SOCIAL SEQURITY AND DEPENDENCY

SOCIAL SEQURITY AND DEPENDENCY (%)

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT (%)

Differences in income in Bulgaria are too large

* The item/option was not included in the questionnaire for that year.

It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes

* The item/option was not included in the questionnaire for that year.

The government should provide a job for everyone who wants one

* The item/option was not included in the questionnaire for that year.

The government should provide everyone with a guaranteed basic income

* The item/option was not included in the questionnaire for that year.

Do you think it should or should not be the governmental responsibility to…

… provide a job for everyone who wants one

	1997	1999	2000
Definitely should be	49,1	65,2	59,6
Probably should be	30,1	21,4	19,9
Probably both should be and should not be			11,5
Probably should not be	9,4	5,8	3,1
Definitely should not be	9,5	5,6	4,0
Can’t choose	1,7	1,7	1,7
NA	0,2	0,3	0,2

… to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes