Splash In The Pool

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

Updated on: 7 February 2024 6:10 pm

Splash In The Pool

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.