Economical

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.

According to the October survey of CVVM, 43% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 38% view it as neither good nor bad, and 17% consider it to be good.

In October 2014 Public Opinion Research Centre's survey investigated views of Czech citizens on some social conditions. From all specific social conditions included in the survey people evaluate mostly positively only the accessibility of education (79% positively, 16% critically) and the health care (72% : 27%).

In June 2014 Public Opinion Research centre investigated, how Czech citizens evaluate material living conditions of their households and economic situation in the Czech Republic. During summer months of 2014 comparable surveys on this theme were carried out also in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

According to the September survey of CVVM, 44% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as bad, 39% view it as neither good nor bad, and 16% consider it to be good.

June's survey of CVVM asked questions regarding the relationship of workers to their jobs. On the one hand, the survey focused on the topics such as job satisfaction, perception of workplace climate and subjective evaluation of adequacy of earnings. On the other hand, the aim was also to determine, what is the proportion of workers considering the possibility of changing their job and what they think about the probability of job loss.

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In June survey CVVM investigated opinions of Czech citizens related to the level and the future trend of unemployment in Czech Republic as well as to the situation on labour-market in the place of their living. 67 % of respondents declared that the unemployment is too high, which is less than in the last year (71 %), but much more in comparison to the situation before economical crisis (2008: 36%).

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