Relations, Attitudes

March survey has dealt with a topic of employment of foreigners in Czech Republic.

In March, the questionnaire included two questions, which concerned the social structure of society and its social cohesion.

Research survey of CVVM focused on public attitudes to foreigners. Majority (58 %) claimed that foreigners living in Czech republic should become conformed to czech cultural habits as much as possible. Another 36 % of informants said that foreigners should adapt to czech cultural habits just in some aspects. And 5 % said that foreigners should be allowed to live according to their habits.

In March 2012 CVVM investigated attitudes of Czech public to 16 national groups that are living in the Czech Republic in significant number.

In March 2012 Public Opinion Research Centre focused on social distance among the major population and different social groups. Social distance was measured by a specific question: people should pick from a list of 15 different groups those, which they would not like to have as neighbours. The biggest distance was noticed towards drug addicts (86 % of Czechs would not want them to be their neighbours), people addicted to alcohol (78%), people with criminal past (74%), and also people with mental disease (63%).

Another question was focused on opinion about the society that means whether people think the Czech society is tolerant or intolerant to the same groups of people.

In March 2012 the Public Opinion Research Centre in its survey dealt with the acceptability of certain ways of behavior in Czech society. 

In the December survey 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?"

Center for Public Opinion Research in the November survey examined views on the distribution of work between the partners in the family. Research participants also commented on the selected indicators of success in life for men and women.
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In November survey of the Centre for Public Opinion Research citizens evalueted the importance of some life goals and expressed opinions on various forms of family life.
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In May, The Public Opinion Research Centre examined the views on abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment. More than two-thirds of Czechs believe that a woman has a right to abortion. Nearly two-thirds agree with euthanasia and the same percentage agrees with the capital punishment.