Outlook - C fore Survey

Methodology

The C fore 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.

(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

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