Thinking about your future and that of your family, do you feel optimistic or pessimistic?
73%
Of Cubans feel optimistic about their and their family’s future
Optimistic | Pessimistic | No answer |
Optimistic
Pessimistic
|
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all | 73% | 20% | 7% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 76% | 20% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 73% | 20% | 7% | ||||
50-64 | 66% | 24% | 10% | ||||
65+ | 71% | 15% | 14% | ||||
gender | Men | 73% | 21% | 6% | |||
Women | 72% | 19% | 9% |
Cubans abroad

Would you like to leave and go live in another country?
55%
More than half of Cubans want to leave and live in another country
Yes | No | No answer |
Yes
No
No answer
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 55% | 37% | 8% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 69% | 25% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 54% | 36% | 10% | ||||
50-64 | 34% | 60% | 6% | ||||
65+ | 40% | 43% | 17% | ||||
gender | Men | 55% | 37% | 8% | |||
Women | 54% | 38% | 8% |
To which country?
*Among those who would like to leave
United States | European countries | Canada | Brazil | Russia | Others |
United States
European countries
Others
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 52% | 22% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 15% | |||||||
age | 18-34 | 51% | 23% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 16% | ||||||
35-49 | 60% | 20% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 14% | |||||||
50-64 | 48% | 24% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 16% | |||||||
65+ | 34% | 25% | 4% | 13% | 9% | 16% | |||||||
gender | Men | 59% | 16% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 13% | ||||||
Women | 44% | 27% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 18% |
Would you like to start your own business?
7 out of 10 Cubans want to start their own business
Yes | No | No Opinion |
Yes
No
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 70% | 23% | 7% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 75% | 21% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 77% | 16% | 6% | ||||
50-64 | 66% | 28% | 6% | ||||
65+ | 39% | 41% | 20% | ||||
gender | Men | 74% | 20% | 6% | |||
Women | 65% | 26% | 9% |
How satisfied are Cubans with their...


How satisfied are you with the Economic System in Cuba?
Younger Cubans are most dissatisfied with the economic system
Satisfied | Dissatisfied | No opinion |
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 19% | 79% | 2% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 15% | 83% | 1% | |||
35-49 | 18% | 80% | 2% | ||||
50-64 | 24% | 76% | 0% | ||||
65+ | 32% | 62% | 5% | ||||
gender | Men | 18% | 79% | 2% | |||
Women | 20% | 78% | 2% |
How satisfied are you with the Political System in Cuba?
Cubans over age 50 are more satisfied with the political system
Satisfied | Dissatisfied | No opinion |
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 39% | 53% | 8% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 33% | 61% | 6% | |||
35-49 | 38% | 55% | 7% | ||||
50-64 | 47% | 42% | 10% | ||||
65+ | 42% | 36% | 22% | ||||
gender | Men | 35% | 55% | 9% | |||
Women | 42% | 49% | 9% |
How satisfied are you with the Health Care System in Cuba?
Satisfied | Dissatisfied | No opinion |
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 68% | 32% | 0% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 67% | 32% | 0% | |||
35-49 | 67% | 32% | 0% | ||||
50-64 | 73% | 27% | 0% | ||||
65+ | 61% | 37% | 1% | ||||
gender | Men | 66% | 33% | 0% | |||
Women | 71% | 29% | 0% |
How satisfied are you with the Education System in Cuba?
Satisfied | Dissatisfied | No opinion |
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 72% | 28% | 1% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 70% | 30% | 0% | |||
35-49 | 69% | 30% | 1% | ||||
50-64 | 77% | 24% | 0% | ||||
65+ | 70% | 28% | 1% | ||||
gender | Men | 68% | 32% | 1% | |||
Women | 75% | 25% | 0% |
What Cubans didn't answer
Percentage of people who did not answer the following questions.
20%
Do you think Cuba should have more political parties or is one political party enough?
21%
Is U.S. a friend or not a friend of Cuba?
23%
Independent of your religious preference, do you have a positive or a negative opinion of the Catholic Church in Cuba?
34%
Do you think that Cuban exiles will return to Cuba in order to reclaim the properties that they lost when they left the island?
Do you think Cuba should have more political parties or is one political party enough?
1 of 5 Cubans did not answer if they thought Cuba should have more political parties
Should have more parties | One party is enough | No opinion |
Should have more parties
One party is enough
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 52% | 28% | 20% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 64% | 21% | 15% | |||
35-49 | 53% | 26% | 21% | ||||
50-64 | 43% | 36% | 20% | ||||
65+ | 27% | 40% | 33% | ||||
gender | Men | 54% | 26% | 20% | |||
Women | 50% | 29% | 20% |
How would you rate the Communisty Party of Cuba?
Positive | Negative | No opinion |
Positive
Negative
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 32% | 58% | 10% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 27% | 68% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 29% | 61% | 9% | ||||
50-64 | 44% | 47% | 10% | ||||
65+ | 41% | 36% | 22% | ||||
gender | Men | 29% | 60% | 9% | |||
Women | 36% | 55% | 9% |
Do you always express yourself freely in public or do you feel that you have to be careful about what you say?
Express freely in public | Have to be careful | No opinion |
Express freely in public
Have to be careful
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 19% | 75% | 6% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 14% | 83% | 3% | |||
35-49 | 17% | 77% | 6% | ||||
50-64 | 24% | 67% | 9% | ||||
65+ | 30% | 58% | 12% | ||||
gender | Men | 22% | 73% | 5% | |||
Women | 16% | 77% | 7% |
The Cuban age gap

Cubans who think there should be more political parties

Cubans who want to leave and live in another country

Cubans with a negative opinion about Raul Castro

Cubans who think the United States is a friend to Cuba

Do you think that the normalization of the relationship between Cuba and the United States is good for Cuba, bad for Cuba, or do you think that it is not of importance for Cuba?
Nearly all Cubans agree that the normalization with the U.S. is good for Cuba
Good for Cuba | Bad for Cuba | Not important for Cuba | No opinion |
Good for Cuba
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 97% | 1% | 0% | 2% | |||||
age | 18-34 | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% | ||||
35-49 | 97% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |||||
50-64 | 95% | 1% | 0% | 4% | |||||
65+ | 93% | 1% | 0% | 6% | |||||
gender | Men | 97% | 1% | 0% | 2% | ||||
Women | 97% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
In your opinion, do you think the announcement favors Cuba more, favors the United States more, or favors both equally?
Favors Cuba more | Favors the United States more | Favors both equally | No opinion |
Favors Cuba more
Favors both equally
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 58% | 5% | 33% | 4% | |||||
age | 18-34 | 66% | 3% | 29% | 2% | ||||
35-49 | 59% | 6% | 31% | 4% | |||||
50-64 | 52% | 5% | 37% | 5% | |||||
65+ | 38% | 9% | 45% | 8% | |||||
gender | Men | 57% | 6% | 33% | 4% | ||||
Women | 59% | 4% | 34% | 3% |
Do you think this new relationship with the United States will change the economic system that exists today in Cuba or do you think the economic system will remain the same?
Will change the economic system | Economic system will remain the same | No opinion |
Will change the economic system
Economic system will remain the same
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 64% | 30% | 6% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 69% | 27% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 65% | 28% | 7% | ||||
50-64 | 57% | 36% | 7% | ||||
65+ | 56% | 38% | 6% | ||||
gender | Men | 63% | 30% | 7% | |||
Women | 65% | 31% | 5% |
Do you think this new relationship with the United States will change the political system that exists in Cuba today or do you think the political system will remain the same?
Most Cubans think the economic system will change (64%), but the political system will remain the same (54%).
Will change the political system | Political system will remain the same | No opinion |
Will change the political system
Political system will remain the same
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 37% | 54% | 9% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 37% | 54% | 9% | |||
35-49 | 36% | 54% | 10% | ||||
50-64 | 37% | 54% | 9% | ||||
65+ | 42% | 52% | 6% | ||||
gender | Men | 36% | 55% | 9% | |||
Women | 39% | 53% | 9% |
Do you think that in this normalization of relations with the United States, the Cuban government would be willing to allow other political parties to exist in Cuba?
Yes | No | No opinion |
Yes
No
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 19% | 62% | 19% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 21% | 64% | 15% | |||
35-49 | 17% | 63% | 20% | ||||
50-64 | 17% | 63% | 20% | ||||
65+ | 22% | 50% | 28% | ||||
gender | Men | 21% | 61% | 19% | |||
Women | 18% | 63% | 20% |
Do you think the embargo between the United States and Cuba should continue or should it be eliminated?
Should continue | Should be eliminated | No opinion |
Should be eliminated
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 3% | 96% | 1% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 4% | 96% | 0% | |||
35-49 | 3% | 97% | 0% | ||||
50-64 | 3% | 96% | 1% | ||||
65+ | 2% | 96% | 2% | ||||
gender | Men | 4% | 95% | 1% | |||
Women | 2% | 97% | 1% |
How Cubans rate leaders
Percentage of people with a positive opinion of each leader.


Do you think President Barack Obama should visit Cuba?
89%
of Cubans think Obama should visit Cuba
Yes | No | No opinion |
Yes
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 89% | 5% | 6% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 93% | 4% | 3% | |||
35-49 | 89% | 4% | 6% | ||||
50-64 | 86% | 5% | 9% | ||||
65+ | 77% | 10% | 13% | ||||
gender | Men | 90% | 5% | 5% | |||
Women | 88% | 5% | 8% |
Do you think Comandante Raul Castro should visit the United States?
83%
of Cubans think Raul Castro should visit U.S.
Yes | No | No opinion |
Yes
No
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 83% | 10% | 7% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 87% | 9% | 4% | |||
35-49 | 83% | 9% | 8% | ||||
50-64 | 79% | 12% | 9% | ||||
65+ | 72% | 14% | 14% | ||||
gender | Men | 82% | 12% | 5% | |||
Women | 83% | 8% | 9% |
Do you think that Cuban exiles will return to Cuba in order to reclaim the properties that they lost when they left the island?
Yes | No | No opinion |
Yes
No
No opinion
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 24% | 42% | 34% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 28% | 43% | 29% | |||
35-49 | 25% | 42% | 34% | ||||
50-64 | 18% | 42% | 40% | ||||
65+ | 20% | 40% | 40% | ||||
gender | Men | 24% | 43% | 33% | |||
Women | 24% | 41% | 35% |
Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Barack Obama?
Positive | Negative | No opinion |
Positive
Negative
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 80% | 17% | 3% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 83% | 14% | 3% | |||
35-49 | 83% | 15% | 2% | ||||
50-64 | 75% | 21% | 4% | ||||
65+ | 75% | 23% | 2% | ||||
gender | Men | 81% | 16% | 2% | |||
Women | 80% | 17% | 4% |
Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Raul Castro?
Positive | Negative | No opinion |
Positive
Negative
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 47% | 48% | 5% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 43% | 53% | 4% | |||
35-49 | 46% | 50% | 4% | ||||
50-64 | 51% | 43% | 6% | ||||
65+ | 55% | 34% | 12% | ||||
gender | Men | 44% | 50% | 6% | |||
Women | 50% | 46% | 5% |
Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Fidel Castro?
Positive | Negative | No opinion |
Positive
Negative
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 44% | 50% | 6% | ||||
age | 18-34 | 41% | 54% | 5% | |||
35-49 | 42% | 52% | 5% | ||||
50-64 | 51% | 42% | 7% | ||||
65+ | 44% | 43% | 13% | ||||
gender | Men | 40% | 53% | 7% | |||
Women | 48% | 46% | 6% |
Do you think the United States is a friend or not a friend to Cuba?
Friend of Cuba | Not a friend of Cuba | Neither | No opinion |
Friend of Cuba
Not a friend of Cuba
Neither
No opinion
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
all | 53% | 10% | 16% | 21% | |||||
age | 18-34 | 62% | 3% | 16% | 19% | ||||
35-49 | 53% | 9% | 16% | 21% | |||||
50-64 | 46% | 16% | 15% | 23% | |||||
65+ | 31% | 21% | 23% | 25% | |||||
gender | Men | 51% | 10% | 18% | 21% | ||||
Women | 54% | 10% | 15% | 21% |