Monitoring Russia 1996

Voting behavior, political system and economic reforms.
Topics: Watching news programs and reading newspaper; mood in the
last few days; family´s current material situation; economic
situation of town/region and country; general situation; market
reforms; opinion on Yeltsin, Duma, Prime Minister and government;
political situation; life satisfaction; expected improvements in
the next 12 months; Russia out of control; democracy vs. order;
trust in politicians; rating of Yeltsin and Chernomirdin;
expectations concerning politics and economy in the next few
months; the biggest problems of the society; possibility of mass
demonstrations and taking part; voting intention for/against
Yeltsin and reasons; income growth compared to the prices; money
per capita needed; subsistence level; price trends; time to
purchase goods and save money; economic situation in the last and
in the next 6 months; economic situation in Russia in 12 months
and in 5 years; renouncing from necessary things, holiday trips
etc; assumed income level of poor families; domestic vs.
imported goods, clothes and household goods; place of shopping;
spending money; savings and shares in investment funds; save
money in near future; assumed income level of a rich family;
ideal number of children; way of increasing the number of children;
planned number of children; having another child in the next 2-3
years; unplanned pregnancy; conditions for having another child;
birth rate control; voting intention in the presidential elections;
Yeltsin or Zyuganov; suspected election result; Zyuganov or
Yavlinski; next Russian President; class self placement; sources
of income; problem of lacking orders in the company; poor supplies
of equipment and raw supplies; irregular work; leaders´ inability;
selling products in the company; theft in the firm; high wages vs.
social security; work preferences; importance of work; intensity
of work; conditions for being successful at work; keeping job vs.
unemployment; interpersonal relationship at work; involving in any
conflicts last year; conflicts between the company´s management
and the work team; conflicts between members of staff; most
frequent reasons for conflict; way of solving the conflicts;
opinion on strikes; second job; motivation of the workers;
possibilities of initiative; successful groups in Russia; main
income of the family; telephone; high and low self placement five
years ago, today and in five years; religion; staying at home in
June; voting in presidential election; voting decision in 1995
elections; region.