As a part of September survey carried out by CVVM SOÚ AV ČR there were some questions focused on unemployment. Unemployment in the Czech Republic is supposed to be too high by almost 6 out of 10 Czech citizens (58%) older 15 years, a third of respondents (35%) consider it as adequate and only 1 % of respondents think the level of unemployment is too low. Almost a half of Czech public (47%) think that level of unemployment will remain unchanged.
Lowering of level of unemployment is expected by almost a tenth of respondents (11%), more than a quarter of respondents (28%) are worried about rising level of unemployment. Increase of unemployment is expected by the least number of addressed citizens since year 2000, when this question was used for the first time. 6 out of 10 economically active people think that it is improbable that they would lose their job (11% of them said that it is very improbable). Only 3 out of 10 working respondents say that it is probable they will lose their job.
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