Survey: Public Perception of State-Owned Enterprises Improves in June 2022

The public perception of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Indonesia has improved, according to a survey by the Indonesian Political Indicator Institute released on Monday, July 11, 2022.

The June 2022 survey showed that 61.4% of respondents believed SOEs made a significant contribution to the people's welfare. This breaks down to 9.2% who rated the contribution as "very significant" and 52.2% as "significant".

This positive perception is an increase from the previous survey in April 2022, where only 48.9% of respondents felt SOEs made a significant contribution. This represents a 12.5% increase in just two months.

"The perception of SOEs' contribution to the people's welfare continues to improve. This is crucial capital for Erick Thohir to continue improving SOEs," said Burnanuddin Muhtadi, Executive Director of the Indonesian Political Indicator Institute, on Monday, July 11, 2022.

Conversely, in June 2022, 19.9% of respondents considered the SOEs' contribution to be insufficient, and 3.6% considered it very insufficient. This negative perception decreased compared to the previous survey, as shown in the graph.

Furthermore, 15.1% of respondents in June 2022 did not know or did not answer. This percentage also decreased from the previous survey's 18.2%.

The survey was conducted from June 16-24, 2022. The survey population consisted of 1,200 Indonesian citizens aged 17 years and older or who were married.

The sample came from all provinces, proportionally distributed. Assuming a simple random sampling method, the sample size has a margin of error of approximately 2.9% at a 95% confidence level.

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