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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

9. 11 April 2011, an act of terrorism was committed in Minsk, as a result of which 13 persons were killed and about 200 were injured. In 24 hours after the explosion, it was announced that the chief suspect was arrested, a mentally abnormal single terrorist. Do you believe the fact that the arrested person is the one who committed that crime?

Variant of answer

%

Yes, I do

29.1

No, I don’t

54.7

DA/NA

16.2

10. Who, in your opinion, might be criminated the explosion in the Minsk Underground?

Variant of answer

%

Single terrorist

25.2

Belarusian authorities

22.4

Belarusian opposition

8.1

The West

5.0

Russia

1.6

Other forces

7.6

DA/NA

30.1

11. Regardless of who committed the terrorist act in the Minsk metro or was involved in it, to whom, in your opinion, the most profitable of its consequences?

Variant of answer

%

Belarusian authorities

24.0

Belarusian opposition

10.2

The West

7.6

Russia

1.8

none will benefit

25.4

DA/NA

31.0

12. Do you fear there could be more acts of terrorism in Belarus in future?

Variant of answer

%

Yes, I do

69.5

No, I don’t

30.0

NA

0.5

13. Where do you mainly get information? (more one answer is possible)

Variant of answer

%

TV

75.7

Newspapers

34.0

Internet

33.4

From acquaintances, friends

28.0

Radio

20.5

social Network

2.2

Do not get the information

1.0