09/2026
2026-03-10
About Altruism
Most Polish people (69%) acknowledge that you should be sensitive to the needs of others and ready to help them, while a minority (23%) think you should focus on your own business regardless of other people. The percentage of respondents who have put theory into practice and have at some time, in an unforced voluntary capacity, helped those in need or worked for their communities has now reached 66%. This is the highest result since records began. Simultaneously, the number of people surveyed who have never done this has hit a record low (34%).
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More on this subject in the CBOS report.
This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (430) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register. Respondents independently selected one of the following methods: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI); Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS; Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS. In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 5 – 16 February 2026 inclusive on a sample of 967 people (60.2% using the CAPI method, 24.1% CATI and 15.7% CAWI). CBOS has been conducting statutory research using the above procedure since May 2020, stating in each case the percentage of personal, telephone and internet interviews.
