Surveys & Opinion Polls

The Surveys & Opinion Polls Directorate is concerned with measuring the attitudes of public opinion and carrying out accurate and impartial surveys on local, regional and international issues. The goal is to support research and assist policy makers and government officials in making decisions based on facts and an evidence-based, scientific approach. The directorate has a ‘Call Center’ that collects the data required for analysis by making phone calls and/or sending e-mails as well as conducting personal interviews with members of sample groups.

Summary of Aims

Monitoring and measuring the views and attitudes of the Bahraini society on issues of political, economic and social importance.
Enhancing the role of opinion polls in the decision-making and policy-making processes in public and private sector institutions.
Disseminating the culture of opinion polls and highlighting its important role in assisting decision-makers through providing them with accurate and relevant information and constructive analysis that supports development plans and programs aimed at upgrading the services of public and private sector institutions.
Building databases and providing statistics in targeted sectors.

Please contact us if you are interested to find out more on: surveys@derasat.org.bh

Current

Survey Reports

Opinion Poll Reports

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Derasat features on BTV regarding Government Service Center Evaluation Program

carrie

February 24, 2020

Derasat features on Bahrain TV in an interview with Ms. Ejlal Bubshait regarding the Government Service Center Evaluation Program

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Housing rents unreasonable suggests recent Derasat Survey

carrie

February 2, 2020

A recent survey of Bahraini citizens has suggested that 62% consider rents to be unreasonably high with a majority reporting that utilities were paid on top of the house rent.......

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Derasat Launches Video Game Survey

carrie

January 19, 2020

Derasat's Surveys & Opinion Polls Directorate has announced a new survey that will map the pros and cons of video games and their effects on children, adolescents and youth. The study will survey a large segment of individuals aged between 10 and 18 years to identify and record practices and patterns in playing video games.

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Have Your Say – join the Poll on rational use of utilities

carrie

October 3, 2019

The Poll on the rational use of electricity and water is live - please click on the link to contribute your opinions......

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Poll on Rational Use of Electricity & Water

carrie

September 19, 2019

The public will be given opportunity to take part in a poll that aims to understand better citizen attitudes and behaviour towards water and electricity usage with the aim to create more awareness on the impact of unsustainable consumption.

Previous Events

Workshop – Government Service Center Evaluations

carrie

September 17, 2019

Derasat hosted an introductory workshop for representatives of government service centres in preparation for the start of the second round of evaluations which will start in October this year.

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Workshop – Evaluation of Service Centres

carrie

July 27, 2019

A workshop to study the criteria for evaluating government services was held with the participation of the head of the Central Evaluation Team, Ejlal Bubshait, Director of Surveys & Opinion Polls at DERASAT which is tasked with coordinating Governmental Service Centre Evaluations.

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Opinion Poll on Attitudes to Social Media

carrie

July 1, 2019

Attitudes to the use of social media were explored in a recent opinion poll undertaken by the Surveys and Opinion Polls Directorate at DERASAT which found that a majority of the respondents (77%) said that they did not rely on the credibility of the social media sites, and seek alternative sources to verify credibility....

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Government Service Centers awarded Gold Shields

munther

March 28, 2019

A number of Government Service Centers have been awarded Gold Shields by the Government Service Center Evaluation Committee chaired by by Sh. Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, DERASAT Chairman, that demonstrate their service efficiency and effectiveness.