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IVO Survey: Public Concerns Appear to Have Shiften Since 2010 Election
Monday 03 January 2011 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) - Several significant shifts took place in the minds of Slovaks as of 2010 that may be related to the change in government following the general election in June, indicates an Public Affairs Institute (IVO) survey released on Monday.
IVO in November asked people about what they thought were the most serious problems faced by society, and compared the results with a survey from 2006.
"Corruption, clientelism, cronyism and violations of morals were viewed as becoming less serious. Similarly, concerns about the absence of effective macro-economic policy have diminished. At the same time, the level of criticism vis-a-vis the current political culture and the quality of democracy has dropped," IVO sociologist Zora Butorova told TASR.
Conversely, the respondents were more critical when it came to health care.
According to the survey, as many as two-thirds of Slovaks are concerned about unemployment, followed by the current standard of living and social security. Health care and corruption were in equal third place, with crime and organised crime taking fifth and sixth places, respectively.
IVO further noted that the public has become more sensitive to problems involving coexistence with the Roma.
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