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40 per cent respondents in the towns said they had more money at their disposal now.

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OPINION POLL: OOTLOOK-CFORE

Splash In The Pool

40 per cent respondents in the towns said they had more money at their disposalnow.

(All figures in %)
All
City
Village
Town
In the last ten years, how has your life changed?
For the better 
54
64
46
50
For the worse
28
19
36
32
Has not changed
18
17
18
18
What, according to you, signifies change in the last ten years ?
More money at your disposal
28
17
28
40
Greater personal choice and freedom
34
46
29
28
Growing self-confidence of Indians
24
22
29
21
Surging enterprise and initiative
14
15
14
11
Who do you think is best placed to take India forward?
Politicians
14
7
18
19
Bureaucrats
5
3
4
8
Industrialists and entrepreneurs
36
39
29
39
Scientists and technocrats
45
51
49
34
Which person/s do you think best represent/s India's change?
Sachin Tendulkar and Sania Mirza
23
22
27
20
Manmohan Singh and Abdul Kalam
50
51
48
51
N.R. Narayana Murthy and Azim Premji
27
27
25
29
What do you believe has been largely responsible for the change you see around you?
Economic reforms
35
37
33
35
Transformation in telecom
26
26
30
23
Software, internet, outsourcing
38
36
37
40
Biotechnology
1
2
2
2
How has your confidence in political leaders/ administrators changed in the last 10 years?
Gone up
18
11
19
24
Come down
58
63
59
51
Remained the same
24
26
22
25
Are you more optimistic now about the future, for your
children and the country?
Diminished
30
24
37
29
Increased
51
62
39
51
Remained the same
19
14
24
20
Have you felt the need to leave your country /city/ town/ village in search of better educational and employment prospects?
Increased
65
76
56
61
Diminished
16
12
18
18
Remained the same
19
12
23
21
Do you think the current change is...
Temporary
18
19
19
17
Short-lived
22
16
30
21
Will go on forever
60
65
51
62
 
Yes
No
Maybe
Are you working harder than before?
79
17
4
Do you think money matters more now than it did earlier?
80
13
7
Has the pressure to conform to societal norms loosened?
67
25
8
Are you more successful than you had thought ten years ago?
54
37
9
Do you save less money than you did?
62
31
7
Are you more open about relationships than you were?
71
22
7
Did you think you would be doing what you are now ten years ago?
34
59
7
Do you spend more on leisure activities such as eating out, watching movies, etc?
60
32
8
Do you feel you have less support from family/ government than you did earlier?
59
30
11
Do you spend less time with your family than in the past?
65
35
-
Do you work in a field that did not exist/was not as popular earlier?
30
70
-
Have your aspirations changed compared to what they were?
63
37
-
Should the government spend more money on the poor?
85
11
4
City
87
9
4
Village
86
11
3
Town
81
16
3
Should only market forces decide the opening of schools, hospitals, industries?
26
69
5
Should the government provide jobs and facilities even if it hurts the economy?
72
24
4
Should the poor be left to fend for themselves (without any state intervention)?
15
79
6
Do you feel you have more job opportunities now than you did 10 years ago?
54
40
6
City
64
33
3
Village
46
49
5
Do you think a non-English medium school is detrimental
to your child's future?
71
20
9
Have any services i.e. healthcare/education gone out of reach because of spiralling costs?
73
22
5
Which is the biggest stumbling block to even faster change?
Coalition governments
35
Left parties and unions
19
Poverty, unemployment
24
Low economic growth
22
Methodology
The Cfore survey covered 4 cities, 4 towns and 4 villages between September 18-23, ’05. The cities covered were Mangalore, Ambala, Cuttack and Nagpur. The towns Nalgonda, Rae Bareli, Imphal and Porbandar. The villages neighboured the towns of Wayanad, Gohana, Siwan and Sriganganagar. In all, 1,218 people were interviewed. The sample had 35% rural respondents, 43% females.
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