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Polish Public Opinion

March 2019

20 years of Poland's membership in NATO
Opinions about the work of Polish Members of the European Parliament
Opinions about budget deficit
Acceptance of alternative models of family life
Preferences for the family model


"Opinions and Diagnoses"

no 41
100th Anniversary of Regaining Independence. Remembrance and Community

no 42
School and Social Inequalities


Reports

Opinions about Public Institutions
Reactions to the Kaczyński New Five Proposals
Preferred and Actual Family Models
Opinions about Polish-American Relations
Violence and Conflicts at Home
Domestic Violence against Children
Improvements in Voting Accessibility – Opinions and Expectations
Situation in the Labour Market
‘Family 500 Plus’ Programme Three Years after Introduction
Opinions about European Coalition
Support for Teachers’ Protest
Political Party Preferences in April
 
Is Single Life More Interesting?

Nobody talks about spinsters and bachelors nowadays: the accepted word in Polish currently is singiel, from the English ‘single’. Because there are many definitions of what a singiel is, many different people could qualify for membership of this group. A somewhat simplified definition has been used for the purposes of this survey, focussing on those people who have taken a conscious decision to live without a long-term partner. It turns out that opinions in society are rather divided on the subject of life without a long-term partner, although a slight rise can be discerned in acceptance of this way of life. Currently virtually half of those surveyed (49%, a rise of 5 percentage points on 2013) accept a single lifestyle, while over two fifths (45%, a drop of 4 points) are unfavourably disposed towards it.
Rysunek 1

A decided majority of people (67%, a rise of 6 percentage points on 2013) do not agree that a single life is more interesting than life in a long-term relationship, and one in six (16%, a drop of three points) have no doubts on this point. The belief that life is more interesting when you are single is held by 14% of those asked (a drop of 5 points on 2013), but only 4% are fully convinced of this.
Rysunek 2

More on this subject in the report on public opinion concerning alternative models of family life (Alternatywne modele życia rodzinnego w ocenie społecznej).
The above data comes from ‘Current Events and Problems’ surveys carried out in the period 2008–2019.
 
  


 
 
 
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