13/2021
2021-04-20
How Serious a Problem is Smog?
Virtually half of Polish people (46%) say that smog is a serious problem in their area, while about a sixth (16%) see it as a very serious problem. For fewer than a third of respondents (30%) the severity of this phenomenon is not great and one in five (21%) do not notice the problem at all.
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The people who most often indicate that there is a very serious problem with smog are those living in big towns, particularly cities with 500,000 or more inhabitants (32%) and those in the southern region. Those who do not have this problem at all are most often country dwellers (41%) and those from the northern region (particularly in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship) or the east (in particular Podlaskie Voivodeship).
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This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (370) 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.
– 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 1 – 11 March 2021 inclusive on a sample of 1154 people (44.5% using the CAPI method, 41.2% CATI and 14.3% 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.
