Economical

In its December survey the Center for Public Opinion Research focused on some issues related to the pension system and pension reform. Within this thematic block respondents were presented three pairs of opposing statements expressing general attitudes to the different characteristics of the pension system. Respondents expressed their position through a five-point scale, where point 1 meant identification with the first of a pair of opposing statements and point 5, on the contrary, featured complete shift to the second statement. Individual claims were related to contradiction between principle of solidarity and merit in the pension system, whether financial security of retired people should be ensured by state or by the citizens themselves and whether the pension system in its current form is just or unjust.

The December 2019 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre included issues related to social policy. It surveyed citizens' views on that how much the individual areas of social policy are secured.

At the same time the block of questions included an item, in which citizens had to comment the social policy as a whole. It also examined public preferences concerning allocation of public funds.

In December, the Public Opinion Research Center of the Academy of Sciences interviewed citizens of the Czech Republic on topic of financial security in pension. Questions were focused not only on subjective concerns over lack of economic resources or trust in welfare state but also on actual preparations, namely investments and savings.

According to December 2019 survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre 18% of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 30% say it is adequate and 43% think it is low.

Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 38% of respondents, adequate by 52% and low by 3% of citizens.

Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 58%, adequate by 32% and low by 3%. 

55% of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners.

In December 2019, the Public Opinion Research Centre asked a set of questions related to attitudes of the Czech citizens towards social policy.

Questions investigated opinions of the Czech public on the involvement of the state and the citizens themselves to funding the sphere of social policy. Other questions focused on whether the current distribution of responsibilities is divided equally between state and citizens. Finally, we were interested in opinion on the fair distribution of benefits and abuse of the social security system.

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According to the November 2019 survey of CVVM, 46% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 37% view it as neither good nor bad, and 16% consider it to be bad.

49% of Czechs evaluate the living standard of their household as good, 13% consider it to be bad, and 38% characterize it as neither good, nor bad.

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In October 2019 Public Opinion Research Centre's survey investigated views of Czech citizens on some social conditions.

According to the October 2019 survey of CVVM, 52% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 35% view it as neither good nor bad, and 12% consider it to be bad.

The Public Opinion Research Centre in its October survey examined how Czech citizens perceive the financial situation of their households. They evaluated whether it is difficult to make ends meet with their earnings, but also talked about attitudinal feeling of poverty.

9% of citizens indicated their household to be rich, whilst 24% considered it to be poor. 66% of respondents regard their household as neither rich nor poor. Problems with current budget of their household were stated by 44% of respondents, on the other hand 54% said they have no problems with budget of the household.

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According to the September 2019 survey of CVVM, 52% of people evaluate the current economic situation in the Czech Republic as good, 34% view it as neither good nor bad, and 13% consider it to be bad.