Two thirds citizens Serbians are satisfied with "their life as a whole", a new survey shows Demostatus. Only every ninth respondent (11%) is dissatisfied, the rest have mixed feelings.
Further figures suggest that there is a certain "I have my own little world and a Chinese wall around it" system of fencing off from politics.
Because, when looking at the factors that affect general satisfaction with life, then it is mostly one's own housing situation, family and interpersonal relationships at the workplace.
People's satisfaction is by far the least affected by their influence on decisions in the municipality or local community, and even less by the general political situation in the country.
This research is the title topic of the next issue of "Time" which hits newsstands on Thursday (October 10).
Neither the government nor the opposition parties are trusted
Sociologist Srećko Mihailović, chief researcher of Demostat, writes about the research for "Vreme", who also analyzes possible illogicalities.
Namely, people are dissatisfied with almost everything that the government does. For example, two-thirds of people are dissatisfied with the fight against crime and corruption, and only 13 percent are satisfied. At the same time, the police enjoy the most trust (the army and the church were not measured) with 47 percent versus 28 percent.
People are also dissatisfied with the judiciary (53 percent against 14 percent satisfied), education (53 against 21), health (49 against 22), the state of democracy (44 against 29), and only slightly more satisfied with public services such as traffic and cleanliness.
Citizens do not trust anyone - except for President Aleksandar Vučić. He is trusted by 49 percent versus 36 percent who do not trust him. Trust in the governing parties (15 percent) and the opposition (6 percent) is desperately low.
What about that?
"Will the people who are satisfied with life, dissatisfied with the work of the government and have no confidence in political institutions, the majority engage (in elections, in protests and anywhere) on the side of those who are in power or on the side of those who would give that power changes?" Mihailović asks in the text.
"I think it is unlikely while the government is the way it is, while the opposition parties are the way they are, and civil society organizations and the social elite are the way they are," he concludes.
Read the entire text of Srećko Mihailović and Demostat's research in "Vremen" from Thursday (October 10). Here you can subscribe to print or digital edition
