RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED IN MARCH OF 2005
(1516 persons interviewed, margin of error doesn’t exceed 0.03)
1. Compare living standards in Belarus and the neighboring countries. Where is it higher?
|
Variant of answer |
Higher |
Same |
Lower |
DA/NA |
|
Poland |
63.1 |
15.2 |
2.9 |
18.8 |
|
Latvia |
47.6 |
19.1 |
6.4 |
26.9 |
|
Lithuania |
45.7 |
20.8 |
6.2 |
27.3 |
|
Russia |
28.9 |
40.4 |
15.9 |
14.8 |
|
Ukraine |
11.2 |
30.9 |
41.6 |
16.3 |
2. How often do you use the services of individual entrepreneurs (buy consumables and foodstuffs at markets, in stalls, use domestic services, etc.)?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Almost daily |
27.7 |
|
Several times a week |
29.6 |
|
Several times a month |
31.5 |
|
Several times a year |
5.2 |
|
Almost never |
5.9 |
|
NA |
0.1 |
3. Have you heard about recent strikes of individual entrepreneurs who protested against new VAT payment scheme?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
87.2 |
|
No |
12.8 |
4. What is your attitude to these strikes?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I support them in their demands |
54.4 |
|
I don’t support them in their demands |
20.7 |
|
DA/NA |
24.9 |
5. Do you work at one or more jobs?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
One |
56.7 |
|
Two |
6.5 |
|
More than two |
0.7 |
|
Presently unemployed |
35.4 |
|
NA |
0.7 |
6. Several directors of large state-run enterprises have been arrested over lately, criminal cases instituted against them (for misappropriation, misfeasance, etc.) Who do you think is guilty of the arrests?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Directors themselves break the law |
53.7 |
|
Country’s economic system forces them to break the law |
25.6 |
|
DA/NA |
20.7 |
7. Do you think corruptibility takes place in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
81.4 |
|
No |
6.8 |
|
DA/NA |
11.8 |
8. Have you personally faced the cases of corruptibility over lately?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No |
62.6 |
|
Yes, many times |
28.3 |
|
Yes, one time |
8.8 |
|
DA/NA |
0.3 |
9. The authorities have many times stated that the country have chosen the right economic course. Do you agree with this?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes, chosen economic course was right |
41.3 |
|
No, chosen economic course was wrong |
33.8 |
|
DA/NA |
24.9 |
10. A. Lukashenko has recently ordered to take under strict state control health-improving trips of children from contaminated areas on the grounds that children come back with a changed outlook from those trips. What is your opinion of this?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I don’t support this proposition |
52.0 |
|
It makes no difference to me |
18.3 |
|
I support this proposition |
20.1 |
|
DA |
9.6 |
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