Opinion Survey - Results SS 2011 (Groups A + B combined)

Opinion Survey - Results

SS 2011

(Groups A + B combined)

Your ranking of problems in the

the US Austria1) Health Care 3.2

2) Crime 3.6

3) Poverty 4.1

4) Unemployment 4.2

5) Guns 4.7

6) Racism 6.3

7) Drugs 6.6

8) Immigration 6.7

9) Discrim./Women 7.5

10) Education 8.1

1) Immigration 3.3

2) Education 3.3

3) Racism 3.8

4) Unemployment 4.6

5) Poverty 5.3


7) Health care 6.3

8) Crime 6.3

9) Drugs 7.4

10) Guns 9.2

Your ranking of problems in the

the US Austria1) Health Care 3.2

2) Crime 3.6

3) Poverty 4.1

4) Unemployment 4.2

5) Guns 4.7

6) Racism 6.3

7) Drugs 6.6

8) Immigration 6.7


10) Education 8.1

1) Immigration 3.3

2) Education 3.3

3) Racism 3.8

4) Unemployment 4.6

5) Poverty 5.3


7) Health care 6.3

8) Crime 6.3

9) Drugs 7.4

10) Guns 9.2

"The illegal drug problem in Austria is getting worse."

Agree Disagree

38% 41%

1 + 10 = 11

(agree completely and agree)

10 + 2 = 12

(disagree and disagree completely)

"There should be harsher punishments for drug users."

Agree Disagree

38% 41%

5 + 6 = 11


6 + 6 = 12


"There is a clear difference between legal (pharmaceutical) and

illegal drugs."

Agree Disagree

52% 38%

6 + 9 = 15


6 + 5 = 11


"Most black people in the US are poor."

Agree Disagree

28% 45%

0 + 8 = 8


8 + 5 = 13


"Racism is not a problem in Austria."

Agree Disagree

3% 90%

1 + 0 = 1


11 + 15 = 26


"Austria is a multicultural society."

Agree Disagree

28% 66%

1 + 7 = 8


15 + 4 = 19


"It is very difficult to buy a gun in Austria."

Agree Disagree

62% 28%

4 + 14 = 18


7 + 1 = 8


"Most Americans own a gun."

Agree Disagree

45% 28%

4 + 9 = 13


5 + 3 = 8


"Guns don't kill. People do."

Agree Disagree

72% 24%

17 + 4 = 21


5 + 2 = 7


" More laws are needed in Austria to protect women."

Agree Disagree

38% 38%

3 + 8 = 11


9 + 2 = 11


"Men should help their wives / girlfriends / partners with the household work."

Agree Disagree

97% 3%

20 + 8 = 28


0 + 1 = 1


"The female students in this class will have the same job and income prospects as the

male students when they finish their studies."

Agree Disagree

41% 55%

4 + 8 = 12


6 + 10 = 16


"Getting a job will raise a person out of poverty."

Agree Disagree

55% 28%

5 + 11 = 16


7 + 1 = 8


"If a healthy adult person is poor, it is probably his/her own fault."

Agree Disagree

14% 66%

0+ 4 = 4


12 + 7 = 19


"There is no true poverty in Austria."

Agree Disagree

3% 90%

0 + 1 = 1


13 + 13 = 26


"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."

Agree Disagree

90% 7%

14 + 12 = 26


2 + 0 = 2


"Globalization is a natural development that can't be stopped."

Agree Disagree

48% 38%

7 + 7 = 14


6 + 5 = 11


"Opening up their markets willl help developing countries."

Agree Disagree

55% 31%

2 + 14 = 16


6 + 3 = 9


"Large corporations have too much power."

Agree Disagree

76% 10%

9 + 13 = 22


1 + 2 = 3


"Corporations exist to create wealth; their only responsibility is to make profit

for shareholders."

Agree Disagree

41% 48%

7 + 5 = 12


9 + 5 = 14


"A flexible workforce is a good thing."

Agree Disagree

66% 17%

6 + 13 = 19


5 + 0 = 5


"The education system in Austria is much better than the American one."

Agree Disagree

21% 48%

3 + 3 = 6


8 + 6 = 14


"American hospitals /doctors refuse treatment to patients without health

insurance."

Agree Disagree

38% 17%

5 + 6 = 11


3 + 2 = 5


"There is no social safety net in the United States."

Agree Disagree

62% 28%

2 + 16 = 18


7 + 1 = 8


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Opinion Survey - Results SS 2011 (Groups A + B combined)