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November's survey of CVVM comprised a bloc of questions concerning public opinion on the pension system in the Czech Republic and its possible change. We asked a selected part of our respondents that are not yet retired, whether they use any form of savings or investments to put money aside for their retirement, whether they fear they might not be sufficiently secured when retired, and what are their expectations regarding the sufficiency of pensions paid by the state.

November survey of CVVM comprised a bloc of questions concerning public opinion on the pension system in the Czech Republic. 73% of citizens express opinion that the current pension system needs a change.

In the November research CVVM examined closely the views of citizens on the pension system and pension reform. This press release presents some of the general attitudes of people older than 15 years to the retirement system.

According to the December survey of CVVM, 40% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 41% view it as neither good nor bad, and 18% consider it to be good.

In the November 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.

November survey of CVVM dealt with the topic of family policy. We asked, in what extent the goverment takes care of the social situation of families with children. In addition to it we made an inquiry about the opinion on specific measures that may be used as a support for families with children.

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In the November investigation the Public Opinion Research Centre included issues related to social policy. First, we examined the extent to which social security should be ensured by the state in the view of Czech citizens, what the level of social security is, and whether the social benefits should be granted to all citizens, or just to certain groups of society.

According to November 2014 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 13% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 26% say it is adequate and 51% think it is low.

According to the November survey of CVVM, 41% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 39% view it as neither good nor bad, and 17% consider it to be good.

In October survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined how Czech citizens see the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to manage with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty.