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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.

The survey of May touched briefly the issue of drugs and their use in the Czech Republic. People were asked whether and how much they perceive the current situation regarding drug use to be a problem in the Czech Republic as a country, and specifically in their place of residence. Furthermore, the survey investigated whether institutions in the Czech Republic deal with the drug problem adequately, inadequately or excessively in the view of the public.

In May 2010, 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. As a part of this press release the answers were 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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The May survey of the Center for Public Opinion Research was dedicated to environmental issues. Questions included assessing the various aspects of the environment in the Czech Republic as well as assessing the seriousness of problems at the global level.

In May this year, The Public Opinion Research Centre examined the views on abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment.

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.

In March 2010 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 (79%), people with criminal past (75%) and also people with mental disease (60%).