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RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED ON September 2-12, 2008
(1501 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)

1. To what extent are you satisfied with the present living conditions in Belarus?

Variant of answer

%

I am completely satisfied with them

15.6

I am more likely satisfied than unsatisfied

40.1

I am more likely unsatisfied than satisfied

31.1

I am completely unsatisfied

10.3

DA/NA

2.9



2. In your opinion, market reforms in Belarus...

Variant of answer

%

Are successfully accomplished

4.7

Are successfully developing

29.8

Have been hampered

24.7

Have ended in failure

8.5

Have never seriously begun

15.7

DA/NA

16.6



3. If you think that some changes have lately occurred in the economy of the country, than what kind of changes has there been more?

Variant of answer

%

There has been more of favorable changes

20.7

Both kinds of changes have occurred equally

39.3

There has been more of unfavorable changes

24.4

There has been no changes at all

9.1

DA/NA

6.5



4. Do you have any idea, what direction Belarus is moving in, what is made its aim by the governing body of the country?

Variant of answer

%

I have a quite clear idea

27.1

I have a quite vague idea

41.0

I have no idea

26.9

DA/NA

5.0



5. In your opinion, are fundamental changes possible in home and foreign policy of Belarus in the next five years?

Variant of answer

%

They are possible

31.8

They are unlikely

46.6

They are impossible

15.2

DA/NA

6.4



6. If you consider that such changes are possible, who, in your opinion, is going to trigger them? (more than one answer is possible)

Variant of answer

%

Belarusian authorities

32.7

Belarusian people

23.6

Belarusian opposition

9.8

The West

8.1

Russia

6.3

DA/NA

12.0



7. Would you like such changes to happen?

Variant of answer

%

Yes

52.2

No

15.6

I do not care

14.7

DA/NA

17.5



8. What does the concept “stability in the country” mean to you in the first place? (more than one answer is possible)

Variant of answer

%

A possibility to live decently on my salary or pension

73.1

Overcoming of inflation and rise in prices

40.6

Increase in production

22.7

Increase in Belarus international authority

17.3

Curb of criminality

16.7

Stability of the government

16.3

Absence of contrast between the life of the rich and the poor

15.0

Rebirth of cultural wealth

14.1

A possibility to freely express one’s opinion

11.3

A possibility to freely choose work and place of residence

10.2

Other

0.4

DA/NA

3.8



9. In your opinion, does Belarus need the House of Representatives of the National Assembly (the parliament), or can the life in Belarus be organized by the president equally well?

Variant of answer

%

Belarus needs the parliament

65.3

Life in the country can be successfully organized by the president

21.4

DA/NA

13.3



10. What do you think about the readiness of people in Belarus to express their political views?

Variant of answer

%

Nobody is afraid of expressing one’s political views

24.6

Only some people are afraid

22.1

Many people are afraid

39.1

Everybody is afraid

10.0

DA/NA

4.2



11. Do you agree that a strong leader can do more for the country today than good laws?

Variant of answer

%

I agree

47.4

I disagree

42.2

DA/NA

10.4



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