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In May 2016, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked four questions regarding the environment. The first two questions were concerned with interest of respondents about information connected with the environment. The second two questions probed activities of respondents and households focused on environment, for example waste separation or shopping of organic food.

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In the May 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?"

In May within the regular research the Centre for Public Opinion Research focused on the environment. Representatives of the Czech population answered questions on particular environmental phenomena in the sense of their problematic character. As the most serious problems were stated the garbage cumulation (for 92 % “very” + “quite” serious problem), the drinking water pollution (92 %) and the drinking water deprivation (90 %).

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In the April 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?"

In March 2016 Public Opinion Research Centre investigated attitudes of Czech public to seventeen national groups that are living in the Czech Republic in significant number. The most positive relation was observed to Czechs, Slovaks, and Poles, the worst relation have Czechs to Arabs and Roma people.

March survey has dealt with a topic of employment of foreigners in Czech Republic. 34 % of Czechs think it is right to employ foreigners, 57 % express the opposite view. Support to employment of foreigners grows with degree of completed education and also with improving evaluation of living standard of respondent's household.

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Research survey of CVVM focused on public attitudes to long-term or permanently residing foreigners in the Czech Republic. The first question asked whether foreigners coming in our country in last few years cause problems or not.

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In March 2016 Public Opinion Research Centre examined as a part of its survey the opinions of the Czech public on long-term or permanently residing foreigners in the Czech Republic. Specifically, there were examined attitudes whether there are too many, appropriate amount, or too few foreigners living in the country, whether foreigners should have the right for the long-term residing in the country and whether the state should allow them to settle here permanently. There were examined the reasons for the acceptance of immigrants, too.

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In March, the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on satisfaction with life in the locality in general and selected living conditions close to their home.

In March 2016 Public Opinion Research Centre focused on social distance among the majority 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.