More opponents of Sunday trade ban: study

Over the past two years, the attitude of Poles to the restrictions on trading on Sunday has changed slightly. The number of opponents increased from 31 percent in 2018 to 34 percent at the end of 2019, according to the “Focus on Finance” study carried out by Quality Watch commissioned by the BIG InfoMonitor, a Warsaw-based economic information office. The percentage of supporters fell from 33 percent to 30 percent.

Supporters of the current regulations as the most common argument (70 percent) state that shopping can be done on other days of the week, and Sunday is intended for the family. At least 59 percent of supporters believe that this allows you to spend more time with your loved ones and that you have more time to rest. As few as 45 percent of respondents in the supporters’ group believe that shopping should not be made on Sunday at all. There are also arguments that closed stores force you to spend your free time actively, and allow meetings with people who would otherwise work. Every sixth also believes that this limits consumption, the results of the study published recently show.

“On the other hand, opponents usually don’t like it when someone decides for them how to spend Sundays. As many as 73 percent indicate a restriction of their freedom of choice. The second (66 percent) argument is the frustration associated with larger queues at the till on the remaining days. Every third respondent (36 percent) in the opponents’ group also perceives an increase in consumerism – making too much shopping ‘in stock’, and consequently wasting food. As few as 6 percent indicate that it took their jobs away or reduced their work and earnings,” the press release states.

The study was carried out using the computer-assisted internet interviewing (CAWI) technique on a representative sample of 1,019 adult residents of Poland in December 2019.

(ISBnews)