people think that media have no such influence (rather „no“) and a tenth suposse media not to have definitely such influence.

According to 80 % of respondents Česká televize has main influence on decisions of politicians, Nova 73 % and Prima 59 %.