Perceived Threats to Georgia’s Security
Russian aggression is a key security issue for Georgia. In August 2008, a war broke out over the South Ossetia region with Russia party to the war. Since the war, there have been attempts to restore...
View ArticleGeorgian Language Proficiency and Perceptions of Government Performance among...
Integration of ethnic minorities into Georgian society is a significant challenge. As a result of ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis’ linguisticseparation from ethnic Georgian compatriots, some research...
View ArticleAttitudes toward politicians are related to evaluations of institutional...
How citizens evaluate the performance of the state is often a reasonable proxy for its performance. In Georgia, evaluations of public institutions are mixed. While a number of social and demographic...
View ArticleInternal Displacements’ Impact on Attitudes towards Gender Relations
As a result of the conflicts in the 1990s and in 2008 in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, nearly 6 percent of Georgia’s population is internally displaced. Previous studies have...
View ArticleThe Easterlin Paradox and Happiness U-curve in Georgia
Two of the more prominent findings from the study of happiness are that money does not buy it (up to a point) and that young and old people are happier than those in between. That money does not buy...
View ArticleWhat divides and what unites Georgian society?
[Note: This article was published in partnership with OC-Media, here.]The last year has seen a number of conversations about polarization in Georgia. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk,...
View ArticleThe gender gap in the wages in Georgia exists only among the well off
[Note: This blog post was originally published in partnership with OC Media, here.]Much has been made of the gender pay gap in Georgia. A related but different economic indicator is the reserve price...
View ArticleYoung people are learning English in Georgia
A common sentiment when discussing foreign languages in Georgia is that young people know some English, older people know Russian, and those in between are mixed. Previous CRRC Georgia analysis from...
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Public Opinion in Georgia on Premarital Sex for Women
Conservative traditions are deeply rooted in Georgian society, particularly when it comes to premarital sex. The 2019 Knowledge and Attitudes towards the EU in Georgia Survey, which CRRC Georgia...
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Selection of Supreme Court judge candidates: What people in Georgia know and...
Following the constitutional amendments and changes to the organic law of Georgia on common courts, the minimum number of judges at the Supreme Court increased to 28. At the same time, 10-year...
View ArticleHow many cars are there in Tbilisi’s streets?
People in Tbilisi often talk about the growing number of vehicles and problems associated with them. According to NDI and CRRC public opinion surveys, every third Tbilisi resident considers traffic,...
View ArticleDrugs for desert? Biggest monthly household expenses in Georgia
The economy remains the main concern for people in Georgia. Together with the consumer price index and USD-GEL exchange rate rising, average household expenditures also have increased over the last...
View ArticleGovernment employees assess the work of the government better than the...
The outlook in Georgia continues to be increasingly pessimistic, with more people reporting that the country is heading in the wrong direction. Similarly, performance assessments of government...
View ArticleKnowledge of visa-free requirements falls since launch of scheme
Georgian citizens have been able to travel visa free within the Schengen zone for approaching three years, the result of several years of complex dialogue and policy reform. Despite the elapsed time,...
View ArticleAttitudes towards the new banking regulations
The share of the public with loans from formal financial institutions doubled from 2011 to 2016 according to World Bank Group’s analysis based on Integrated Household Survey in Georgia. The July 2019...
View ArticleWho thinks the EU is a threat to Georgian culture?
[Note: This article was originally published in partnership with OC-Media, and is available here.]If a referendum were held tomorrow, 71% of Georgians would vote for the country to join the European...
View ArticleOptimism Regarding EU membership is decreasing
Georgia is not a candidate for membership in the European Union (EU), but the government has the stated goal of joining the EU when the country is ready for it. According to the Knowledge of and...
View ArticlePerceptions of healthcare quality in Georgia
Affordable healthcare remains one of the main national issues for people in Georgia: 18% of people considered it one of the most important issues in the July 2019 CRRC and NDI survey. The salience of...
View ArticleWho believes Georgia will regain its territorial integrity?
Territorial integrity is frequently cited by Georgians as one of the most important national issues, but the relative salience of Georgia’s territorial conflicts has declined since the 2008...
View ArticleGeorgia’s Foreign Policy Trilemma: Balance, Bandwagon, or Hedge? Part 1
Georgia is a small, partly free democracy in a tough neighbourhood, and NATO membership remains an unfulfilled promise. While Russia is widely perceived as the main threat to Georgia’s security, the...
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