(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 |