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Published on September 6, 2015
The poll results also indicated positive public feelings about Bangladesh's current economic position and optimism about both the respondents' and the country's economic futures.
The survey, conducted by International Republican Institute (IRI) in June this year, was published on Wednesday.
Government Shores Up its Support
In the 18 months following Bangladesh's parliamentary elections on January 5, 2014, support for the ruling government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached 66 and 67 percent respectively.
Bangladeshis were increasingly optimistic about the prospects for the country, with 62 percent of respondents indicating they believed the country was headed in the right direction (up from 56 percent in a September 2014 IRI survey).
Furthermore, 72 percent rated overall economic conditions positively, 68 percent felt security conditions were good in Bangladesh, and 64 percent were positive regarding Bangladesh's political stability.
Dominant Concern Over Corruption
With the decline of electoral violence and daily hartals, 24 percent of Bangladeshis cited corruption as the most important problem facing the country, nearly 10 points higher than political instability (16 percent) and security (15 percent), which were cited as the second and third most important problems facing Bangladesh.
Methodology
These are among the findings of the latest IRI survey in Bangladesh, based on face-to-face interviews conducted with a randomly selected sample of 2,550 voting aged adults from May 23 - June 10, 2015. Conducted in cooperation with international research firm Global Strategic Partners, the nationally representative sample was drawn from all 64 districts in the seven divisions of Bangladesh.
The margin of error for the aggregate sample does not exceed plus or minus two percent at the midrange with a confidence level of 95 percent. IRI has conducted surveys in Bangladesh since 2008 to inform elections and civil society stakeholders on key electoral issues.
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