February 2009

A New Survey Series

The Institute of Policy Studies is launching a new series of short surveys on issues of public interest with its first round titled, ‘POPS (1): Resilience in the Economic Crisis’. The series seeks to provide timely snap-shots of how stakeholders are affected, would be affected by, or perceive the impact of the policy area being investigated.

POPS (1) was conducted between 16 to 26 February 2009, shortly after the 2009 Government Budget was announced and debated in Parliament. It surveyed 817 Singapore Residents, 21 years and above, using quota sampling, on how they have been coping with the current economic crisis and how they might continue to cope if the crisis were to worsen.

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Note: The attached documents include a revised report and a set of powerpoint slides based on more recent and critical analyses of the data since it was last released in April 2009

• Full Report
• Data on Slides

Media Reports

• The Straits Times. 2009. Living it up on less. 24 May
• The Straits Times. 2009. Sushi boss serves up recession buster. 19 May
• Channel NewsAsia. 2009. Survey shows Singaporeans would take 42% pay cut. 4 May
  
• 联合早报. 2009. 2月调查：大多数国人生活　并没有受经济危机影响. 5月4日
  
• 联合晚报. 2009. 经济陷困境八成国人自力更生走投无路才靠政府. 5月4日
  
• The Business Times. 2009. Rebates, financial aid most helpful: Survey. 4 May
  
• The New Paper. 2009. S’poreans are self-reliant: Survey. 4 May
• The Straits Times. 2009. Country gains more from govt measures: Poll. 4 May
• The Straits Times. 2009. Education hit by slump, say needy. 4 May
  
• The Straits Times. 2009. No impact from foreign workers, 7 in 10 say. 4 May
• The Straits Times. 2009. S'poreans more self-reliant than believed. 4 May
• TODAY. 2009. Survey on resilience: Can cope — but for only eight-and-a-half months. 4 May
  
• Channel NewsAsia. 2009. Programme launched to help Tampines residents become more resilient. 3 May
• Xinhua News Agency. 2009. Most Singaporeans prefer self-reliance amid downturn: Survey. 3 May
  

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