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Environmentally friendly food consumption choices, shopping, and behaviour in Czech society – Food 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
The most important factor the Czech public considers when shopping for food is price, followed by a food’s ingredients, while the least important factor is the food’s packaging. For a more than one-half majority (51%) of respondents the environmental impact of how the foods they buy are produced is important to them, while for 45% this consideration is not important at all. The absolute majority (91%) of the Czech public eat regular food without any restrictions, 3% are vegetarians and 3% are flexitarians, and the remaining 3% adhere to some other type of diet (gluten-free, health food, vegan). One-third (33%) of respondents indicated they at least occasionally by organic food, which compared to 2020 is an increase of 10 percentage points.
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Czech public opinion on sorting organic waste and composting – Food 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
The Public Opinion Research Centre’s special ‘Food 2021’ survey also explored the subject of the sorting of organic waste and composting. Almost three-quarters of Czech households sort their organic waste (32% always, 24% sometimes, 17% rarely) and less than one-quarter (24%) never do so. The most common methods of sorting organic waste used by Czech households are garden composting (43%) or the ‘brown-bin’ organic waste containers provided by public services (36%). Almost one-half (49%) of respondents indicated that they at least sometimes use substrate compost for plant cultivation and just under one-third (31%) use commercially available compost for this purpose.
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Czech public opinion on CRISPR/Cas9 technology – Food 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
The majority (84%) of the Czech Republic has never heard of the CRISPR/Cas9 method. A more than one-half majority (60%) of the Czech public agrees with the possibility of using the CRISPR/Cas9 method for medical purposes. The Czech public least agrees with the possibility oof using this method to improve the performance of athletes (66% do not agree with this idea). On the matter of treating hereditary diseases, most respondents (37%) agreed with using the CRISPR/Cas9 method only in medically justified cases and on the condition that none of the patient’s altered genetic information be passed on to any offspring.
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Czech Public Opinion on the Issue of GM Crops – Food 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In a special survey called Food 2021 the Public Opinion Research Centre at the Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, surveyed the Czech public for its opinions on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and crops (GM crops) used to produce the food we consume. The majority of respondents (74%) surveyed said that were familiar with the term ‘genetically modified crops’. Just under one-tenth of them (8%) said they knew what it means, one-third (35%) said they had a rough idea, and almost one-third (31%) said they had heard the term but did not know what it means. Slightly less than one-quarter (23%) of Czech citizens believe that the genetic modification of crops is morally wrong. Almost one-half (47%) of respondents said they would be willing to take medicines that contain genetically modified organisms.
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Attitudes of the Czech Public to Climate Change on Earth – July 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In July survey CVVM dealt with a long-discussed topic, which is climate change on Earth. We were interested in what the Czech public thinks about this topic. More than half (52%) of respondents are interested in climate change. According to the vast majority (84%) of the Czech public, climate change has occurred on Earth in the last 100 years. Less than three-fifths (59%) of respondents are to some extent concerned about the effects of climate Change, while 37% of respondents are not concerned.
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Attitudes and Activities of Czech Society Regarding the Environment – July 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In July 2021, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked questions regarding the environment. In the first question, respondents assessed how they think the Czech Republic cares about environmental protection. The second question identified an interest of respondents in information related to environmentally friendly behaviour. The third question gave the respondents space to express a subjective feeling of awareness of environmentally friendly behavior and the fourth question mapped the respondents' own household practices in the context of the environment.
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Evaluation of environment in the Czech Republic – July 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In July CVVM survey was focused on environmental issues. Respondents were asked about how satisfied or dissatisfied they are with the state of environment in the Czech Republic and in their place of residence. Next citizens rated the size of their satisfaction with concrete areas of environment in their residence such as cleanness of air, surrounding nature and surface water. Respondents also evaluated traffic density, level of noise and the quality of drinking water. We also examined whether people are interested about information about the state of the environment and whether they have sufficient information on the state of the environment.
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Czech Citizens about Health Care in the Czech Republic – June 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In June 2021 Public Opinion Research Centre included a block of questions connected to health care. Questions focused mainly on satisfaction with health care in the Czech Republic, evaluation of the quality of the health care in the last year and the amount of information provided by the doctors. Respondents evaluated their own health condition and possibilities to decide the ways of their medical treatment. The last comparable research on this topic was conducted in December 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, which should be kept in mind when comparing results over time. With health care, 58% of citizens are satisfied, 10% are dissatisfied and 31% are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. Under half (46%) of respondents believe that the quality of health care has remained the same over the past year, while 27% of respondents believe it has worsened and 22% believe it has improved.
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Czech Public on So-Called Istanbul Convention – June 2021
Hanzlová, Radka
In June 2021 the Public Opinion Research Centre included two questions related to the discussed topic of the so-called Instabul Convention. Specifically, we investigated whether the respondents knew what this Convention was concerned and whether, in their opinion, the Czech Parliament should had or had not have approved the Istanbul Convention.
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