The results of June IISEPS survey demonstrate which countries respondents consider friendly, and which hostile. These results confirm a high level of stability of Belarusians’ “picture of the world”, however the observed changes are quite instructive.
LAST ANALITICS
TRENDS
TRENDS OF CHANGE IN BELARUSIAN PUBLIC OPINION
Trends about some social-economic and political problems (results of IISEPS national polls, %)
PRESS-RELEASE
DATA
STATISTICS
NATIONWIDE PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
- • More than 20 years IISEPS has been conducting opinion polls the results of which obtained wide recognition in Belarus and abroad. During these years over hundred national opinion polls on the basis of multistage random sampling have been conducted representing the population of the country from the age of 18 and older. The standard volume of selection amounts approximately to 1500 respondents. This means that Institute had surveyed a total more than 150,000 Belarusians.
IISEPS interviewers' network
- • includes over 100 skilled interviewers and regional supervisors, who have been specially trained, have long experience of doing different types of research and are given instructions before each poll.
Sampling
- • sampling includes on average about 50 settlements. Statistical error in the given polls does not exceed 3%.
Procedure of polls
- • A poll is conducted with the face-to-face method of interview at respondents home
Control of the data quality
- • Control of the data quality is carried out in each research in the following way: by control of the interview blank fill quality, execution of instructions, control of route sheets and closing statements by regional supervisors and the network manager; by spot check (up to 10%) of the conducted interviews over the phone or by supervisors' (or by a third party) second visits; by logical control (or by control with the help of special programs) of the aggregate results; data re-weighing. Compliance with these standards as a result allows to obtain reliable, objective information.