Life In Kazakhstan 2015

From a nation-wide sample of respondents 89% believe that, thinking generally about quality of life in Kazakhstan, on balance, things in the country are moving in the right direction. Similarly, when asked generally if they felt positive or negative about Kazakhstan a total of 93% replied they feel ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ positive about their country.

Looking at current political events, 79% agreed that Kazakhstan is ready to hold the upcoming Presidential Election on the 26th April. The majority of respondents (82%) stated they were ‘certain’ or ‘very likely’ to vote in the coming election.

The Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs (ECFA) is a recently established Brussels-based think tank dedicated to providing a forum for engagement between Central Asia and the European Union. ECFA seeks to contribute to the European policy debate by regularly publishing analytical papers addressing a wide variety of topics such as regional policy and economic and cultural developments.

Research was carried out using a Face-to-face pen & paper methodology across a nationally representative sample of 1,000 respondents in Kazakhstan aged 18 and over. The fieldwork was carried out between 16th March to the 3rd April 2015. Results were weighted to ensure the sample was representative for this profile.