Survey on Government Economic Measures / Eugenio Leal

The group Veritas of Psychosocial Investigations received a request from the Center of Socio-Economic and Democratic Studies (CESED) to carry out a public opinion poll about the economic measures implemented by the government. They developed the following questionnaire:

Veritas Group of Psychosocial Investigations

Volunteers carried out the survey, face to face, between January and March. There were 736 forms processed from the following provinces: Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Ciudad de La Habana, Mayabeque, Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba.

The total of general responses was considered for statistical analysis. Categories were: 15 to 34 years old, 35 to 49 years old, and more than 50 years old. Numbers were quantified by sex for the general total and by age-group categories.

Out of 736 people, 368 were female and 368 were male.

Citizen opinion about the changes in Cuba.

Age and gender

	Total General	%	15 -34	%	35-50	%	+50	%
F	368	50	138	43	138	55	92	57
M	368	50	184	57	115	45	69	43
Total	736	100	322	100	253	100	161	100

Question 1: Do you think the government is carrying out all the changes that the country needs?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	66	9	20	6	21	8	25	16
No	382	52	138	43	139	55	105	65
Undecided	76	10	25	8	33	13	18	11
Don’t know	212	29	139	43	60	24	13	8

Question 2: Do you think it’s necessary to have self-employment?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	66	9	20	6	21	8	25	16
No	382	52	138	43	139	55	105	65
Undecided	76	10	25	8	33	13	18	11
Don’t know	212	29	139	43	60	24	13	8

Question 2A: Should small and medium-sized industrial and agricultural businesses be permitted?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	441	60	225	70	164	65	52	32
No	111	15	32	10	33	13	46	29
Undecided	77	10	25	8	32	13	20	12
Don’t know	107	15	40	12	24	9	43	27

Question 2B: Should taxes be lowered?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	574	78	252	78	212	84	109	68
No	65	9	16	5	23	9	27	17
Undecided	44	6	19	6	10	4	15	9
Don’t know	53	7	35	11	8	3	10	6

Question 2C: Should wholesale markets be created?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	464	63	194	60	152	60	118	73
No	42	6	19	6	15	6	9	6
Undecided	50	7	17	5	21	8	11	7
Don’t know	180	24	92	29	65	26	23	14

Question 2D: Should professionals be given licenses to work as self-employeds?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	600	82	282	87	213	84	105	65
No	39	5	6	2	12	5	21	13
Undecided	52	7	12	4	18	7	22	14
Don’t know	45	6	22	7	10	4	13	8

Question 3: Do you think the government should ratify the Declaration of Human Rights – civil, political, economic, social and cultural – that the United Nations signed in 2009?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	428	58	209	65	139	55	80	50
No	61	8	21	6	26	10	14	9
Undecided	85	12	45	14	23	9	17	10
Don’t know	162	22	47	15	65	26	50	31

Question No. 4.- Do you think it’s your right to exercise freedom of ….

A) Information

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	484	66	203	63	162	64	119	74
No	63	9	47	15	12	5	4	2
Undecided	91	12	43	13	32	13	16	10
Don’t know	98	13	29	9	47	18	22	14

B) Expression

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	642	87	263	82	228	90	151	94
No	16	2	9	3	5	2	2	1
Undecided	47	6	29	9	11	4	5	3
Don’t know	33	5	21	6	9	4	3	2

C) Association

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	545	74	239	74	193	76	113	70
No	30	4	16	5	9	4	5	3
Undecided	60	8	21	7	20	8	19	12
Don’t know	101	14	46	14	31	12	24	15

Question No. 5.- Do you think democracy requires a multi-party system?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (322)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	571	78	236	73	204	81	131	81
No	64	9	47	15	12	5	5	3
Undecided	74	9	29	9	28	11	17	11
No sé	27	4	10	3	9	3	8	5

Question No. 6.- Do you think that a citizen who puts all his resources, means and effort into starting his own business has the right to associate with and receive funds from foreign investors?

	Total General (736)	% (100)	15-34 (332)	% (100)	35-50 (253)	% (100)	+50 (161)	% (100)
Yes	598	81	275	85	207	82	116	72
No	30	4	14	4	7	3	9	5
Undecided	53	7	21	7	21	8	11	7
Don’t know	55	8	12	4	18	7	25	16

Translated by Regina Anavy

June 5 2012

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