| 1. Title of the study: | “Principles of Free market Economy in Programs and Activity of Leading Economic and Political Actors in Belarus” |
| 2. Topics of thematic coverage: | attitudes of leading political parties, state institutions, mass media, trade unions, public and business associations towards main principles of free market economy and political reforms, and their implementation in public policy |
| 3. The aim: | to define most relevant and effective public actors for social transformations in Belarus |
| 4. Descriptors: | economy, crisis, ownership, privatization, mass media, tax policy, market, elections, political parties, trade unions, private business |
| 5. Political block: | а) political activity of the population b) conditions for general elections c) results of general elections d) national referendum |
| 6. Comparability: | most important questions were replicated |
| 7. Geographical area: | Belarus-national |
| 8. Principal investigator: | IISEPS |
| 9. Polling organization: | IISEPS, P.O.B. 219, Minsk, 220030, Belarus, e-mail: iiseps@iiseps.org |
| 10. Fieldwork dates: | 1995, May-June |
| 11. Population sampled: | 18+ years old residents of Belarus who are not currently in hospital, jail, military service |
| 12. Sampling: | clustered random |
| 13. Sample size: | 1414 respondents |
| 14. Mode of interviews: | face-to-face interview |
| 15. Interviewers: | part-time and university students |
| 16. Control: | selective control of interviewers |
| 17. Related publications: | 97 publications in mass media |
| 18. Availability of the original data sets: | contact with IISEPS |
| 19. Source of information: | IISEPS |