Most of Russians supported the ideas of the president to tackle the problems of orphanage. Financial initiatives are appreciated most.
MOSCOW, February 1, 2013. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing how Russians assess the initiatives of V. Putin to tackle the problem of orphans and children without parental care.
Measures proposed by V. Putin to resolve the problems of orphans and children without parental care are appreciated by Russians. The following financial measures received most of approvals: to increase the size of social pension for disabled children and disabled from childhood referred to Category 1 (92%), compensation payments for carers for disabled children (91%); to increase the average salary of persons who work with orphans (90%); to provide tax incentives for parents who adopted a child and to increase the lump-sum benefit when transferring a child (88%, per each); to establish differentiated regional payments to guardians and adoptive parents (82%).
Other policies proposed by the president were also highly approved. They are as follows: to improve the medical assistance for orphaned children and children without parental care (91%); to provide updated information on orphanage (86%); to determine terms and conditions of medical examination of prospective foster parents and guardians (85%); to raise public awareness on orphanage and to help promote family values (82%). Most of respondents support the idea to set a special agency dealing with the problems of orphans (77%); to simplify the process of adoption (77%); to make regional authorities provide proportions of children without parental care as an indicator of effectiveness of their work (74%). Less appreciated is the initiative to change the age difference allowed between an unmarried foster parent and a child being adopted (now – not less than 16 years) given that the final decision left to the discretion of the court (69%).
The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on January 26-27, 2013. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4%.
Please, assess the measures proposed by V. Putin to resolve the problems of orphans and children without parental care. Which of these measures seem reasonable and effective to you, and which - not? | ||
To create special agency that would deal with problems of orphans (now it does not exist in Russia) | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 77 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 17 | |
Hard to tell | 6 | |
To simplify the process of adoption/guardianship, in particular, to decrease the size of minimum living space , the number of documents required, to increase the period of their validity to decrease the number of accounts for guardianship/adopted parents | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 77 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 18 | |
Hard to tell | 6 | |
To provide tax benefits for adoptive parents | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 88 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 9 | |
Hard to tell | 4 | |
To increase social pensions for disabled persons and disabled children from childhood(Category 1) from 7253 to 8704 rubles per month | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 92 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 5 | |
Hard to tell | 3 | |
To increase the lump-sum benefit when transferring an orphan | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 88 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 9 | |
Hard to tell | 4 | |
To increase compensation for carers | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 91 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 6 | |
Hard to tell | 3 | |
To increase the average salary for those persons who work with orphaned children and children without parental care up to the average regional salary by 2018 | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 90 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 6 | |
Hard to tell | 4 | |
To raise public awareness about orphanage, to promote values such as family, children, responsible parenthood and positive perception of adoption/guardianship | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 82 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 10 | |
Hard to tell | 8 | |
To make regional authorities provide percentages of orphaned children as an indicator of the effectiveness of regional authorities` performance | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 74 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 14 | |
Hard to tell | 11 | |
To define terms and conditions of medical examination of persons who want to adopt a child (now the examination is at the expense of prospective foster parents) | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 85 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 9 | |
Hard to tell | 6 | |
To change the age difference allowed between an unmarried adoptive parent and a child being adopted (now – not less than 16 years), given that the final decision should be left to the discretion of court | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 69 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 20 | |
Hard to tell | 12 | |
To improve medical assistance for orphans and children without parental care | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 91 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 5 | |
Hard to tell | 4 | |
To introduce differentiated monthly remuneration for guardians and foster parents | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 82 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 12 | |
Hard to tell | 6 | |
To specify information provided by guardianship authorities to the state bank about children without parental care and to set the update periodicity | Rather reasonable and effective measure | 86 |
Rather not reasonable and effective measure | 6 | |
Hard to tell | 7 | |
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