Economical

In November, 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.

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In November, the Public Opinion Research Centre asked a set of questions related to attitudes of the Czech citizens towards the retirement system in the Czech Republic.

Questions focused mainly on the current condition of the retirement system and its possible changes. Respondents also expressed level of their support for concrete measures and actions within the retirement system. The last question focused on the opinion whether the received finances from the social security system can cover funding of the pensions.

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According to November 2018 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 16% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 28% say it is adequate and 45% think it is low.

Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 39% of respondents, adequate by 49% and low by 4% of citizens.

Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 60%, adequate by 27% and low by 4%.

58% of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners.

The November 2018 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.

November research focused on priorities in funding of some individual areas of social policy from the state budget. Respondents should sort ten selected areas of social policy from the most important area to the least important area for them.

Citizens perceive as the top priority the area of healthcare, followed by pensions and social security in sickness or in case of injury.

In November, 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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According to the October survey of CVVM, 50% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 34% view it as neither good nor bad, and 14% consider it to be bad.

In October 2018 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 the accessibility of education (86% positively, 9% critically), a chance to get a job (79% : 18%), and the health care (75% : 23%). All other monitored areas of social conditions - i.e. a chance to get a flat (23% positively, 72% critically), to buy a flat or house (21% : 73%), financial situation to start a family with children (31% : 63%), social security for the elderly (24% : 67%), and life conditions for the handicapped (31% : 51%) - are evaluated mostly critically.

The Public Opinion Research Centre in its October survey examined how Czech citizens perceive the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to make ends meet with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty.

10% of citizens indicated their household to be rich, whilst 22% considered it to be poor. 67% of respondents regard their household as neither rich nor poor. Problems with current budget of their household were stated by 43% of respondents, on the other hand 54% said they have no problems with budget of the household.

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According to the September survey of CVVM, 49% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 33% view it as neither good nor bad, and 15% consider it to be bad.