Economical

In October 2010 the regular CVVM survey included questions related to austerity program of the government. Respondents should have expressed their opinion on the need for economic changes and declared their awareness of the austerity measures which the government was preparing. People also should have expressed agreement or disagreement with those measures. The CVVM poll asked Czechs to say, whether the impact of the measures will be distributed righteously in the Czech society and how forthcoming changes in the state budget will affect selected areas of life.

In October survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR examined how Czech citizens see the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to manage with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty. 5 % of citizens indicated their household to be rich, whilst 35 % consider it to be poor. Three fiths of respondents (59 %) regard their household as neither rich nor poor.

From all social conditions included in the survey people evaluate mostly positively only the accessibility of education (74 % positively, 19 % critically) and the health care (60 % : 38 %). All other monitored areas of social conditions - i.e. a chance to get a flat (24 % positively, 70 % critically), financial situation to start a family with children (17 % : 79 %), social security for the elderly (11 % : 83 %), life conditions for the handicapped (20 % : 64 %) and a chance to get a job (21 % : 77 %) - are evaluated largely critically.

The October survey of CVVM was focused on budget issues. Respondents were giving their opinion whether a better way of decreasing of current deficit would be reduction of budgetary expenditures, or increase of state’s revenues. Then they picked areas where the cuts in budgetary outlays should be made in preference, and on the other hand areas, which should be spared of any restrictions. The survey also examined people’s views of planned deficit of 135 billion CZK for 2011.

In September survey CVVM investigated opinions of Czech citizens related to the level and future trend of unemployment in Czech Republic as well as to the situation on labour-market in the place of their living. The survey also tried to investigate their eventual behaviour in the course of finding of a new job in the case of being unemployed.

In June 2010 CVVM investigated, how Czech citizens evaluate material living conditions of their households and economic situation in our country. Survey on this theme was also carried out in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

According to February 2010 survey 8 % of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 21 % say it is adequate and 61 % think it is low. Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 31 % of respondents, adequate by 54 % and low by 5 % of citizens. Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 63 %, adequate by 25 % and low by 3 %. 74 % of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners.

In January 2010 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey about debts and loans. In this press release are published attitudes of Czech citizens to debts of common people on one hand and opinion about the Czech Republic public debt on the other hand.

In January 2010 Public Opinion Research Centre carried out a survey about debts and loans. In this press release are published attitudes of Czech citizens to individual debts, e.g. acceptability of loans for real estate, education, consumption, car, holidays or for starting a business. Another question was focused on importance of financial resources for unexpected expenses. Along with attitudes there were also questions concerning the indebtedness of households, in other words behaviour of population.

In December 2009 CVVM investigated, how Czech citizens evaluate material living conditions of their households and economic situation in our country. Survey on this theme was also carried out in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.