In December 2019 Public Opinion Research Centre included a blok of questions connected to health care. One of the discussed topics was also health care measures in the Czech Republic. Questions focused mainly on charges for medication, doctor visit and stay in hospital. Next issue was connected to insurance and insurance company.

The December 2019 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre included issues related to social policy. It surveyed citizens' views on that how much the individual areas of social policy are secured.

At the same time the block of questions included an item, in which citizens had to comment the social policy as a whole. It also examined public preferences concerning allocation of public funds.

In December survey the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on situation in Syria.

The survey examined how Czech public is interested in the development of situation on the border of Syria and Turkey, how Czech citizens perceive the impact of the situation on Czech, European and global safety, and how they evaluate performance of some participating actors in current events on the border of Syria and Turkey.

In December, the Public Opinion Research Center of the Academy of Sciences interviewed citizens of the Czech Republic on topic of financial security in pension. Questions were focused not only on subjective concerns over lack of economic resources or trust in welfare state but also on actual preparations, namely investments and savings.

According to December 2019 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 18% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 30% say it is adequate and 43% think it is low.

Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 38% of respondents, adequate by 52% and low by 3% of citizens.

Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 58%, adequate by 32% and low by 3%. 

55% of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners.

In December 2019, the Public Opinion Research Centre asked a set of questions related to attitudes of the Czech citizens towards social policy.

Questions investigated opinions of the Czech public on the involvement of the state and the citizens themselves to funding the sphere of social policy. Other questions focused on whether the current distribution of responsibilities is divided equally between state and citizens. Finally, we were interested in opinion on the fair distribution of benefits and abuse of the social security system.

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In the December survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined a set of questions concerning the UK leaving the EU.

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In December 2019 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to the Chambers of Parliament, the President, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils.

In December 2019 Public Opinion Resear Centre carried out a survey about the development of situation in selected areas of public life during the year 2019.

In November 2019 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined whether the Czech public feels safely in the country and in the place of residence, and whether Czech citizens see some selected groups and phenomena as a great, small or no threat to the peace and security in the Czech Republic.