Table 2.
Behaviour statements regarding informal payments (all respondents)
| Bulgaria | Hungary | Lithuania | Poland | Romania | Ukrainian | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | n = 1003 | n = 1037 | n = 1012 | n = 1000 | n = 1000 | n = 1000 | n = 6052 | |
| Valid % | Valid % | Valid % | Valid % | Valid % | Valid % | Valid % | ||
| Feels uncomfortable to leave without giving gifts | No [base] | 77.9 | 69.6 | 61.0 | 73.2 | 52.3 | 56.3 | 65.1 |
| Yes | 6.8 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 12.6 | 22.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | |
| Uncertain | 15.3 | 15.7 | 22.6 | 14.2 | 25.6 | 29.0 | 20.4 | |
| Would recognize the hint for informal payments | No [base] | 5.4 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 21.8 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 13.6 |
| Yes | 64.7 | 62.0 | 63.5 | 46.7 | 65.2 | 57.5 | 60.6 | |
| Uncertain | 29.9 | 23.2 | 20.5 | 31.4 | 21.7 | 32.0 | 26.4 | |
| Would refuse to pay informally if asked to make such payments | No | 11.7 | 25.9 | 28.0 | 14.7 | 34.6 | 41.1 | 26.0 |
| Yes [base] | 54.8 | 45.8 | 35.1 | 57.8 | 35.8 | 26.6 | 42.6 | |
| Uncertain | 33.5 | 28.3 | 37.0 | 27.5 | 29.8 | 32.2 | 31.4 | |
| Prefers to use private health care because of the informal payments | No | 17.4 | 42.9 | 24.1 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 32.7 | 26.1 |
| Yes [base] | 50.7 | 34.1 | 51.9 | 50.4 | 49.4 | 34.0 | 45.0 | |
| Uncertain | 31.9 | 23.0 | 26.7 | 28.3 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 28.9 | |
| Ready to pay informally in case of serious health problems | No | 15.8 | 18.5 | 10.1 | 17.3 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 14.3 |
| Yes [base] | 42.7 | 50.5 | 56.0 | 38.6 | 60.4 | 54.9 | 50.5 | |
| Uncertain | 41.5 | 31.0 | 33.9 | 44.0 | 27.9 | 32.7 | 35.1 |