Barometer of Public Opinion

1. Barometer of Public Opinion Republic of Moldova November 2013 Conducted by:

3. Contents • Programme Barometer of Public Opinion….……. 4 • Centre for Sociological Investigations and Marketing Research „CBS-AXA”……………….……………… 5 • Survey Methodology ……………………...…………6 • Economy: General Issues ….…………………...……7 • Life Quality: Social Issues ...………………….…….16 • Politics . ………………………………………….…38 • Foreign relations ..…………………………………..70 • Dynamics of Responses .……………………………93

4. ProgrammeBarometer of Public Opinion 4

5. “CBS-AXA” Centre for Sociological Investigations and Marketing Research is a sociological company registered in 2003, founded on the basis of ILIGACIU Ltd. Centre for Public Opinion Polls and Market Surveys • General information about CBS-AXA • 1998: establishment of „ILIGACIU” Centre for Public Opinion Polls and Market Surveys; • 22.12.2003:establishment of „CBS-AXA” Centre for Sociological Investigations and Marketing Research. • The largest shareholder of CBS AXA is BBSS (Balkan British Social Survey) Bulgaria, member of Gallup International Association and of TNS group and of CSOP TNS Bucharest, Romania. • CBS-AXA is a member of a regional network (South-Eastern Europe) of Gallup International Association. • CBS-AXA has close collaboration relations with TNS group, being a member of the regional network (Balkan) of this consortium. At present, TNS is the most important marketing research agency of Great Britain and France, and the second in the world. • CBS-AXA is a member of Euroasian Monitor project, a group of companies from most countries of the former USSR, set up to develop comparative research projects in the post-Soviet area; • CBS-AXA activities are focussed on quantitative and qualitative surveys in various fields: public opinion polls, mass-media, marketing research, sociological expertise, impact assessment. • Fields of activity: • Sociological surveys; • Audience surveys; • Organizational evaluation; • Market surveys; • Political marketing. • CBS-AXA has conducted over 150 quantitative surveys, nearly 150000 interviews and over 100 qualitative surveys in various social fields. Conducted at the local, regional and national levels, among the population, business entities or institutions, the surveys of CBS-AXA provide to managerial structures the information needed for taking the best decisions and for allotting the available resources in the most efficient way. • The survey reports published by CBS-AXA are an important source of information not only for our clients : • private companies from the country and from abroad • media institutions, advertising agencies • international bodies • non-governmental organizations • governmental agencies • but also for researchers, journalists, political analysts and for the public. • Contact information • “CBS-AXA” Centre for Sociological Investigations and Marketing Research • 31 August 1989 str., 98, MD-2004, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova • Tel. (+373) 22 203464; fax: (+373) 22 234 987 • web: www.cbs-axa.org, e-mail: office@cbs-axa.org 5

6. Survey Methodology 6

7. Economy:General Issues 7

8. Distribution of responses to the question ::Is our country moving towards a right or a wrong direction?? 8

9. Distribution of responses to the question :Is the world, in general, moving towards a right or a wrong direction?

10. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you content with Government policy in the following fields …? 10

11. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you content with Government policy in the following fields…? 11

12. Distribution of responses to the question : Assess the economic situation in the Republic of Moldova 12

13. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you content with the present economic situation in the Republic of Moldova? 13

14. Distribution of responses to the question : What measures should be undertaken to improve the social-economic situation in our country? 14

15. Distribution of responses to the question : What measures should be undertaken to improve the social-economic situation in our country? a total of 3 options

16. Life Quality: Social Issues 16

17. Distribution of responses to the question : What are you most concerned about at present? 17

18. Distribution of responses to the question : What are you most concerned about at present?a total of 3 options 18

19. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you, in general, content with your living? 19

20. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you content with …? 20 * Basis: 334 employed respondents

21. Distribution of responses to the question : 21

22. Distribution of responses to the question : Which three issues do your consider as prior now for the Republic of Moldova? 22

23. Distribution of responses to the question : Which three issues do your consider as prior now for the Republic of Moldova? multiple response 23

24. Distribution of responses to the question : Assess the present income of your family 24

25. Distribution of responses to the question : Which of the following statements describes the best the situation of your family? 25

26. Distribution of responses to the question : How often do you …? 26

27. Distribution of responses to the question : Which is the most important source of information for you? 27

28. Distribution of responses to the question : Which is the most important source of information for you?a total of 2 options 28

29. Distribution of responses to the question : Which source of information do you trust in the most? 29

30. Distribution of responses to the question : Which source of information do you trust in the most? 30

31. Distribution of responses to the question : Which TV channels do you get informed from the oftenest? 31 * Basis: 736respondents who declared television is the most trustful source of information

32. Distribution of responses to the question : Which TV channels do you get informed from the oftenest?

33. Distribution of responses to the question : Which of the following TV channels broadcasts the most objectively the political news, in your opinion?

34. Distribution of responses to the question : Which of the following TV channels broadcasts the most objectively the political news, in your opinion?

35. Distribution of responses to the question :To what extent do you trust in the following mass-media (TV, radio, newspapers, Internet) from …?

36. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do people like you enjoy free access to information, in your opinion?

37. Distribution of responses to the question :To what extent do you feel free to ... ?

38. Politics 38

39. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent are you concerned about politics? 39

40. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in …? 40 Difference up to 100% represents DK/NA responses

41. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in …? 41

42. Distribution of responses to the question : Which is the political personality in the Republic of Moldova you trust in the most?(open-ended question) 42

43. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in the following political personalities? 43

44. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in the following political personalities? 44

45. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in the following political parties? 45 Differences up to 100% represent NA responses

46. Distribution of responses to the question : To what extent do you trust in the following political parties? 46

47. Distribution of responses to the question : Would you go to voting, if legislative election is held in the Republic of Moldova next Sunday? 47

48. Distribution of responses to the question : What party would you vote for, if legislative election is held in the Republic of Moldova next Sunday? 48

49. Distribution of responses to the question : What party you would not vote for in any case, if legislative election is held in the Republic of Moldova next Sunday?

50. Distribution of responses to the question : What party you would not vote for in any case, if legislative election is held in the Republic of Moldova next Sunday?