Contentment with Life - Autumn 2024

In its autumn survey the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic posed to all respondents a question: "How satisfied are you with your life? Are you very satisfied, rather satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, rather dissatisfied, very dissatisfied?"

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Public Views on Fees and Some Other Measures in Healthcare - Autumn 2024

In Autumn 2024 survey 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.

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Czech Citizens on Health Care in the Czech Republic – Autumn 2024

In Autumn 2024 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to health care. Questions focused mainly on satisfaction with health care in the Czech Republic, evaluation of the quality of the health care in the last year and the amount of information provided by the doctors. Respondents evaluated their own health condition and possibilities to decide the ways of their medical treatment.

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Public Opinion on Health Care System - Autumn 2024

In a survey conducted between mid-September and the end of November 2024, The Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions related to health care system. Citizens were asked about their overall satisfaction with health care system in the Czech Republic as well as their views on the various problematic areas of healthcare, such as the financing of public health, the quality and availability of health care or the sufficiency of health workers.

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Evaluation of the quality of education and educational attainment of the Czech public - Autumn 2024

A regular CVVM survey conducted from the beginning of September to the end of November 2024 sought the opinions of the Czech public over the age of 15 on the level of education at individual types of schools, whether everyone in the Czech Republic is able to achieve an education appropriate to his or her abilities, what facts influence the achievement of education, what qualities and skills the education system succeeds in developing in pupils, and support for the establishment of various types of schools within compulsory schooling. In the last point, the research focused on the Czech public's approval of the introduction of tuition fees at public universities.

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Public perception of the energy transformation in the Czech Republic

In August 2024, a block of questions on energy issues was included in the Our Society panel survey. Some of the questions focused on the energy transition to cleaner, more environmentally friendly energy sources in the production of heat and electricity.

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Public on the European Green Deal

In the first decade of August 2024, a block of questions dedicated to energy issues was included in the Our Society panel survey. Some of the questions focused on the issue of the European Green Deal of the year 2020.

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Public on Nuclear Energy

In the first decade of August 2024, a block of questions focused on energy issues, including nuclear energy, was included in the Our Society panel survey.

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Understanding the terms "Best before" and "Use by" – Potraviny (Food) 2024

The special survey Food 2024 conducted by the CVVM SOÚ AV ČR included a block of questions focusing on the Czech public's familiarity with the terms "Best before" and "Use by". The vast majority (82%) of the Czech public correctly use the term "Use by..." whereas the meaning of minimum shelf life is less clear and only about half (51%) of citizens know it, with more than two-fifths (44%) giving it the same meaning as "Use by".

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Czech Public Opinion on CRISPR/Cas9 Technology – Potraviny (Food) 2024

The vast majority (85%) of the Czech public has never heard of CRISPR/Cas9.
Almost three-quarters (74%) of the Czech public agree that the CRISPR/Cas9 method can be used for therapeutic purposes, while the Czech public is least likely to accept the possibility of using the method to enhance athlete performance (77% disagree).

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