People Worse Off Than Under Communism? Worse
Indeed, the prevailing view in Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary is that people were better off economically under communism. Only in the Czech Republic and Poland do pluralities believe that most people are now better off. Furthermore, the consensus in many of these countries is that ordinary people have benefited far less than have business owners and politicians.
People Worse Off Than Under Communism?  | About the same  | Worse  | Better  | Hungary  | 72  | 16  | 62 62  | Ukraine  | 13 12  | 18  | Bulgaria  | 13  | 45 48 48  | Lithuania  | 15 18  | 23  | Slovakia  | 29  | 15  | 45 33  | Russia  | 39  | 12  | Czech Rep  | 12  | 47  | 35  | Poland  | "Would you say that the economic situation for most  | (survey country's people) today is better worse, or  | about the same as it was under communism?" IQ19)  | Question wording varied slightly in Lithuania Please see  | Topline for full question wording 