National defence comprises more than just military defence. One can contribute to national defence by non-military means which strengthen the bond between a citizen and the state, help develop the defence will of the nation and therefore strengthen the principles of action and sovereignty of the state.
Non-profit organisations and citizen’s voluntary initiative have an important role to play in dissemination and development of the defence will. Wider dissemination of national defence related knowledge and skills can be organised by way of the National Defence Course at schools, Senior Courses in National Defence and support of non-profit organisations which deal with the development of national defence.
The Ministry of Defence supports and encourages the activities of intergovernmental organisations which strengthen national defence and the defence will. By involving citizens of the state to the national defence in wider sense, we strengthen the independence of Estonia and secure our freedom.
Public Opinion And National Defence
Spring 2023
At the request of the Ministry of Defence, Eesti Uuringukeskus OÜ conducted a survey in the spring of 2023 among Estonian residents between the ages of 15 and 74. The primary purpose of the survey was to analyse residents’ attitudes and stances towards national defence. The survey included 1200 respondents and the methodology was a combination of a web panel (70%) and phone interviews (30%).
Download full report from here (1.03 MB, PDF).
Spring 2022
At the request of the Ministry of Defence, Eesti Uuringukeskus OÜ conducted a survey in the spring of 2022 among Estonian residents between the ages of 15 and 74. The primary purpose of the survey was to analyse residents’ attitudes and stances towards national defence. The survey included 1200 respondents and the methodology was a combination of a web panel (70%) and phone interviews (30%).
Download full report from here (1.03 MB, PDF).
Spring 2021
At the request of the Ministry of Defence, Eesti Uuringukeskus OÜ conducted a survey in the spring of 2021 among Estonian residents between the ages of 15 and 74. The survey included 1200 respondents. The primary purpose of the survey was to analyse residents’ attitudes and stances towards national defence.
The study has previously been conducted face-to-face, but as 2020 proved that this method was very unstable in the conditions of an emergency situation, it was not reasonable to keep using it. In the spring of 2021, the survey was conducted with a new method: as a combination of a Norstat Estonia online panel (70%) and phone interviews (30%).
Starting from 2021, the survey will be conducted once a year in the spring. For this reason, results were compared with previous spring results whenever possible. In the cases where a spring study did not include a specific question, the results were compared with the data of an autumn study, if possible.
Download full report from here (1.03 MB, PDF).
Autumn 2020
Download full report from here (1.03 MB, PDF).
Autumn 2019
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Spring 2019
In March 2019, upon the order of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, the Social and Market Research Company Turu-uuringute AS conducted a public opinion survey on national defence during which 1,209 residents of Estonia from the age of 15+ were interviewed. This was already the forty fifth survey in monitoring public opinion, which was started in 2000.
Download full report from here (3.98 MB, PDF).
Download full report from here (1.03 MB, PDF).
Previous surveys
In October 2018, upon the order of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, the Social and Market Research Company Turu-uuringute AS conducted a public opinion survey on national defence during which 1,215 residents of Estonia from the age of 15+ were interviewed.
During the survey in March 2018 1,209 residents of Estonia from the age of 15+ were interviewed.
In October 2016 1,206 residents of Estonia from the age of 15+ were interviewed. Watch short conlusions about public opinion survey in autumn 2016.
Slides:
Video: Estonian's Willingness to Contribute To National Defence
Video: Attitudes Towards National Defence in Estonia
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