Relations, Attitudes

In May survey CVVM focused on public opinions of rights of gays and lesbians such as right to get married, right for registered partnership and right for children adoption. As a part of this press information there were answers sorted according to socio-demographic indicators and according to answer on a question whether a respondent knows a gay or a lesbian personally.

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As a part of May survey realized by CVVM SOÚ, v.v.i. there were some questions asking Czech public about their attitude to foreigners and nationalities living in the Czech Republic. CVVM investigated how respondents agree with different reasons concerning acceptance of immigrants and they were questioned about their attitude to employment of foreigners. Addressed citizens were also asked to evaluate their relationship with some nationalities that have strong representation in the Czech Republic.

In May survey CVVM investigated public opinion of number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic and whether foreigners should have chance to live in this country in the long term and how they should accustom to our living conditions. As a part of the press information there is a list of answers sorted according to socio-demographic characteristics of population sample and according to answers of a question whether a respondent knows any foreigner personally.

Within the March survey people have been expressing their sentiment about moral acceptability or unacceptability of some kinds of human actions and behaviour. The survey included 25 items representing different deeds which the respondents evaluated within the ten-point scale where 1 meant "never acceptable" and 10 "always acceptable".

In March 2007 CVVM used some questions focused on public tolerance to some groups of people. Czechs were show a list of 14 groups of people and they had to say, whether they would not want these people as their neighbours. Negative attitude to neighbourhood of four groups was expressed by Czech people. These groups consist of drug addicts, 87 % of Czech would not want them to be their neighbours. Four fifths of Czech citizens (81 %) would not like to live close to alcoholics and 77 % of Czechs would not want people with criminal past in their neighbourhood.

December CVVM survey was focused on Czech relationship to other nations and nationalities. Respondents were shown a list with 24 nationalities and they were asked to evaluate these nationalities with marks from 1 to 7 according to their sympathies for these nationalities (1 – very sympathetic and 7-very unsympathetic). Respondents find Czechs as the most sympathetic nation (on average 1,7).

More than two thirds of Czechs (66 %) have a pesimistic attitude to the future. Their worries are not shared by 34 % of people. It was proved by results of last survey made by CVVM in year 2006, where questions investigating public attitude to their personal life or evaluation of future life of the society were included. People are mostly worried about their health and about losing their jobs, but they are also worried about their families or about standard of living.

In December CVVM SOÚ AV ČR survey public attitude to some selected nationalities living in the Czech Republic was investigated. Czechs have best relationships with people of the Czech nationality and then with people of the Slovakian nationality. Czechs also find Poles (73,4 %) and Germans (59 %) sympathetic. Jews and Vietnameses are worse evaluated when most respondents chose for their evaluation centre of the spectrum (answer :neither sympathetic, nor nonsympathetic).

November survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR investigated public opinions about division of men´s and women´s roles in families. Both partners should share worries about education, budget, hobbies and contacts. Career building is supposed to belong to men´s activities or activities of both partners, but mainly it should belong to a men´s role. On the other hand cooking is considered as women´s domain. Looking after children, shopping and cleaning are activities that should be shared by both partners, which is opinion of about half of respondents.

In November survey CVVM SOÚ AV focused on public attitude to weddings and ideal age to have a first child.

Marriage is not worthless institution for 70 % of respondents. More than 60 % of unmmarried people would like to get married in future (64,4 % of women and 63,6 % of men) and a sixth of divorced people wish to marry somebody in future (16,9 % women, 16,0 % men). Only a few widowed people want to get married, 3,2 % widowed women and any widowed men.