November survey embraced questions about public opinions on reasons why some people live in poverty in Czech Republic. Respondents had to choose among statements about people living in poverty and say which statement is true.
The statement “some people live in poverty, because they lost their jobs“ was supported by more than two thirds of respondents. Same number of respondents think that some people live in poverty, because they do not want to work.
Respondents´answers were sometimes different according to their living standard. People, who said that their standard of living is bad, more often agreed with following statements than people, who said that their standard of living is good: people living in poverty have misfortune, these people come from low-income families or they became unemployed through no fault of their own. Respondents with good standard of living more often supported opinion that people living in poverty do not want to work
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