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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.

In May 2011, CVVM survey focused on public opinion on rights of gays and lesbians such as right to get married, right for registered partnership and right for children adoption.

Press release offers information about some attitudes of Czech citizens towards nuclear energy that were surveyed especially in the context of Fukushima accident. Some of the results are comparable with the survey, made in this long-lasting project after the Chernobyl accident.

April survey of CVVM focused on public attitude and public relationships between Czech population and Romany minority. Survey showed that more than four fifths of Czech citizens (81%) see living together of Romany and non-Romany population as bad in Czech Republic generally, and three fifths (59%) evaluate the coexistence as bad in a place where they live.

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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 March 2011 CVVM survey investigated Czech public's views with regard to foreigners who live in the long term or permanently in the Czech Republic. 53 % of Czechs see foreign citizens living in the Czech Republic as a problem, 37 % claim the opposite. But, when people should consider their neighbourhood, not the Czech Republic as a whole country, 56 % think foreign citizens are not a problem.

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In March 2011 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 (89 % of Czechs would not want them to be their neighbours), people with criminal past (80%), people addicted to alcohol (79%) and also people with mental disease (63%).

March survey of CVVM focused on public attitudes to foreigners. Majority (61 %) claimed that foreigners living in Czech republic should become conformed to czech cultural habits as much as possible. Another 34 % 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.

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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.

March survey has dealt with a topic of employment of foreigners in Czech Republic. 55 % of Czechs think it is right to employ foreigners, 39 % 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.