ATTENTION! QUESTIONS 26–31 WERE FOR WORKERS ONLY!
Table 26 If you work for a private (nongovernmental) organization, would you like to work
for a stateMowned enterprise/organization?
Number of respondents % of employees of private organizations
Yes 50 22.0
No 144 63.2
No answer/Undecided 34 14.8
Total 228 100.0
Table 27 If you work for a stateMowned enterprise/organization, would you like to work in
the private sector?
Number of respondents % of employees of state-run organizations
Yes 127 18.0
No 433 61.5
No answer/Undecided 144 20.5
Total 804 100.0
Table 28 In which sector do you work (in your primary employment)?
Number of respondents % of working respondents
Manufacturing 180 19.3
Service sector (retail, public catering, maintenance, consumer services)
202 21.7 Transport and communications 101 10.8
Agriculture 97 10.4
Construction 109 11.7
Education, healthcare, welfare 151 16.2 Housing maintenance and utilities 28 3.0
Science, art, sport 13 1.4
State administration 21 2.3
Other 21 2.3
No answer/Undecided 8 0.9
Total 931 100.0
Table 29 What suits you in your current job and what doesn’t?
(% of working respondents)
Suitable Rather suitable
Rather
unsuitable Unsuitable NA/
Undecided 1. Wage/salary level 5.9 30.7 40.9 21.1 1.4 2. Possibilities for career advancement 6.2 39.6 33.9 14.3 6.0 3. Possibilities for advanced training 9.6 48.6 26.6 10.0 5.3 4. Working hours 22.3 56.4 14.6 4.8 2.1 5. Social package (social guarantees) 13.5 44.2 24.0 10.6 7.7 6. Relationships in the organization 28.6 59.8 7.4 2.1 2.2 7. Prospects of increase in wages/salaries 8.7 27.3 40.1 16.7 7.1 8. Treatment by the management 15.0 53.4 20.7 6.6 4.3
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Table 30 To what extent do you agree with the following? (% of working respondents)
Fully agree
Rather agree
Rather disagree
Fully disagree
NA/
Undecided 1. I have an interesting job 17.9 47.0 25.2 5.6 4.2 2. With my qualification/education I will easily find
a good job in Belarus
10.1 37.2 37.0 9.4 6.2 3. With my qualification/education I will easily find
a good job abroad
6.3 23.5 33.8 17.2 19.2 4. My employer would find it very hard to replace
such a qualified worker as I am
7.6 25.4 41.5 15.2 10.3 5. To a large extent I work because no one else
wants to do my job
4.5 15.7 46.8 27.6 5.4 6. If it were not for my connections, my employer
would have fired me long ago
1.5 6.7 37.1 49.4 5.3 7. If I were offered another job with a good chance
of getting an apartment, I would change my current job eagerly
25.1 28.4 23.8 12.3 10.3
8. I work at my current job mostly to gain experience and then find something new
4.9 19.8 43.2 25.6 6.6
Table 31 How would you act (or have you acted) in case of a disagreement with the
employer? (% of working respondents)
% Would appeal to trade unions
Would appeal to state authorities that protect workers’ rights
Would appeal to the tax inspection (or a similar agency) so that my organization is inspected Would file a lawsuit against the employer
Would quit my job
Would agree to offered conditions to avoid conflict
8.7 15.1 2.7 10.7 22.8 16.6
Other 1.3
No answer/Undecided 35.8
ATTENTION! QUESTION 32 WAS FOR ALL RESPONDENTS!
Table 32 What do you do for a living?
Number of respondents % Owner (co-owner) of an organization, business (employer) 12 0.8 Top executive (senior manager), director (except in schools) 7 0.5 Middle manager, deputy director (except in schools) 55 3.5 Qualified specialist, manager 246 15.6
Worker, vendor, etc. 392 24.9
Civil servant 28 1.8
Serviceman, law-enforcer, etc. 13 0.8 Budget-paid employee (teacher, medic, librarian, maintenance
and utilities worker, etc.)
131 8.3 Individual entrepreneur, farmer 17 1.1
Household worker making products for sale 5 0.3
Pensioner 420 26.7
Student 118 7.5
Homemaker 44 2.8
Unemployed 69 4.4
Other 18 1.2
Total 1,577 100.0
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ATTENTION! QUESTIONS 33M35 WERE FOR PENSIONERS ONLY!
Table 33 What in your opinion are the main problems of the Belarusian pension system?
(% of pensioners)
Not a problem
Rather not a problem
Rather a problem
A serious problem
NA/
Undecided Small pensions 12.0 17.5 37.9 31.7 0.9 Absence of pension funds and other companies,
where additional pension contributions could be made
9.9 20.9 22.2 14.3 32.6 Almost equal pensions are paid to all, irrespective
of seniority 5.0 22.6 37.7 25.4 9.3
Untimely payments 68.0 22.5 5.6 1.2 2.7
Number of respondents % of pensioners
I guess yes 167 39.6
I guess no 247 58.7
No answer/Undecided 7 1.7
Total 420 100.0
Table 34 Do you think your pension is sufficient to live on?
Table 35 If you believe your pension is not sufficient, what is the reason behind low pensions
in Belarus? (three answers are possible)
Number of respondents % of pensioners State inefficiently distributes money, hence low pensions 114 46.1 General economic situation in the country does not allow paying
more
89 36.3 Collapse of the pension system in the 1990s 10 4.2
People cannot earn more and cannot contribute to the pension fund more
13 5.2 Money in the pension fund does not work; no interests are
accrued
14 5.8 There are no insurance companies and pension funds, where one
could make additional savings
0 0.2 People do not think about pensions, do not save 3 1.3
No answer 2 1.0
Total 247 100.0
ATTENTION! QUESTIONS 33M35 WERE FOR STUDENTS ONLY!
Table 36 How can you assess your prospects of getting a job in Belarus?
Number of respondents % of students I have got good prospects of getting a job according to my
training and get a decent salary/wages
15 12.5 My chances are quite good 55 46.3
My chances are quite bad 40 33.7 I have almost no chance of getting a job according to my
training and get a decent salary/wages
7 5.9
No answer/Undecided 2 1.6
Total 120 100.0
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Table 37 Who do you think needs mandatory job assignments upon graduation
(from university, technical college)?
Number of respondents % of students The state more than anyone else 42 35.4 Graduates (students) themselves 17 14.0 The state and graduates (students) equally 45 38.0 Neither the state nor graduates (students) 11 9.1
No answer/Undecided 4 3.6
Total 120 100.0
Table 38 Which of the following would you like to achieve (have) in 10 years’ time?
(% of students)
Definitely Possibly Unlikely I do not aspire to this 1. Job according to training 51.6 39.3 6.1 3.0 2. Advancement, climbing the career ladder 69.5 21.8 4.8 3.9
3. High salary/wage 84.1 13.0 1.4 1.5
4. Own business 24.1 37.8 27.2 11.0
5. Own house/apartment 76.0 19.0 5.0 –
6. Country/summer house 35.4 27.4 22.9 14.3
7. Own car 66.1 25.5 3.1 5.2
8. Executive position 26.5 41.3 22.8 9.4
9. Complete self-fulfillment 55.3 37.2 6.7 0.8 10. Active public and political position (in the
parliament, local authorities, parties, public organizations, etc.)
6.0 14.6 40.4 39.0
11. Fame and high status of a professional in certain area
38.1 41.1 11.7 9.1 12. Fame and high authority as a public figure or
politician
4.8 7.7 45.0 42.5 13. Family, children 73.1 23.9 0.9 –
14. To live in a large city 42.3 41.9 7.8 8.0 15. To live in the countryside or small town 3.5 9.1 38.0 49.3
16. Live abroad 11.0 37.8 24.1 27.1
Table 39 In your opinion, why do students become members of the Belarusian Republican
Youth Union? (% of students) (a few answers are possible)
Number of respondents % of students I do not know such an organization 2 2.0 To take part in concerts, public events 12 10.0 To communicate , make friends 18 15.0
Out of patriotism 11 9.0
Because BRYU members are promised additional privileges, state support
48 37.0 Because they make everyone join the BRYU 44 42.0
Other 2 2.0
No answer/Undecided 12 10.0
ATTENTION! QUESTIONS 40–43 WERE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED AND NONWORKERS ONLY!
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Table 40 Why are you out of job now?
Number of respondents % of jobless persons and nonworkers No jobs for my qualification, training 14 12.4
No job that I would like 8 7.1
No wish to work 5 4.4
Low wages 18 16.3
For health reasons 5 4.1
For family reasons 43 38.0
Other 8 7.4
No answer/Undecided 12 10.3
Total 113 100.0
Table 41 Have you been looking for job/trying to start you own business in the past month?
Number of respondents % of jobless persons and nonworkers
Yes 47 41.1
No 66 58.2
No answer/Undecided 1 0.7
Total 113 100.0
Table 42 If you found a job, would you be able to start working in the next two weeks?
(% of those who answered question 41 in the affirmative)
Number of respondents % of those seeking jobs
Yes 44 95.4
No 1 2.6
No answer/Undecided 1 2.0
Total 47 100.0
Table 43 Are you registered in your local job center as an unemployed person?
Number of respondents % of jobless persons and nonworkers
Yes 14 12.0
No 99 87.3
No answer/Undecided 1 0.7
Total 113 100.0
ATTENTION! THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE FOR ALL RESPONDENTS!
Table 44 Is there a community activist – who files complaints, collects signatures,
communicates with the authorities – in your apartment house?
Number of respondents %
Yes, and this is me 21 1.3
Yes, and I know him/her 271 17.2 There is someone, but I do not know him/her 222 14.1 No, I am not aware of this person 1,063 67.4
Total 1,577 100.0
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Table 45 Are you a member of any public organization or political party?
Number of respondents % Yes, I am a member of a political party 15 1.0 Yes, I am a member of a public organization 134 8.5
No 1,428 90.5
Total 1,577 100.0
Table 46 Have you ever helped a complete stranger, or taken part in any charity actions?
Number of respondents %
Yes 562 35.6
No 939 59.6
No answer/Undecided 76 4.8
Total 1,577 100.0
Table 47 How often do you communicate with your friends, people you know
(not family members or colleagues)?
Number of respondents % A few times a week and more frequently 778 49.3
Once a week 320 20.3
A few times a month 275 17.4
Once a month and less frequently 132 8.3
Almost never 73 4.6
Total 1,577 100.0