RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED ON May 10-20, 2011
(1.505 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
1. To what extent can you (your family) afford the following with your current income?
|
Variant of answer |
Can’t afford |
Can hardly afford |
Can easily afford |
NA |
|
Normal diet |
9.7 |
40.3 |
49.4 |
0.6 |
|
Buying clothing, footwear |
24.2 |
51.3 |
23.6 |
0.9 |
|
Major purchases, e.g. furniture, car, flat, etc. |
78.2 |
17.9 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
2. What currency do you trust most of all?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
US Dollar |
45.4 |
|
Belarusian rouble |
22.9 |
|
Euro |
21.3 |
|
Russian rouble |
3.8 |
|
DA/NA |
6.6 |
3. For the last year you personally took part or not in any mass demonstrations, protests, strikes?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Took part |
4.3 |
|
Did not take |
95.6 |
|
NA |
0.1 |
4. If mass riots, protest actions or strikes take place in the locality you live in, will you personally take part or will you not?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I’ll take part |
8.2 |
|
I won’t take part |
76.5 |
|
DA/NA |
15.3 |
5. In your opinion, does Belarus need market reforms?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
66.6 |
|
No |
15.6 |
|
DA/NA |
17.8 |
6. Would you wish your children to go in for private business, to tie their life with entrepreneurship?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
44.1 |
|
No |
35.5 |
|
DA/NA |
20.4 |
7. During the last months, tens of people were convicted on the charge of participation in mass riots on the 19th of December 2010 for a term of up to 4 years in a maximum-security colony. What is your opinion of the verdicts?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
The convicts are not guilty |
28.0 |
|
The convicts are guilty, but the verdicts are too severe |
24.7 |
|
The verdicts are consistent with the guilt of the convicts |
25.4 |
|
The verdicts are even too mild |
7.5 |
|
DA/NA |
14.4 |
8. In March 2011, serious problems with foreign currency rose in Belarus. In your opinion, what are the causes?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
It is a result of poor economic policy of the Belarusian authorities |
50.6 |
|
It is a consequence of the world economic crisis |
26.6 |
|
It is a result of the activity of the forces intending to shatter the stable situation in the country |
12.9 |
|
DA/NA |
9.9 |
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