Relations, Attitudes

In May survey CVVM focused on public opinions of rights of gays and lesbians such as right to get married, right for registered partnership and right for children adoption. As a part of this press information there were answers sorted according to socio-demographic indicators and according to answer on a question whether a respondent knows a gay or a lesbian personally.

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April survey of CVVM focused on public attitude and public relationships between Czech population and Romany minority. Survey showed that approximately four fiths of Czech citizens (79 %) see living together of Romany and non-Romany population as problematic.

In March survey CVVM focused on problems of life together of Czechs. Respondents were given a list which contained 14 different groups of people and they had to say, whether they would not want these people as neighbours. Most Czech citizens do not want to live near by drug addict (89 %), alcoholics (83 %) and persons with criminal pastness (78 %). Then we probed how Czech society is according to obtained opinions tolerant to selected groups of people.

In March survey CVVM investigated Czech public's views with regard to foreigners who live in the long term or permanently in Czech Republic. 80 % of Czechs think that incomers should have had the right to stay here in the long term under some conditions, 9 % would support this right with no restricting conditions and only 8 % said that foreigners should not have any right to stay in the long term in Czech Republic.

March survey of CVVM investigated attitudes of Czech public to some national groups that are living in the Czech Republic in significant number.

In March 2008 CVVM in its survey focused on moral acceptability of some kinds of behavior within Czech society. Czechs evaluated 24 different sorts by help of 10 points scale, where 1 meant that this behavior is never acceptable and on the other hand 10 represented “always acceptable”. The largest proportion of Czech citizens is able to accept osculation in public. On the contrary the most critical is Czech public opinion to driving under the influence of alcohol.

December CVVM survey was focused on Czech relationship to other nations and nationalities. Respondents were shown a list with 24 nationalities and they were asked to evaluate these nationalities with marks from 1 to 7 according to their sympathies for these nationalities (1 – very sympathetic and 7-very unsympathetic). Respondents find Czechs as the most sympathetic nation (on average 1,6). Pozitive public attitude was expressed to Slovaks, Frenchmen, Swedes, Englishmen, Austrians and Greeks (2,0 -3,0).

Planning of marriages and evaluation of some statements relating to partnership and wedded life were the subject of survey, that CVVM SOÚ AV ČR made in November 2007. Proportion of people that plans wedding in the future is on the same level in the long term (approximately 40 %). Czech citizens are relatively benevolent to partnership life without children, but in connection with upbringing and child care Czechs often prefer marriages.

In October survey CVVM focused on the subject of Czech citizen's relationships to the place, the region and the country where they live and feelings of pride and shame related to their Czech citizenship and Bohemia's history, culture, politics and social life.

Attitudes concerning Czech history probed CVVM SOÚ AV ČR in October 2007. At first we investigated, who is the greatest Czech personality and what is the most considerable historical period according to our citizens. In context of twentieth century respondents also mentioned the events that are in their eyes most important since the First World War.