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Nation Building - Albania Report Nation building - Albania For: Client name October 2011 CONTENTS How to read tables 5 Results 7 Background .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 What is your citizenship? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Which passports do you hold? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Have you been born in Albania? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 For how many years have you been living in this country? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Where did you move from? If you were changing more country of residence please indicate the last one before moving to Albania ........................................................................................................... 13 What is your ethnicity? .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 What is your mother-tongue / native language ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 On average, how many days per one year do you spend abroad (outside of the region) ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 General -exit, loyalty, voice ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Which country do you regard as your patria? .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 How would you describe this country as a place to live? Would you say that Albania is wonderful, acceptable or bad place to live? ........................................................................................................... 19 If the material conditions were good, would you like to live in Albania for the rest of your life? ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 If you were given a chance, would you migrate to another country ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 For what reasons? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Are you proud to be a citizen of this country? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Do you like the official flag of Albania? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Do you like the national anthem of Albania? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Which state holiday do you regard as the most important in our country? ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Which date is more important to celebrate ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Which of dividing lines you consider problematic in Albania? ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 To what extent do you agree with the following statements? .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 To what extent do you agree with the following statements? – agree ( 4 + 5 ) ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 To what extent do you agree with the following statements? – disagree ( 1 + 2 ) ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 To what extent do the social and economic inbalances in Albania have… ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 To what extent do the social and economic inbalances in Albania have - ethnic bases ................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 To what extent do the social and economic inbalances in Albania have - religious bases ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Do you think that European Integration is a good or bad thing for Albania ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 If yes, who should be blamed THE MOST for the fact that our country is not an EU member? ...................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Do you support the agreement between Greece and Albania on the sea borderline in the Ionian Sea (the delineation of the continental shelf)? ........................................................................................ 37 Religion ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 What is your religious denomination? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Do you believe in God? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 How often do you attend religious services? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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