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In September 2011, questions about education were included in the regular research "Our Society". It has been examined, whether, according to the Czech citizens, everybody in the Czech Republic can achieve the education commensurate with his/her abilities. There were also mapped views on the quality of education in different types of schools.

In September 2011 CVVM gave to its respondents a series of questions focused on their holiday and spending of holidays in general.

In April, the Center for Public Opinion Research focused on satisfaction with life in the locality in general and selected living conditions in the vicinity of residence. 70% of Czechs are satisfied with living conditions in their place of residence. A fifth said neutral variant. A tenth is not satisfied.

A half of Czech citizens described the cenzus as well managed. The same part of Czechs think that the cenzus is necessary. 68 % have no doubt about usefulness of all items of cenzus and 53 % believe that the gathered information will be adequately protected from misuse.

In April of this year CVVM investigated how people perceive the planned beatification of prior Pope John Paul II. In March and April 2011 under the auspices of CEORG, research on the subject was conducted also in Poland, Hungary and the Slovakia.

In September 2010 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR replicated some of the questions about beer, which constitute a part of research project Pubs and Beer in Czech Society that is under way since 2004. This press release maps basic results about the amount and frequency of beer consumption in the Czech Republic from 2004 to 2010 and also some remarks regarding the status of non-alcoholic beer.

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In September 2010 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR replicated some of the questions about beer, which constitute a part of research project Pubs and Beer in Czech Society that is under way since 2004. This press release maps basic results about the preferences of particular beer brands and the role of aspects like taste and price in case of choice.

In September 2010 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR replicated some of the questions about beer, which constitute a part of research project Pubs and Beer in Czech Society that is under way since 2004. This press release maps the basic expectations of Czech public about the future of Czech beer and brewing industry and sentiments of citizens towards the competition of producers of different size on Czech market.

In September 2010, CVVM carried out an opinion poll on how Czech citizens evaluate the quality of education on all school levels. Part of the press release is also a comparison of current results with findings from previous surveys. Then citizens should have expressed their opinion, whether all the people in the Czech Republic have a chance to achieve the appropriate level of education according to their abilities.

Public Opinion Research Centre of Institute of Sociology of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic compress the release term of primary data files. Since September 2010, primary data files from the continuous survey research project Our Society are free for non-commercial use two month after the fieldwork has been finished. The goal of release term compress is to make the datasets available quicker for all interested professionals, especially for researchers, and teachers.