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62.1 percent of Azerbaijani population want to migrate from the
country. nationwide poll
21:28, 5 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: ADAM sociological service conducted a
nationwide survey of public opinion in order to clarify the
socio-political situation of the people of Azerbaijan and the problems
with religious freedom. The survey was conducted by the "Center for
Economic and Policy Research" (FAR CENTRE), headed by Hikmet Hajizade.
As Armenpress reports referring to Azerbaijani contact.az web site
this nationwide poll was conducted to determine the current
socio-political situation of the population and the problems with
religious freedom and religious extremism in the country. The survey
was conducted by the sociological service "ADAM" (Head - Rufat
Garagezli) in the framework of the FAR CENTRE's research of Civil
Society development in Azerbaijan. The coordinator of the project is
Hikmet Hadjy-zadeh, President, The FAR CENTRE.
The survey was conducted from August 1 to September 1, 2012. The total
number of respondents in the survey was 1000.
The survey was conducted in Baku, Shamakhi, Sheki, Ganja, Lankaran,
Khachmaz through personal interviews, based on a randomly selected
sample of Azerbaijani citizens aged 18 years and older. The survey was
conducted by the "Street Survey" method through personal interviewing
of the respondents anonymously. 6.9% of the respondents are fully
satisfied with their financial situation, 52.4% - partly satisfied;
30% - experienced financial problems; 9.5% - have big financial
problems. Another 62.1% of the respondents are willing to leave the
country permanently or temporarily. 30% of respondents "have not seen
meat" or eat meat only once a week. Only 48.8% of respondents are
fully supplied with water, 42% - the water is intermittent, 9.2% - the
water does not come into the house. 42.3% of respondents believe that
when our oil resources will come to end the country will face a
serious economic crisis because the country is not prepared properly
for this moment; 17.8% - believe that the crisis will not happen, and
25.9% "I'm not worried - our oil will be enough through my lifetime."
For the last 3 years 36.7% of the respondents had to pay bribes often;
31.1% - rarely bribed; 26.6% - did not pay bribes.
The percentage of deeply religious people in the country reached a
plateau of 17-19% (FAR CENTRE survey in 2004) and has not grown since
2004: Only 1% of respondents are atheists, 16.9% believe in God and
regularly engage in religious rituals, 19.7% - believe in God, but do
not worship regularly, 61% - believe in God, but do not perform
religious rites.
(Only for those who believe in Allah) 13.7% of the respondents would
like to see a country ruled by Sharia law, 23.2% - partially would
like Sharia law (for example, in family law) 57.2% do not want Sharia
law in the country. 50% of respondents, in general, have a negative
attitude regarding family members marrying someone from another
religion (e.g. Muslims with non-Muslims, etc.), 48.8% of respondents
would not object to such a marriage. 12.3% of respondents believe that
a girl should be allowed to go to school with her head covered if her
parents want it; 35.6% - should be allowed if it is her conscious
choice; 44.5% - should not be allowed to go to school with head
covered. A majority of respondents could not name any popular or
authoritative, for them, religious leader. 65% of respondents stated
there is no religious authoritative figure and 27.5% - that there is
such a leader.
- 30.5% of the respondents condemned the arrests of religious
activists as fabricated cases; 18.1% - approve these arrests,
believing that Islamists are a threat to the country's secular system;
40.1% - this is not my business. The vast majority of respondents
condemn the insults of Islamic holy symbols. To those responsible for
insulting Islamic holy symbols - violence can be used - 35.4%; should
be punished by law - 29.8%; should be subjected to ostracism (public
censure) without using force - 13.6%; no need to respond, Allah will
punish them himself - 17.6 %; they should not be punished at all
because no one is obliged to respect other people's holy symbols -
1.3%.
Azerbaijan goes West. Azerbaijan would get the best development in
collaboration with the countries of European Union and the United
States - 41.9%; with Russia and the CIS countries - 26.7%; the Islamic
world - 17.4%
(Survey from 2011 among the country's youth: cooperation with EU and
the U.S. - 42% (2010 - 40%; 2009 - 42%), with Russia and the CIS
countries - 17.5% (2010 - 41%; 2009 - 44%), the Islamic world - 12%
(2010 - 8%; 2009 - 8 %)).
The most friendly countries - Turkey. Russia is more popular than the
USA. France is not popular at all. Friendly countries: Turkey - 80.7%;
Russia - 39.3%; Georgia - 26.6%; Ukraine - 16.4%; Iran - 8.1 %; USA -
7.9%; Pakistan - 5.5% United Kingdom - 4.9%; Germany - 2.8%; China -
0.5%; France - 0.1% (just one respondent named France).
Most unfriendly countries - Armenia 97.7%; Iran - 32.9%; France -
25.5%; USA - 20.5%; Russia - 13.8%; Israel - 7.0%; Georgia - 2.3%;
Great Britain - 0.7%; Vatican - 0.3%; Turkey - 0.2%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
country. nationwide poll
21:28, 5 October, 2012
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: ADAM sociological service conducted a
nationwide survey of public opinion in order to clarify the
socio-political situation of the people of Azerbaijan and the problems
with religious freedom. The survey was conducted by the "Center for
Economic and Policy Research" (FAR CENTRE), headed by Hikmet Hajizade.
As Armenpress reports referring to Azerbaijani contact.az web site
this nationwide poll was conducted to determine the current
socio-political situation of the population and the problems with
religious freedom and religious extremism in the country. The survey
was conducted by the sociological service "ADAM" (Head - Rufat
Garagezli) in the framework of the FAR CENTRE's research of Civil
Society development in Azerbaijan. The coordinator of the project is
Hikmet Hadjy-zadeh, President, The FAR CENTRE.
The survey was conducted from August 1 to September 1, 2012. The total
number of respondents in the survey was 1000.
The survey was conducted in Baku, Shamakhi, Sheki, Ganja, Lankaran,
Khachmaz through personal interviews, based on a randomly selected
sample of Azerbaijani citizens aged 18 years and older. The survey was
conducted by the "Street Survey" method through personal interviewing
of the respondents anonymously. 6.9% of the respondents are fully
satisfied with their financial situation, 52.4% - partly satisfied;
30% - experienced financial problems; 9.5% - have big financial
problems. Another 62.1% of the respondents are willing to leave the
country permanently or temporarily. 30% of respondents "have not seen
meat" or eat meat only once a week. Only 48.8% of respondents are
fully supplied with water, 42% - the water is intermittent, 9.2% - the
water does not come into the house. 42.3% of respondents believe that
when our oil resources will come to end the country will face a
serious economic crisis because the country is not prepared properly
for this moment; 17.8% - believe that the crisis will not happen, and
25.9% "I'm not worried - our oil will be enough through my lifetime."
For the last 3 years 36.7% of the respondents had to pay bribes often;
31.1% - rarely bribed; 26.6% - did not pay bribes.
The percentage of deeply religious people in the country reached a
plateau of 17-19% (FAR CENTRE survey in 2004) and has not grown since
2004: Only 1% of respondents are atheists, 16.9% believe in God and
regularly engage in religious rituals, 19.7% - believe in God, but do
not worship regularly, 61% - believe in God, but do not perform
religious rites.
(Only for those who believe in Allah) 13.7% of the respondents would
like to see a country ruled by Sharia law, 23.2% - partially would
like Sharia law (for example, in family law) 57.2% do not want Sharia
law in the country. 50% of respondents, in general, have a negative
attitude regarding family members marrying someone from another
religion (e.g. Muslims with non-Muslims, etc.), 48.8% of respondents
would not object to such a marriage. 12.3% of respondents believe that
a girl should be allowed to go to school with her head covered if her
parents want it; 35.6% - should be allowed if it is her conscious
choice; 44.5% - should not be allowed to go to school with head
covered. A majority of respondents could not name any popular or
authoritative, for them, religious leader. 65% of respondents stated
there is no religious authoritative figure and 27.5% - that there is
such a leader.
- 30.5% of the respondents condemned the arrests of religious
activists as fabricated cases; 18.1% - approve these arrests,
believing that Islamists are a threat to the country's secular system;
40.1% - this is not my business. The vast majority of respondents
condemn the insults of Islamic holy symbols. To those responsible for
insulting Islamic holy symbols - violence can be used - 35.4%; should
be punished by law - 29.8%; should be subjected to ostracism (public
censure) without using force - 13.6%; no need to respond, Allah will
punish them himself - 17.6 %; they should not be punished at all
because no one is obliged to respect other people's holy symbols -
1.3%.
Azerbaijan goes West. Azerbaijan would get the best development in
collaboration with the countries of European Union and the United
States - 41.9%; with Russia and the CIS countries - 26.7%; the Islamic
world - 17.4%
(Survey from 2011 among the country's youth: cooperation with EU and
the U.S. - 42% (2010 - 40%; 2009 - 42%), with Russia and the CIS
countries - 17.5% (2010 - 41%; 2009 - 44%), the Islamic world - 12%
(2010 - 8%; 2009 - 8 %)).
The most friendly countries - Turkey. Russia is more popular than the
USA. France is not popular at all. Friendly countries: Turkey - 80.7%;
Russia - 39.3%; Georgia - 26.6%; Ukraine - 16.4%; Iran - 8.1 %; USA -
7.9%; Pakistan - 5.5% United Kingdom - 4.9%; Germany - 2.8%; China -
0.5%; France - 0.1% (just one respondent named France).
Most unfriendly countries - Armenia 97.7%; Iran - 32.9%; France -
25.5%; USA - 20.5%; Russia - 13.8%; Israel - 7.0%; Georgia - 2.3%;
Great Britain - 0.7%; Vatican - 0.3%; Turkey - 0.2%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress