Earth-friendly behaviour

May survey contained a topic – environment. More than four fifths of respondents agreed that every single attempt to save the environment is important.

37% of respondents take always dangerous waste to special enchosen places. And other 35 % does it often. Same number of respondents sort domestic waste (33% always, 42 % often). A third of respondents take part in activities organized under companies for environment protection such as working groups and revitalisation of nature.

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Public opinion about environment

In May survey most of respondents were satisfied with condition of the environment close to their home and in Czech Republic.

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Wedding or not

The April results of CVVM survey shows that single women are more decided to get married in future than single men.

81 % of single women and 64 % of single men would like to get married in the future.

The most frequently named reasons for getting married were “children” (50 %) and the opinion that "two is better than one” (30 %), a fifth of respondents consider taking marriage vows...

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Corruption

In April survey CVVM interogated respondents with question„ Tell us, please, which of following institutions and areas of public life are mostly affected by corruption ?“ Mark it as at school, 1 means no corruption, 5 means high corruption.

Political Parties were supposed to be heavily affected by corruption, they were evaluated with mark 4 on average. Areas ,that were evaluated quite favourably - on average under mark 3, were Army (2,90), masmedia (2,81), system of education (2,61).

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Public attitudes to Death penalty and public opinions about lowering of the age limit for criminal liability

In CVVM survey more than two thirds of czech citizens spoke up for existence of Death penalty, while only a quarter of citizens (27%) is against it. Most pensioners and people who do not confess any religion or church, skilled workpeople, ČSSD and KSČM followers support existence of Death penalty. The existence of Denalty penalty is less supported by students, university graduetes, churchpeople,ODS or KDU-ČSL followers.

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Public opinions about foeticide and legitimatization of registered partnership

March survey confirmed tolerant attitude of czech public to foeticide. 7 out of 10 citizens think that a woman has right to decide herself to end her pregnancy. Support of law about registered partnership has drop a bit since 2003.

 

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Public tolerance

Respondents were shown a list of groups of people and they had to choose which group they would not want to be their neighbours. Czech citizens refused these groups of people to be their neighbours : alcoholics (87%), drug addicts (87%), people with criminal past (77%), Romanians (75%). Other groups of people were supposed to be more or less acceptable.

A third of people said, they would want to live far from homosexuals (34%), emotional unbalanced people (32%),almost a fifth of public would not want people with different colour of skin (22%), foreigners living in Czech Republic (21%) to be their neighbours and 1 out of six respondents would not want rich people to be their neighbours, the unwanted people are also rich people (17%),politicians (16%).

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Citizens‘ satisfaction with lving conditions close to their home

In March almost two thirds of respondents are satisfied with living conditions close to their home.A quarter of respondents is neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. A tenth of czech population over 15 years are dissatisfied with it. More than three quarters of respondents are satisfied with installation of service gas pipes, electric connection, water service pipe and sewerage in their homes. People are also satisfied with waste disposal, environment close to their home.

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Public opinion about relationships among people

Czech respondents are convinced of probably or definitely bad relationships among people in Czech Republic,public opinion about bad relationships(53%) prevails opinions about good relationships(43%). People with good standart of living evaluate relationships among people more positively. People under 30 years consider relationships among people are better, older people are more critical. Age differencies are related to marital status of respondent.

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What are czech citizens worried about and their future prediction?

Almost three quarters of citizens have some kinds of worries. Czech citizens are mostly worried about losing their job. More than a third out of those who have some kinds of worries are worried about their job.A quarter of respondents are worried about their health and they are afraid of being ill. Major part of respondents fear of losing their standart of living, shortage of money and poverty.

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