Economical

In the survey, respondents answered several questions concerning economic impact of the epidemic and related anti-epidemic measures. In particular, the survey looked at how the incomes of households in which respondents live have changed since the beginning of the epidemic, how the crisis has affected their current economic activity and how long their household would be able to earn a living if the current situation continued.

In February 2020 Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to social policy of families. Respondents evaluated overall approach of the Czech government to social situation of families with children in the Czech Republic. Next citizens commented on specific measures related to family policy.

According to the February 2020 survey of CVVM, 49% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 36% view it as neither good nor bad, and 13% consider it to be bad.

56% of Czechs evaluate the living standard of their household as good, 11% consider it to be bad, and 33% characterize it as neither good, nor bad.

In January 2020 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. In this text there are also published attitudes of Czechs 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 and difficulties with the repayment of debts.

In January 2020, the Public Opinion Research Centre investigated views on the problem of indebtment. We surveyed the opinion on the level of indebtment among the Czech citizens and on the level of indebtment of the Czech state. With regard to these two fields of indebtment, we also asked questions about how serious a problem the current level of indebtment poses to the Czech people.

In the January 2020 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined three questions related to Inflation And Real Income Of Households.

44 % of people believe that for the income of their household they can buy or pay less than a year ago, 43 % believe that the real income of their households is about the same as a year before, and 12% of respondents said that their real income during the last year has increased.

47% of Czech citizens consider current inflation to be acceptable, 38% of people share the opposite opinion.

64% of Czechs expect that this year they will be able to buy less goods and pay less services for the same amount of money than the last year.

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In the January 2020 survey the Public Opinion Research Centre examined two questions related to evaluation of material living conditions of respondent's households, and to expectation of development of these conditions in this year.

More than one half (55%) of Czechs evaluates material living conditions of their households as good, 12% consider them to be bad, and 33% think they are "neither good, nor bad".

54% of Czechs expect no change of their current material living conditions, according to 19% they will improve, and 24% think that material living conditions of their households will worsen in this year.

According to the January 2020 survey of CVVM, 51% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 35% view it as neither good nor bad, and 13% consider it to be bad.

13% of citizens think that the economic situation will improve in this year, 48% expect no change, and 34% await worsening of economic situation.

57% of Czechs evaluate the living standard of their household as good, 10% consider it to be bad, and 33% characterize it as neither good, nor bad.

In November, the Public Opinion Research Centre asked a set of questions related to attitudes of the Czech citizens towards the retirement system in the Czech Republic.

Questions focused mainly on the current condition of the retirement system and its possible changes. Respondents also expressed level of their support for concrete measures and actions within the retirement system. The last question focused on the opinion whether the received finances from the social security system can cover funding of the pensions.

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According to the December 2019 survey of CVVM, 49% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 35% view it as neither good nor bad, and 15% consider it to be bad.

54% of Czechs evaluate the living standard of their household as good, 11% consider it to be bad, and 35% characterize it as neither good, nor bad.