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SURVEY: UNEMPLOYMENT BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR MORE THAN 50% OF YEREVAN RESIDENTS
YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. More than 50% of 1,066 Yerevan residents
surveyed by Gallup International Association on March 9, 10 and 11
pointed out unemployment as biggest trouble. Inaccuracy may be stand
at 3%.
Gayane Dajunts, head of the organization's unit in charge of studies,
speaking today at a news conference in Novosti International Press
Center, said 37% of respondents pointed out inflation, 19% corruption,
13% problems in education system, 12% migration, 10% state of medical
centers, 10% high tax rates, 2% low salaries and 1% low pensions.
"Asked about the city's problems, residents singled out garbage
collection (27%), public transport (22%), environmental problems (17%),
prices for utility services (10%), emergencies (5%), crime rate growth
(3%) and poor state of roads and buildings (1% each)," she said.
Among achievements people singled out enlargement of green spaces in
Yerevan (27%), new benches in the city's streets (14%), improvement of
Yerevan's appearance (14%), cleaning of streets and buildings (13%),
improvement of yards (12%), improvement of street illumination (8%),
repair of roads and pavements (7%), construction of game places (7%),
asphalting (6%), landscaping parks (6%), construction of new buildings
(5%) and increase in numbers of buses (3%).
Aram Navasardyan, director of the Gallup International Association's
Armenian office, on his side, said that the best landscaped,
illuminated, secured, clean and beautiful in terms of architecture
are Kentron and Arabkir administrative districts of the capital and
worst are Nubarashen and Shengavit.
He also stressed that no significant difference is seen between the
results of this survey and those of the survey conducted in late
November 2012. -0-
From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. More than 50% of 1,066 Yerevan residents
surveyed by Gallup International Association on March 9, 10 and 11
pointed out unemployment as biggest trouble. Inaccuracy may be stand
at 3%.
Gayane Dajunts, head of the organization's unit in charge of studies,
speaking today at a news conference in Novosti International Press
Center, said 37% of respondents pointed out inflation, 19% corruption,
13% problems in education system, 12% migration, 10% state of medical
centers, 10% high tax rates, 2% low salaries and 1% low pensions.
"Asked about the city's problems, residents singled out garbage
collection (27%), public transport (22%), environmental problems (17%),
prices for utility services (10%), emergencies (5%), crime rate growth
(3%) and poor state of roads and buildings (1% each)," she said.
Among achievements people singled out enlargement of green spaces in
Yerevan (27%), new benches in the city's streets (14%), improvement of
Yerevan's appearance (14%), cleaning of streets and buildings (13%),
improvement of yards (12%), improvement of street illumination (8%),
repair of roads and pavements (7%), construction of game places (7%),
asphalting (6%), landscaping parks (6%), construction of new buildings
(5%) and increase in numbers of buses (3%).
Aram Navasardyan, director of the Gallup International Association's
Armenian office, on his side, said that the best landscaped,
illuminated, secured, clean and beautiful in terms of architecture
are Kentron and Arabkir administrative districts of the capital and
worst are Nubarashen and Shengavit.
He also stressed that no significant difference is seen between the
results of this survey and those of the survey conducted in late
November 2012. -0-
From: Baghdasarian