96% of the respondents to a survey said that they celebrate Easter. Most of them celebrate at home, with their families. The people said that they observe the Easter traditions: they paint eggs, bake cakes and prepare other dishes specific to the Resurrection, shows the Omnibus socio-political survey presented by the sociological company Ates Research & Consulting SRL.

Asked how they plan to celebrate Easter this year, 86.9% of those surveyed said that they will celebrate together with their family, at home. 39.3% responded that they would go to church, 14.1% to relatives or friends, and 1.5% would travel.

As for traditions, egg painting was mentioned by 54.8% of the respondents, preparation of Easter cake and other traditional dishes – by 47%, participation in the Resurrection service – 44.8%, meeting with the family – 40.3%, egg cracking – 37.1%.

“In our country, each locality from north to south is unique in its own way,” said the company’s director Veronica Ates.

The survey participants were also asked what things they need to have a happy family. In the opinion of citizens, to have a happy family, there must be health, understanding, love and the children must be raised in the family. Also, to be happy, the people consider that they must have money, have a home, spend the holidays together, etc.

The data were collected during April 5-13 and the survey covered a sample of 1,130 respondents from 283 localities. The margin of sampling error is ±3%.